{
  "id": 15958047,
  "title": "Artificial Intelligence: Meta investing at least $135 billion in AI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/kunstliche-intelligenz-meta-investiert-mindestens-135-milliarden",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-21T21:20:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/it-internet/kuenstliche-intelligenz-meta-investiert-mindestens-135-milliarden-dollar-in-ki/100264044.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Meta will invest at least $135 billion this year to expand its AI infrastructure, an increase of $5 billion from its previous forecast. The company, led by Mark Zuckerberg, is aggressively building out its data centers in competition with industry leaders like OpenAI. Meta's revenue rose 26% to $64.6 billion in the last quarter, driven by its strong advertising business, and the company reported a profit of $9.86 billion. The number of users across Meta's apps, including Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads, reached 3.64 billion.",
  "summary": "Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is having the Meta group invest huge sums in AI infrastructure. The money for this is supposed to come from the booming advertising business.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Artificial Intelligence: AI for Lawyers: Start-up Legora quintuples its valuation within a year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/kunstliche-intelligenz-ki-fur-juristen-start-up-legora-verfunffacht",
        "published": "2026-10-21T13:04:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}