Bloomberg reported on October 13, 2026, that Mark Zuckerberg recalled Meta committing to major AI infrastructure spending in 2025 before knowing whether its AI products would succeed. He remembered a possible check of “$100 billion or $200 billion”—a recollection of a commitment, not an exact realized expenditure, according to Bloomberg’s report.
Zuckerberg recalled asking whether the investment would work
Zuckerberg also recalled asking Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang, “You sure this is going to work?” The question captures the uncertainty Zuckerberg described at the time of the commitment; it does not supply a final spending figure.
How the episode page describes the bet
The Cheeky Pint episode page characterizes the discussion as a commitment of more than $100 billion in capital expenditures, or CapEx—the money a company commits to long-term assets. It labels a chapter at 48:26 “Betting $100B” and says Meta’s AI infrastructure had scaled past five gigawatts. These are descriptions of the commitment and infrastructure scale, rather than an accounting total of money spent, as the episode page puts it.
