Meta offers stock options to ‘retain, compensate’ top execs for first time since IPO as AI race heats up

Meta Platforms Inc. is offering top executives stock options for the first time since its 2012 IPO — an effort to retain and compensate executives as the company continues to spend aggressively to compete in the heated AI race.

The new options, outlined in company filings on Tuesday, will be released if Meta hits ambitious stock-price milestones over the coming years.