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AI ke liye badta kharcha, logo ki chutti!
Meta Platforms ke CEO Mark Zuckerberg ne ek bada decision liya hai. Company ne plan kiya hai ki 2026 tak lagbhag 8,000 logo ko job se hataya jayega. Yeh Meta ki global workforce ka kareeb 10% hai. Zuckerberg ka kehna hai ki AI computing power ke liye jo kharch badh raha hai, use manage karna aur usmein paisa lagana sabse zaroori hai. Iske saath hi, company 6,000 vacant positions par recruitment bhi rok rahi hai.
Market cap toh accha, par kharcha zyada!
Hain toh Meta ki market cap currently $1.55 trillion hai aur P/E ratio 24-25 ke aas paas chal raha hai. Q1 2026 mein revenue mein 33% ki acchi growth bhi dikhi. Lekin, is announcement ke baad stock thoda neeche gir gaya. Isse pata chalta hai ki investors AI infrastructure par lagne wale massive kharch ko lekar kaafi worried hain. Agle saal matlab 2026 mein yeh kharch $125 se $145 billion tak ja sakta hai. Aur haan, Q1 2026 mein operational costs bhi 35% badh gaye hain.
Competitors se race aur ROI ka sawal
Meta akele nahi hai AI race mein, Alphabet, Microsoft, aur Amazon jaise bade players bhi hain. Kuch analysts ko lagta hai ki Meta ke AI spending par kitna return milega yeh abhi clear nahi hai. Agar competitors ko dekhein, toh Microsoft ka forward P/E lagbhag 21.64 hai. Wohi, Google aur Amazon ke paas AI se paisa banane ke zyada saaf tarike hain. History mein dekha gaya hai ki Meta layoffs ke baad stock pehle neeche aata hai, par baad mein recover ho jata hai.
Kya India mein bhi hogi cutting? Aur advertising ka kya?
Meta ne 2026 ke liye apna capital expenditure $10 billion aur badha diya hai, jisse profits par pressure aa sakta hai. India mein seedha job cuts kam honge, shayad kuch sau log affected honge. Lekin recruitment rukne se opportunities kam ho jayengi. Yaad rakho, Meta abhi bhi 97.8% revenue sirf advertising se hi kamata hai, jo ki ek risk hai agar AI se new revenue streams nahi bane.
Analysts ka verdict
Bahut se analysts abhi bhi Meta ko 'Buy' karne ki salah de rahe hain, aur target price bhi above current market levels de rahe hain. Unko lagta hai ki AI aur ad business se future mein growth pakki hai. Monetize karna Muse Spark jaise AI models ko, Meta ke liye bahut important hoga.