Zuckerberg admits Meta spent $200B on AI without knowing it would work
THE SO WHAT
A $200B AI infrastructure commitment with a 91% drop in free cash flow is the clearest signal yet that hyperscale AI is being financed like a moonshot, not a normal product line. For everyone else, this sets investor expectations: serious AI plays now come with multi-year capex pain before clarity on payoff.
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