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Meta (META)Layer 2 — Hyperscalers & Cloud

Convergence · ModerateComposite F 45.82 of 6 indicators elevatedFiled-first
awaiting live quote
wires from /api/prices · asof from the exchange
Layoffs
8,000Announced 2026
AI-DRIVENAttribution
highConfidence

Overview

the record we hold

The read

Owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp; funds its advertising business while spending heavily on AI (the open Llama models) and the metaverse.

Six-indicator fragility

IndicatorScoreBand
Depreciation Integrity75RED (~70–80)
Capex-vs-Demand Gap65AMBER–RED (~60–70)
Insider-Selling Intensity25GREEN (~20–30)
Circular Financing20GREEN (~15–25)
Energy & Diminishing Returns45AMBER (~40–50)
Organic End-User Demand37GREEN–AMBER (~30–45)

Cross-examination

Q. You extended server useful lives to 5.5 years at exactly the moment Amazon shortened a subset citing AI obsolescence. Who's right?

A. Amazon's FY2025 10-K explicitly names "artificial intelligence and machine learning" as the reason for its subset shortening, citing "increased pace of technology development." META's FY2025 10-K does not explain why the extension to 5.5 years is appropriate versus the prior four-to-five-year range — it simply calls it a completed assessment. The two disclosures are irreconcilable; they cannot bot

EVIDENCE: filed · scores from the engine · I5/I6 carry a score with no underlying instrument — stated where drilled.

Sisters · same layer

Price & Financials

live wire + filings

Price · 6 months

AWAITING LIVE SERIES · wires from /api/prices · held state stands if the wire fails

Financials

$56.31B
Revenue · latest quarter
2026-03-31
RevenueFromContractWithC
XBRL tag · per-filer map
same-period largest · magnitude-linted
0001628280-26-028526
Accession
10-Q · asof 2026-08-08
2023-09$34.15B
2024-03$36.45B
2024-06$39.07B
2024-09$40.59B
2025-03$42.31B
2025-06$47.52B
2025-09$51.24B
2026-03$56.31B

SEC XBRL companyfacts · every row carries its accession · 8 quarters · refreshes off the 8-K 2.02 earnings event

Filings & Earnings

calendar + pre-committed watch

Pre-committed watch

Watching: Depreciation integrity, Capex vs demand before the print.

[ NOT TRACKED ]

Earnings window. no dated next-print for this firm in the calendar yet — the 59-of-68 coverage gap.

Insiders

I3 score held

Insider-selling intensity · I3

Score 25.0/100 from the engine.

Discretionary (no-plan) selling on the recent record: $250,907.

OwnerRoleDateTypeValueBasis
Andreessen Marc LInsider2026-08-04Sale$147,040discretionary
Andreessen Marc LInsider2026-08-04Sale$51,264discretionary
Andreessen Marc LInsider2026-08-04Sale$25,977discretionary
Andreessen Marc LInsider2026-08-04Sale$26,626discretionary
Kimmitt Robert MDirector2026-08-03Sale$280,78010b5-1
Alford PeggyDirector2026-07-31Sale$252,21210b5-1
Zuckerberg MarkCOB and CEO2026-07-31C
Zuckerberg MarkCOB and CEO2026-07-31Gift
Zuckerberg MarkCOB and CEO2026-07-31Gift
Olivan JavierChief Operating Office2026-07-27Sale$508,77010b5-1
Olivan JavierChief Operating Office2026-07-27Sale$49,84410b5-1
Olivan JavierChief Operating Office2026-07-27Sale$34,64710b5-1

EDGAR Form 4, parsed structured · last 35 txns · asof 2026-08-08 · refreshes off the Form-4 event class

Layoffs

from our roster
Announced cuts (2026)8,000
Date2026-05
Confidencehigh
AttributionAI-DRIVEN
Driverai-reallocation
SourceBloomberg

Framed as efficiency/offsetting AI investment; ~7k reassigned into new AI teams. Record ad revenue, record cuts.

News & Video

ranked weekly

The wire · ranked

Video

[ NOT TRACKED ]

Video. no verified channel in the map yet — our gap, stated (the map grows by verification, never by guess).

≤5 news · ≤2 video · rolling window, never an archive · ranked from the 2026-08-08 sweep · refreshes Saturday

Notes

held
[ HELD ]

Notes. held open — The desk has not ruled this slot.

Company data is compiled from primary sources — SEC filings, the fragility engine, and our own roster. Narrative summaries are AI-assisted; every figure comes from the record, not the model.