← The economics of intelligence

What can we learn from Meta’s AI data?

A first look at Meta’s SEC filings. No conclusions yet.

How much is Meta investing in infrastructure?

Capital expenditure and R&D, in billions of dollars. Capex includes principal payments on finance leases, the way Meta reports it. Meta expects $130–145 billion of capex for 2026.

Capital expenditureR&D

How much operating profit does Meta make?

Revenue minus operating expenses, including depreciation. In billions of dollars.

How much free cash flow does Meta make?

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure. In billions of dollars.

How quickly is Meta’s revenue growing?

Total revenue, in billions of dollars. Almost all of it is advertising.

How fast is revenue growing?

Change from the same period one year earlier.

Which part of Meta makes the money?

Operating income by segment, in billions of dollars. Family of Apps is Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger. Reality Labs is headsets, glasses and the metaverse. Meta has reported the two segments since 2022.

Family of AppsReality Labs

Is Meta making intelligence cheaper?

Meta’s language models, newest first. Score is the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index as of August 2026, with older models rescored on the same index. Prices are per one million tokens, input / output, as listed by Artificial Analysis. For open-weight models the price is set by whoever hosts the model, not by Meta.

ReleasedModelWeightsSizeScorePrice
Aug 2026Muse Glimmer (high)Open30B35.1$0.325 / $1.35
Aug 2026Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh)Closed—56.8$1.25 / $4.25
Jul 2026Muse Spark 1.1 (xhigh)Closed—53.2$1.25 / $4.25
Apr 2026Muse SparkClosed—44.3—
Apr 2025Llama 4 ScoutOpen109B (17B active)10.3$0.18 / $0.66
Apr 2025Llama 4 MaverickOpen402B (17B active)14.5$0.27 / $0.85
Dec 2024Llama 3.3 Instruct 70BOpen70B9.3$0.655 / $0.72
Sep 2024Llama 3.2 Instruct 90B (Vision)Open90B6.0—
Sep 2024Llama 3.2 Instruct 1BOpen1B1.0—
Sep 2024Llama 3.2 Instruct 3BOpen3B3.9—
Sep 2024Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision)Open11B3.0$0.345 / $0.345
Jul 2024Llama 3.1 Instruct 8BOpen8B7.4$0.02 / $0.05
Jul 2024Llama 3.1 Instruct 70BOpen70B6.5$0.56 / $0.56
Jul 2024Llama 3.1 Instruct 405BOpen405B8.3—
Apr 2024Llama 3 Instruct 70BOpen70B3.1$0.65 / $2.75
Apr 2024Llama 3 Instruct 8BOpen8B1.0$0.045 / $0.145
Jul 2023Llama 2 Chat 7BOpen7B3.9$0.05 / $0.25
Jul 2023Llama 2 Chat 13BOpen13B2.6—
Jul 2023Llama 2 Chat 70BOpen70B2.6—
Feb 2023Llama 65BOpen65B1.7—

Llama models were released with open weights. Since Muse Spark in April 2026, Meta’s main models have been closed. Sizes are Meta’s published parameter counts.

Sources: Meta 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K filings filed with the SEC; Artificial Analysis for model scores and prices. Free cash flow is calculated as operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, including principal payments on finance leases. Capital expenditure and R&D include non-AI spending. Segment income for 2020 and 2021 is only reported yearly and is left out.