Ex-Meta employee breaks down Zuck's capital deployment, custom ASIC, and Muse serving costs
RihardJarc · x · 2026-11-06
Rihard Jarc recaps a former Meta employee's take on Meta's capital deployment:
- Zuck showed real courage deploying capital at Meta ahead of figuring out use cases like Muse; even when the finance team questioned why more capacity was needed, Zuck was relentless in his focus and energy pushing it through.
- The discussion also covers Meta's custom ASIC and the cost of serving Muse — key to whether Meta's AI strategy pencils out.
An insider-flavored analysis of Meta's compute spending and inference economics.
Related event: Ex-Meta Employee Estimates Muse Costs $150-300 Per User Monthly(2 posts)→
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