Meta Platforms products

Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly known as Facebook, Inc., is an American multinational technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, California. The company's story began in 2004 when Mark Zuckerberg and his co-founders launched Facebook from a Harvard University dorm room. Over the decades, the brand has evolved from a single social networking site into a massive ecosystem of social media and technology products.

Meta owns and operates some of the world's most influential platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads. Beyond social networking, Meta has heavily invested in the 'metaverse' and virtual reality hardware through its Reality Labs division, which produces the Meta Quest series of VR headsets. While the softare and services are developed primarily in the United States, the physical hardware components are often assembled globally via multiple manufacturing partners.

Today, Meta remains a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ. Mark Zuckerberg continues to hold a majority of the voting power, maintaining the brand's original leadership vision as it transitions into a future focused on immersive digital experiences and artificial intelligence.