====== Meta ======

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**Meta Platforms Inc.** is an American multinational technology conglomerate. It is the parent company of [[Facebook]], [[WhatsApp]], [[Instagram]], [[Oculus]] and others.

===== Background =====

Prior to its acquisition by the [[Chan Zuckerberg Initiative]], [[Meta LLC]] was "an [[artificial intelligence]] company focused on accelerating science."((//Elizabeth Caley.// Creative Destruction Lab. Retrieved February 27, 2022, from https://archive.ph/pJXUj))

===== Important Links to Dig Into =====

  * Meta was an AI company before bought by Facebook: https://archive.ph/pJXUj
  * The Hype and Hope of AI: https://www.masseycollege.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Massey-News-2016-2017-v7-web150-hyperlinked.pdf
  * [[https://iganpartners.com/portfolio/meta]]
  * [[https://tracxn.com/d/investor-lists/seed-round-investors-in-toronto-canada]]
  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120325214238/http://sciencescape.org:80/]]
  * [[https://www.williammacivor.com/work/sciencescape/]]
  * [[https://www.utoronto.ca/news/chan-zuckerberg-initiative-acquire-startup-u-t-s-sam-molyneux]]
  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20220326041648/https://www.meta.org/]]
  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170227194650/http://www.meta.com/]]
  * [[https://cziscience.medium.com/meta-transition-5f66b1fae475]]
  * [[https://www.cnet.com/tech/chan-zuckerberg-initiative-to-sunset-its-meta-project/]]