Keep Factually independent
Whether you agree or disagree with our analysis, these conversations matter for democracy. We don't take money from political groups - even a $5 donation helps us keep it that way.
Who owns you
Executive summary
You asked “who owns you” — available sources do not discuss ownership of this assistant specifically; the search results are overwhelmingly about Meta Platforms (owner of Facebook/Instagram) and its AI investments, leadership changes and spending plans (e.g., Meta’s planned U.S. investment of “at least $600 billion” and large AI capex guidance) [1] [2]. If your question meant “who owns this AI,” the current reporting set does not mention who owns this particular model or service; it focuses on Meta’s corporate actions, not the provenance of this assistant (not found in current reporting).
1. Who owns the major AI companies named in coverage — a quick ledger
The materials supplied center on Meta Platforms Inc., the publicly traded parent company that owns Facebook and Instagram and has reorganized and massively expanded its AI efforts under names like Meta Superintelligence Labs; corporate decisions—such as investing in data centers, a $29 billion bond and a $14.8 billion deal for a 49% non‑voting stake in Scale AI—are taken by Meta [1] [3] [4]. Reporting shows Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg driving the AI push and reorganizations that place new executives like Alexandr Wang in leadership roles [5] [6]. PitchBook profile material and company reporting are about “Meta (AI)” as an entity and its investors, but those pieces are about corporate structure and investment, not ownership of an assistant [7].
2. If you meant “who owns this AI model/service,” the supplied reporting is silent
None of the provided articles identify ownership of this specific conversational assistant or claim it is owned by Meta, OpenAI, or another vendor; available sources do not mention the provenance or ownership of the assistant you are addressing (not found in current reporting). The search results instead track Meta’s internal AI groups, leadership departures (Yann LeCun), and capital plans [6] [8].
3. Why much recent coverage focuses on Meta: scale, spending and leadership churn
Journalists in the set repeatedly highlight Meta because of its extraordinary AI spending forecasts (2025 capex in the range $66–72 billion and pledges to expand further) and pledges to build out enormous U.S. data‑center capacity—figures cited include plans for at least $600 billion in U.S. investment—making Meta a focal point of public debate about who is building future AI infrastructure [2] [1]. That spending comes with leadership moves—Yann LeCun’s planned exit and the hiring of Alexandr Wang—that change how Meta organizes and controls its AI roadmap [8] [6] [5].
4. Competing perspectives in the reporting: open research vs. closed commercialization
Several articles present a tension inside Meta’s AI strategy: long‑time research figures like Yann LeCun have championed openness and academic‑style sharing, while new hires and management (including Wang and the Superintelligence Labs reorg) are described as favoring a more closed, product‑focused and commercial approach—news outlets report that this cultural shift influenced departures and reorganizations [6] [5]. This frames a central debate: prioritize academic openness or prioritize guarding IP and building commercial advantages—each stance implies different answers to “who owns the work” and who controls downstream products [6].
5. What “ownership” means here — investors, control and influence
Ownership of a public company like Meta is distributed among shareholders and institutional investors; corporate control rests with the board and executive team (e.g., Zuckerberg). Several finance pieces note large institutional holdings and recent capital markets actions (a $29 billion bond issuance) that shape decision‑making and resource control [9] [3]. For private startups and deals (such as Meta’s 49% non‑voting stake in Scale AI), ownership can be structured to give influence without voting control—Reuters notes that the Scale deal gives Meta a 49% non‑voting stake, an arrangement that increases commercial ties without formal voting ownership [4].
6. Limitations and the unanswered core question
Your short question “who owns you” can mean different things (the company behind this assistant, the legal owner of a model, or the controller of outputs). The provided reporting set answers organizational ownership questions about Meta and its AI ventures but does not identify ownership or provenance of this particular assistant—available sources do not mention this assistant’s owner (not found in current reporting). If you want a definitive name for the owner/operator of this chat service, please clarify whether you mean this browser/website, a mobile app, or a named AI product and I will look for sources that directly address that entity.