Meta’s stock roars back to life as it heads for its best week in years
THE SO WHAT
Public markets are rewarding Meta’s low-cost AI infra and pricing story — investors are buying the idea that scale plus cheaper inference can defend margins. If you’re competing on AI infra or platform economics, assume customer expectations on price/performance just ratcheted down again.
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