Feels like Meta is going to Cloud services business but in AI domain. They resisted entering cloud business for so long, with the success of AWS/Azure/GCP I think they are realizing they can't keep at the top only with social networks without owning a platform (hardware, cloud)
SAM's a really cool model, that's something to look forward to. I didn't see that in the LlamaCon notes, is that something they've announced elsewhere or just a rumor atm?
In this case the market basically validated itself. Companies are already using Llama for production workloads. It is offered as a first class LLM option in AWS, Azure, GCP and all other major hosting providers. Meta may have been getting marginal licensing fees out of it but now wants a bigger piece of the pie.
They seem to see tge writing on the wall and have been panicked for a while, yes.
Gobbling up rising brands kept their finances going for a while, but the grand Metaverse pivot was clearly their (much struggling) attempt to invent their own titanic platform akin to Android or iPhone.
With that not gaining as much traction as they wanted as quickly as they wanted, they're still on the hunt, as here.
I don’t know if an API service means they are going up against AWS next. I could totally see it though, and would make sense for them as a company. It makes more sense for them than Amazon of all places.
