META'S AI STRATEGY

Summary from the TLDR Founders newsletter

Meta spent $14.3B on Scale AI and considered acquiring SSI for $32B after Llama 4 underperformed expectations, ranking 39th on benchmarks, while offering 9-figure packages to poach AI researchers. Zuck's strategy stems from Apple's platform control costing Meta billions in potential profits, driving his "do anything necessary" mentality to own the next platform through a personal AI assistant that knows your entire life context.