Meta Launches $35 Billion Stock Offerings to Fund AI Expansion
Meta launches $22.5 billion of common stock via forward sales and roughly $12.5 billion of convertible preferred stock to support its AI expansion.
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Meta launches $22.5 billion of common stock via forward sales and roughly $12.5 billion of convertible preferred stock to support its AI expansion.
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