Meta Platforms (META.O) is considering an equity offering that could raise hundreds of billions of dollars to fund CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s AI expansion, the Financial Times reports. Executives are exploring “innovative” financing as Meta plans to boost AI-related capital expenditure to as much as $145 billion this year and increase it further through 2027. The discussions accelerated after Alphabet’s record $85 billion stock sale this week, which was upsized by $5 billion amid strong demand. Meta

Meta Platforms (META.O) is considering an equity offering that could raise hundreds of billions of dollars to fund CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s AI expansion, the Financial Times reports. Executives are exploring “innovative” financing as Meta plans to boost AI-related capital expenditure to as much as $145 billion this year and increase it further through 2027. The discussions accelerated after Alphabet’s record $85 billion stock sale this week, which was upsized by $5 billion amid strong demand. Meta has not hired banks and may not proceed; no final decision has been made.