AMD says it will invest $1B in Meta's equity offering, its first Helios rackscale systems are installed at Meta, and its EPYC CPUs power Meta's Muse AI agent (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC)

AMD and Nvidia have both announced significant partnerships and investments with Meta. According to CNBC, AMD will invest $1 billion in Meta’s equity offering, while Nvidia and AMD together will invest a total of $4 billion in the social media company. PC Gamer reports that Nvidia is investing $3 billion into Meta and that Meta is spending large amounts of money on AI hardware from Nvidia.

The collaborations involve various hardware and software integrations for Meta's AI infrastructure. AMD stated it is collaborating on CPUs, GPUs, networking, systems, and software, noting that its Helios rackscale systems are installed at Meta and its EPYC CPUs power the Muse AI agent. Nvidia is expanding its partnership with Meta on the Muse family of models to improve training and inference performance, according to PYMNTS.

Meta will also deploy Nvidia’s Spectrum X Ethernet networking and BlueField-4 DPUs, and expand Vera Rubin and Vera CPU deployment, PC Gamer reports.

Meta's Muse is an AI personal agent designed for the mainstream consumer market. Following debuts in the United States, Canada, and Japan, the app launched in Singapore on Oct. 28. According to the Straits Times, Muse can assist with tasks such as reserving restaurant tables, booking air tickets, and coordinating outings. The service is free to use with a weekly limit, though subscription plans ranging from $22 to $139 are available for more complex work.

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