Prime Cyber Insights: Meta's Reality Labs at the Crossroads

As Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth calls a mandatory in-person all-hands meeting, we explore whether the $70 billion metaverse gamble will be remembered as a visionary feat or a legendary misadventure.

Noah Feldman and Sophia Bennett analyze Meta's strategic pivot from the metaverse to AI, examining the high-stakes 'Year of Greatness' and the internal pressures facing Reality Labs.

  • 🚀 The "Most Important" Meeting: Why Boz is demanding in-person attendance for the first time.
  • 💰 The $70 Billion Question: Balancing massive losses with the surprise success of Ray-Ban smart glasses.
  • 🤖 The AI Pivot: Meta's multibillion-dollar investment in Scale AI and aggressive talent poaching.
  • ⚖️ Corporate Strategy: Analyzing Bosworth's "visionaries vs. misadventure" ultimatum for 2025 and 2026.

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  • (00:00) - Introduction
  • (00:45) - The In-Person Mandate
  • (01:40) - The $70 Billion Gamble
  • (02:29) - The Strategic Pivot to AI
  • (03:33) - Conclusion
Prime Cyber Insights: Meta's Reality Labs at the Crossroads
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