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Overview
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META). In the wearables/physical-AI context, Meta co-develops the Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta AI smart glasses with EssilorLuxottica, and in Dec 2025 acquired AI-wearable startup Limitless (see company limitless).
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
DEPLOY Intelligence
Market intelligence for physical AI
Analyst-grade signals, competitive tracking, and investment context across the global physical AI landscape. Launching 2026.
Key facts
Wearables
Stock ticker
Data & sources
Web sources
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Models (1)
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Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Meta, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
- What is an AI wearable?
An AI wearable is a body-worn device whose primary value comes from AI inference on captured sensor input (voice, camera, biosensors) rather than from the wearable hardware itself. The category spans pins, pendants, glasses, and audio devices. As of mid-2026 DEPLOY tracks 7 entities with 3 distinct operational states: commercial active (Plaud NotePin, Friend Pendant, Bee Wearable, Meta Ray-Ban), pilot active (Rabbit r1), and commercial discontinued (Humane AI Pin, Limitless Pendant). The Big Tech acquires pattern is the editorial throughline: Humane to HP, Bee to Amazon, Limitless to Meta.
- What is Meta Ray-Ban?
Meta Ray-Ban is the camera-and-microphone smart glasses platform developed jointly by Meta (Reality Labs division) and EssilorLuxottica's Ray-Ban brand. The Gen 2 base configuration starts at approximately $299; higher configurations (Display variants, Oakley Meta HSTN) exist. AI features include Meta AI voice assistant, photo/video capture, live translation, and Look-and-Ask multimodal queries. Per DEPLOY's framework, Meta Ray-Ban is the canonical AI-augmented commercial wearables case: a wearable that has shipped what it promised. Meta has cited 'millions' of units publicly; specific verified figure cap-flagged per registry-source-of-truth discipline. Maturity: commercial active.
- What is the best AI wearable in 2026?
There is no single best AI wearable in 2026; the right pick depends on use case, AI substance tier, and maturity. Per DEPLOY's framework: for visual assistance + genuine cloud AI shipping at consumer-deployment scale, Meta Ray-Ban anchors the Western verified-commercial position and Rokid anchors the non-Western. For audio-first capture and recall, Plaud (capture) and Friend (ambient) operate genuine cloud AI at commercial active. For developer-accessible / open-source orientation, Brilliant Labs Frame + Halo. For pilot-stage multi-purpose with marketing-vs-shipped gap, Rabbit r1. For commercial-discontinued failure context, Humane AI Pin. Trade-press 'best of' listicles collapse the axes; the right pick differs by buyer.
- What are the different types of wearable AI?
Wearable AI sorts along two intersecting axes per DEPLOY's framework. Form factor: smart glasses with display (Brilliant Labs Frame variants), smart glasses without display (Meta Ray-Ban base variants; Rokid; audio-first), audio-only smart glasses (Solos AirGo Vision), pendant recorders (Humane AI Pin; Friend Pendant; Plaud NotePin variants), and adjacent uncovered sub-categories (smart rings / smart watches / AI earbuds). AI substance tier: genuine cloud AI / moderate open-source / partner-mediated / veneer per Agent A's spectrum. Cross-referencing the axes produces the cohort's editorial typology; smart rings, smart watches, and AI earbuds are gaps in DEPLOY's current registry surfaced honestly as editorial signal.
- What does wearable AI do?
Wearable AI does six things at different verification depths per DEPLOY's framework: (1) visual Q&A on what the camera sees (Meta Ray-Ban Look-and-Ask; Rokid; Brilliant Labs; Solos GPT-4o); (2) live translation across languages (Meta + Rokid with offline mode + Solos); (3) capture & summarize voice + transcripts (Plaud; Friend; Bee; Omi pending registry); (4) ambient recall of conversations + context (Bee; Friend; Omi pending registry); (5) smartphone replacement promised but verified-as-failed (Humane discontinued; Rabbit r1 marketing-vs-shipped gap); (6) health monitoring (uncovered in current DEPLOY cohort; Oura, Apple Watch, Fitbit are canonical contenders DEPLOY hasn't yet registered). The canonical wearable AI question conflates 'what is marketed' with 'what is verified-shipped'; DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed framework fixes the conflation.
