Meta took $200 billion bet on AI before knowing it would work: Mark Zuckerberg. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company committed to investing around $200 billion in AI models before even knowing they would work. Meta's Chief AI Officer, Alexandr Wang, said CFO Susan Li repeatedly questioned him about the AI development. "Susan...was like, 'You know...if this doesn't work...it's going to be very...bad in financial terms'," Wang said.