TIVP099: META (META): WHAT THE MARKET MISSES
W/ DANIEL MAHNCKE & SHAWN O’MALLEY
TIVP099: META (META): WHAT THE MARKET MISSES W/ DANIEL MAHNCKE & SHAWN O’MALLEY
27 September 2026
Daniel Mahncke and Shawn O’Malley revisit Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), the advertising machine behind Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp that reaches 3.6 billion people every day — over 40% of the world’s population — and just grew ad revenue 27% to a nearly $240 billion annual run rate.
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- Why Meta was sued and how it settled
- What Meta’s AI vision looks like
- How AI could revolutionize Meta’s Ads Business
- About the optionality of WhatsApp
- Whether META will be added to The Intrinsic Value Portfolio
- And much, much more!
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