Current leadership (3)
- Mark Zuckerberg Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Marc Whitten Lead, Reality Labs humanoid roboticssecondary-verified
- Dave Wehner Chief Strategy Officersecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Mark Zuckerbergcofounderfounded 2004-02-04
Former / Previously (9)
- Deepak Pathak Researcher (FAIR, with Jitendra Malik)secondary-verified
- Abhinav Gupta Founding member, FAIR Pittsburghsecondary-verified
- Antoine Bordes Co-managing director, FAIRsecondary-verified
- Yan Li Senior engineer (Facebook)secondary-verified
- Jason Ma Research Scientist (Meta AI)secondary-verified
- Jake Stelman Software engineer (Facebook)secondary-verified
- Lior Wolf Research scientist / director, FAIR (former)secondary-verified
- Josh Merel Employee at CTRL-labs (acquired by Facebook 2019)2017 to 2019reported, not verified
- Rob Cochran Employee at CTRL-labs (acquired by Facebook 2019)2017 to 2019reported, not verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Meta.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Brains developed (1)
- V-JEPA 2world-model · research · open
Recent coverage
Meta in third-party press
Peer companies
- Xiaomi3 models
- Baidu2 models
- Brilliant Labs2 models
- Even Realities2 models
- Hark2 models
- Open Bionics2 models
Supplied by (2)
Compute / semiconductor
- Qualcommvia Ray-Ban MetaQualcomm Snapdragon AR1 Gen1 Platform -- dedicated smart-glasses SoC; dual ISPs for 12MP camera, AI processing, connectivitysupplies
Mechanical / contract manufacturing
- EssilorLuxotticavia Ray-Ban MetaEssilorLuxottica frame and optical assembly -- EssilorLuxottica manufactures the complete Ray-Ban Meta physical chassis using Luxottica's proprietary frame tooling and Ray-Ban's heritage form factors (Wayfarer, Headliner, Skyler, Folded); Luxottica integrates the Meta electronics package (speakers, camera, LED indicators, charging contacts) into the frame during production; EssilorLuxottica also supplies the prescription-lens compatible optical system through the Essilor lens divisionmanufactures-for
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Acquisitions (1)
- acquired Oculus VRfull acquisition
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Review status verifiedVerifiedJun 20, 2026
unreviewed -> reverified
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Meet the World's Most Advanced AI Glasses | Meta Ray-Ban Display @...
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (4)
- https://about.fb.com/news/2023/09/new-ray-ban-meta-smart-glasses/
- https://about.fb.com/news/2025/09/meta-ray-ban-display-ai-glasses-emg-wristband/
- https://www.essilorluxottica.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/essilorluxottica-and-meta-announce-long-term-partnership/
- https://www.roadtovr.com/meta-ray-ban-partnership-2030-ar-fashion
Common questions
- What is Meta?
- Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META). In the wearables/physical-AI context, Meta co-develops the Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta AI smart glasses with EssilorLuxottica, and in Dec 2025 acquired AI-wearable startup Limitless (see company limitless).
- What does Meta make?
- Meta has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Ray-Ban Meta (Meta builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Is Meta publicly traded?
- Meta is not an independent public company; it has been acquired, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Who competes with Meta?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Meta building in the same form factors include Xiaomi, Baidu, Brilliant Labs, Even Realities.
- Who is the CEO of Meta?
- Mark Zuckerberg is the ceo of Meta, per the DEPLOY registry.
- How can I invest in Meta?
- Meta has no separately traded stock; it has been acquired.
- Where is Meta headquartered?
- Meta is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, USA.
- Who owns Meta?
- Meta has been acquired and is no longer independently owned.
- Where does Meta operate robots?
- Meta is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is Meta a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Meta ranks in roughly the top 43% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Meta founded?
- Meta was founded in 2004.
- Is Meta safe?
- Meta has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-28
Sources by quality tier
- 4
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Meta.Peer companies
- Xiaomi3 models
- Baidu2 models
- Brilliant Labs2 models
- Even Realities2 models
- Hark2 models
- Open Bionics2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Meta from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/meta.md
- RSS feed: /companies/meta/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/303ca7c0-45ce-4503-97e7-d5e0d5adb2bb
- Revision history: /companies/meta/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Xiaomi3 models
- Baidu2 models
- Brilliant Labs2 models
- Even Realities2 models
- Hark2 models
- Open Bionics2 models
Video
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CNBC's Julia Boorstin reports on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's comments during the company's town hall, according to reporting from Reuters.
The Kylie Jenner Meta glasses collab has gone viral, and may be the first step to broadening the reach of the Meta smartglasses. For a long time, the Meta Ray B
Reality vs attention
Meta draws attention at the 98th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among wearable robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Broad public reach with 1.8M video views. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 19, 2026