Meta launches $35 billion of offerings and outlines a conditional $60 billion programme

The financing plan supports AI infrastructure, but the proposed future share programme has no agreement or final terms and is not cash already raised.

Meta launched approximately $35 billion of concurrent public equity offerings on October 26 and described plans for a further $60 billion at-the-market programme. Its issuer announcement connects the financing with continued investment in AI infrastructure and personal superintelligence.

The immediate offerings comprise approximately $22.5 billion of Class A common stock associated with forward-sale agreements and $12.5 billion of depositary shares representing mandatory convertible preferred stock. Meta says it does not expect to receive proceeds immediately from the forward purchasers' initial common-stock sales; receipts would follow settlement of those agreements.

The proposed $60 billion programme is a separate, conditional step linked to the commencement of trading in Meta's previously announced Class C shares. The company says it has entered no agreement for that programme and has not determined its timing, size or terms. Adding the two headline amounts produces a financing ambition, not $95 billion of completed fundraising.

The same release reiterates expected 2026 capital expenditure of $135 billion to $145 billion. Meta describes a mix of operating cash flow, debt, strategic partnerships and equity as the funding base for its AI investments. Those investments span established applications, agents, enterprise services and computing capacity.

The transaction structure matters because infrastructure commitments and financing receipts occur on different schedules. Preferred securities, forward sales and a possible future market programme give the company different ways to manage that timing. The announcement establishes the launched offerings and intended next step while leaving the future programme and final proceeds dependent on subsequent execution.

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- [Meta Announces Launch of Offering of Depositary Shares and Class A Common Stock](https://investor.atmeta.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2026/Meta-Announces-Launch-of-Offering-of-Depositary-Shares-Representing-Series-A-Mandatory-Convertible-Preferred-Stock-and-Offering-of-Class-A-Common-Stock-in-Connection-with-Forward-Sale-Agreements/default.aspx) — Meta Investor Relations