Meta integrates AI across safety, advertising, and user experiences on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger and has launched a standalone Meta AI app. The standalone app, together with Meta's ability to embed AI into its social networks and monetize via ads, could create a major new revenue stream. Second-quarter revenue rose 22% to $47.5 billion and EPS increased 38% to $7.14, supported by ad impressions rising 11% and average price per ad up 9%. Daily active users across platforms reached 3.48 billion, up 6%, strengthening ad targeting and scale.
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) is one of my top picks for investors seeking exposure to artificial intelligence (AI) without chasing speculation. The company already embeds AI in safety, ads, and even the user experience across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. But there's another Meta app that has largely gone under the radar (for now) -- and it's a pureplay in the AI space: the standalone Meta AI app.
Unlike some more speculative AI stocks, one of the great things about choosing Meta as a way to get exposure to AI in your portfolio is that it's a great business, even if some of its more speculative bets on AI don't convert into meaningful new streams of revenue. That's because the company's advertising business, which targets users across its various social networks, is already firing on all cylinders.
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