{"id":974513,"date":"2025-11-17T11:56:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=974513"},"modified":"2025-11-17T11:56:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:26:37","slug":"not-crazy-says-facebook-parent-meta-top-exec-alex-schultz-on-company-overspending-on-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/11\/17\/not-crazy-says-facebook-parent-meta-top-exec-alex-schultz-on-company-overspending-on-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Crazy &#8230;, says Facebook parent Meta top exec Alex Schultz on company overspending on AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook-parent Meta is preparing to spend up to $72 billion on AI infrastructure this year. Now concerns about the overspending and a potential tech bubble are mounting. However, according to Meta\u2019s chief marketing officer and VP of analytics Alex Schultz feels that the investment strategy of the company is bold but far from irrational. As reported by Business Insider, speaking at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Schultz said that while the scale of investment made in AI may seem too much, it\u2019s modest when viewed in historical context. Comparing it to the U.S. railroad bubble of the 19th century, he said, \u201cIt seems aggressive, but not crazy.\u201d Recently, a Goldman Sachs analyst estimated that AI-related investment in the US is still under 1% of GDP and below the 2\u20135% seen during past tech booms.<\/p>\n<p>Meta\u2019s AI bet: From Ads to vibes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook-parent Meta is preparing to spend up to $72 billion on AI infrastructure this year. Now concerns about the overspending and a potential tech bubble are mounting. However, according to Meta\u2019s chief marketing officer and VP of analytics Alex Schultz feels that the investment strategy of the company is bold but far from irrational. As reported by Business Insider, speaking at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Schultz said that while the scale of investment made in AI may seem too much, it\u2019s modest when viewed in historical context. Comparing it to the U.S. railroad bubble of the 19th century, he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-974513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-hindustantimes","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}