Meta Boosts Bet on AI With Spending Outlook, New Stock Class
Meta Platforms boosted its capital spending outlook and announced plans for a new class of nonvoting stock, escalating its already-stratospheric bet on artificial intelligence. Capital expenditures will be $135 billion to $145 billion in 2026, the social-media giant said during its quarterly earnings report Wednesday, raising the bottom end of the range from $130 billion. The new class of shares, meanwhile, will be distributed to existing investors through a stock dividend. Holders will get one…

