Most immediately, the Facebook parent company is planning an offering of $35 billion in common stock and preferred stock that it said will support its investments into artificial intelligence, it noted in a news release. have expressed interest in purchasing up to $5 billion in aggregate through this offering, Meta The social-media giant later plans to launch an at-the-market program of up to $60 billion, which will be tied to the launch of its new Class C shares. Meta created that non-voting class of stock to help it raise money and the shares are expected to debut in the first quarter of next year. Don’t Short Yourself offers weekly money tips to help you earn it, stack it and grow it.
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