Meta’s $97.5B AI money grab: why Zuckerberg is racing to raise cash before rivals

Investing.com -- Meta (NASDAQ:META) is making one of the biggest equity fundraising moves in corporate history. Today, the Facebook and Instagram owner priced a $37.5 billion common stock and preferred-share offering, while preparing a separate program that could raise another $60 billion from the market starting in 2027. Still guessing which stocks will beat the market? Our AI portfolio updates monthly and is outperforming the S&P 500 by 118%. See this month's list » The message is clear: Meta wants the money to build its AI future — and it wants access to investors before the market becomes even more crowded. The move comes just days after Meta warned in a regulatory filing that the competition for AI funding was intensifying.