Goblin House
Goblin House
Area: Market Signals — Full Company Workup (market_full_workup)
Filed: 2026-05-02T07:41:43.717Z
Source: External LLM via /handoff/market
Resolved company: Meta Platforms (entity #9869, no ticker on file)
Ingest result: 4 events, 4 governance, 4 regulatory, 2 revenue, 1 connections, 14 sources, (3 skipped) — signal detection skipped (no ticker on file)
{ "target_company": { "name": "Meta Platforms", "ticker": "META" },
"corporate_events": [ { "summary": "Meta reported Q4 and full year 2024 financial results, with revenue of $164.5B for FY2024 and cash position of $77.81B as of Dec 31, 2024.", "event_date": "2025-01-29", "signal_type": "earnings_report", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680125000014/meta-12312024xexhibit991.htm" }, { "summary": "Meta issued press release and held conference call regarding Q3 2024 financial results.", "event_date": "2024-10-30", "signal_type": "earnings_report", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680124000077/meta-20241030.htm" }, { "summary": "Meta filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, disclosing investment focus on AI, metaverse, and infrastructure.", "event_date": "2025-01-29", "signal_type": "earnings_report", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680125000017/meta-20241231.htm" }, { "summary": "FTC v. Meta antitrust trial began with CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying on first day regarding Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions.", "event_date": "2025-04-14", "signal_type": "regulatory_action", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/191-0134-facebook-inc-ftc-v-ftc-v-meta-platforms-inc" } ],
"governance_signals": [ { "fact_text": "Meta spent $26,290,000 on federal lobbying in 2025, hiring 21 additional lobbyists compared to 2024 to address data center and AI policy issues.", "date_occurred": "2025-12-31", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?id=D000033563", "entity_link": "United States Congress", "relationship_type": "lobbies" }, { "fact_text": "Meta appointed UFC CEO Dana White and two other white men to its board in January 2025, shifting board composition to 10 men and 3 women (23% female).", "date_occurred": "2025-01-07", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/01/07/meta-board-trump-white-zuckerberg", "entity_link": "Dana White", "relationship_type": "board_member" }, { "fact_text": "Seven of Meta's ten male board members are billionaires, including Marc Andreessen, John Arnold, John Elkann, Drew Houston, Hock Tan, Tony Xu, and Mark Zuckerberg.", "date_occurred": "2025-01-07", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.axios.com/2025/01/07/meta-board-trump-white-zuckerberg", "entity_link": "Marc Andreessen", "relationship_type": "board_member" }, { "fact_text": "Peter Thiel retired from Meta's board at the 2022 Annual Shareholder Meeting after serving since 2005.", "date_occurred": "2022-05-25", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/peter-thiel-to-retire-from-meta-board-of-directors-at-2022-annual-shareholder-meeting-301476881.html", "entity_link": "Peter Thiel", "relationship_type": "former_board_member" } ],
"regulatory_exposure": [ { "fact_text": "FTC antitrust trial against Meta began on April 14, 2025, challenging the company's acquisitions of Instagram (2012) and WhatsApp (2014) as anticompetitive.", "date_occurred": "2025-04-14", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/191-0134-facebook-inc-ftc-v-ftc-v-meta-platforms-inc" }, { "fact_text": "U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg ruled in favor of Meta on November 18, 2025, finding the FTC failed to prove Meta currently possesses monopoly power in personal social networking.", "date_occurred": "2025-11-18", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB11379" }, { "fact_text": "FTC filed notice of appeal on January 20, 2026, challenging the District Court's November 2025 ruling in favor of Meta in the monopolization case.", "date_occurred": "2026-01-20", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/01/ftc-appeals-ruling-meta-monopolization-case" }, { "fact_text": "European Commission opened formal proceedings in March 2024 regarding Meta's 'subscription for no ads' model compliance with Digital Markets Act requirements, with preliminary findings issued in July 2024.", "date_occurred": "2024-03-01", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680125000017/meta-20241231.htm", "entity_link": "European Commission", "relationship_type": "regulatory_action" } ],
"revenue_concentration": [ { "fact_text": "In 2024, 79% of Meta's total costs and expenses were recognized in Family of Apps (advertising-driven) and 21% in Reality Labs, with substantially all revenue generated through advertising across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp.", "fiscal_period": "FY2024", "confidence": "primary", "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680125000017/meta-20241231.htm" }, { "fact_text": "Meta's Family of Apps segment generates 98.9% of net sales through operation of social networking, messaging, photo and video sharing platforms, with only 1.1% from virtual and augmented reality products.", "fiscal_period": "FY2025", "confidence": "secondary", "source_url": "https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/META-PLATFORMS-INC-10547141/company-governance/" } ] }