Meta’s Strategic Pivot: Billions Redirected from Metaverse to AI Hardware

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Meta Platforms is executing one of the most significant strategic shifts in its corporate history. The company is dramatically scaling back its long-touted Metaverse vision, reallocating substantial capital toward artificial intelligence hardware—a sector promising much faster revenue generation. Investor sentiment reflects cautious optimism in response to this realignment.

Highlighting its robust financial position despite substantial AI investments, Meta will distribute a quarterly cash dividend of $0.525 per share on December 23. Shareholders of record as of December 15 are eligible. The yield sits at approximately 0.3%, a modest but symbolically important payout.