Meta Platforms:Quarterly Results/2023 Q2: Difference between revisions

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* They will continue hiring in key areas though budgetted headcount growth is low(MR).
* They will continue hiring in key areas though budgetted headcount growth is low(MR).
* Many teams laid off people in order to hire new skills and that will spill over to 2024(MR).
* Many teams laid off people in order to hire new skills and that will spill over to 2024(MR).
* Don't have correct budget figure for AI capex(until 2024) since they don't know how their AI products will grow(MR).
* '''Don't have correct budget figure for AI capex(until 2024) since they don't know how their AI products will grow'''(MR).


=== AI Products ===
=== AI Products ===
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* Open sourcing their Llama 2 model will likely result in more innovations, more security and safety features, more efficiency and skilled talent(Q&A).
* Open sourcing their Llama 2 model will likely result in more innovations, more security and safety features, more efficiency and skilled talent(Q&A).
* Partnered with Microsoft (regarding Llama) because they have a public cloud offering, which they don't plan on building(Q&A).
* Partnered with Microsoft (regarding Llama) because they have a public cloud offering, which they don't plan on building(Q&A).
* Their partnership with Microsoft and more companies in future will generate more revenue for Meta though not much in the near term(Q&A).
* '''Their partnership with Microsoft and more companies in future will generate more revenue for Meta though not much in the near term'''(Q&A).
* CFO Susan Li said that Llama is not going to result in a seperate topline enterprise revenue(Q&A)
* '''CFO Susan Li said that Llama is not going to result in a seperate topline enterprise revenue'''(Q&A)
* Zuckerberg said the scale of adoption of Llama spurred them to develop Llama 2(Q&A).
* Zuckerberg said the scale of adoption of Llama spurred them to develop Llama 2(Q&A).


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* Growth in impressions was mostly in lower monetizing surfaces and regions(MR).
* Growth in impressions was mostly in lower monetizing surfaces and regions(MR).
* '''Daily Click-to-Whatsapp ads revenue grew 80% y/y'''(MR).
* '''Daily Click-to-Whatsapp ads revenue grew 80% y/y'''(MR).
* Have gotten positive feedback from Advantage+ users(Q&A).
* '''Have gotten positive feedback from Advantage+ users'''(Q&A).


=== Regulatory Environment ===
=== Regulatory Environment ===
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* Quest 3 to come up this fall at connect event(MR).
* Quest 3 to come up this fall at connect event(MR).
* Quest 3 will have 2x graphics and will be 40% thinner(MR).
* Quest 3 will have 2x graphics and will be 40% thinner(MR).
* They will continue investing in Reality Labs because they believe they will continue to be leaders in the space(Q&A).
* '''They will continue investing in Reality Labs because they believe they will continue to be leaders in the space'''(Q&A).


=== Threads ===
=== Threads ===