Meta Platforms isn’t backing down in the artificial intelligence arms race. The company is all in. On Friday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is planning to invest $60 billion to $65 billion in capital expenditures this year while growing the size of the company’s AI teams “significantly.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta Platforms (META.O) plans to invest as much as $65bn in 2025 to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. This substantial investment aims to bolster Meta’s AI capabilities and strengthen its competitive position against rivals such as OpenAI and Google in the rapidly evolving AI market.

The Meta CEO met with Trump after his win in the 2024 presidential election, according to multiple reports including CBS and the New York Times. And more recently, he named Trump ally and UFC boss Dana White to Meta's board of directors and elevated prominent Republican Joel Kaplan to lead its global affairs operation.