Meta is trying to sell AI agents to businesses in latest effort to diversify away from ads

Cnbc · Jun 03, 2026 · 458 words · By Jonathan Vanian

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Meta's effort to push beyond ads and to make money from artificial intelligence is now targeting the red-hot market of AI agents.

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What happened

Meta's effort to push beyond ads and to make money from artificial intelligence is now targeting the red-hot market of AI agents.

Why it matters

The company said Wednesday that a new Meta Business Agent feature can be used across apps like WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram to respond to customer inquiries, recommend products and book appointments.

Common ground

It will be included in a business-focused subscription tier for Meta One, which the company introduced last week as a way to package premium services for creators and companies.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “It will be included in a business-focused subscription tier for Meta One, which the company introduced last week as a way to package premium services for creators and companies.”

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Two independent web sources confirm that the Meta Business Agent is part of a subscription tier under the 'Meta One' brand introduced the previous week.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Meta AI is a research division of Meta (formerly Facebook) that develops artificial intelligence and augmented reality technologies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_AI

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Meta Platforms, Inc. (doing business as Meta) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Meta owns and operates several prominent social media platforms a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Meta Rosenberg (5 June 1915 – 30 December 2004), born Meta Arenson, was an American television producer and talent agent, who was also executive producer of the television series The Rockford Files.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Rosenberg

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Claim 2: “Meta also said at the time that it would begin testing subscription services for its Meta AI app and website.”

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Multiple web sources from early 2026 confirm Meta is testing paid subscription services for its AI features across its apps and website, including specific pricing mentions.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Meta Runner (known as Meta Runner: The Final Season in its third season) is an Australian independent-animated web series created by Kevin and Luke Lerdwichagul and produced by Glitch Productions. The…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Runner

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scale AI, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence infrastructure and software company based in San Francisco, California. Originally focused on data annotation, the company also offers RLHF servic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_AI

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Claim 3: “Meta still counts on ads for about 98% of revenue”

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Both a cross-reference (CNBC) and a web search result (Livdose) explicitly state that nearly 98% of Meta's first-quarter revenue came from advertising.

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web search NEUTRAL — Meta Platforms, Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Meta owns and operates several prominent social media platforms and communication services…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms

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web search NEUTRAL — In its earnings report last month, Meta said that nearly 98% of its $56.3 billion in first-quarter revenue came from advertising. It’s a remarkably lucrative market, with some of the highest profit ma…
https://livdose.com/meta-struggled-selling-anything-other-th…

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web search NEUTRAL — Meta Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend. May 28, 2026.Investor Education Center. Meta for Business. Meta Ads Guide.
https://investor.atmeta.com/

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Claim 4: “In October, Meta released a free, test version of the service, then called Business AI, that was only available in select countries, including Mexico and India.”

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While web results mention Meta AI launching in India and beta testing, there is no specific evidence confirming a 'Business AI' test version released specifically in October in Mexico and India.

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web search NEUTRAL — Today, we’re launching the first version of the Meta AI app: the assistant that gets to know your preferences, remembers context and is personalized to you. The app includes a Discover feed, a place t…
https://about.fb.com/news/2025/04/introducing-meta-ai-app-ne…

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web search NEUTRAL — Meta AI can be accessed in the Facebook feed and on Instagram search, and Meta is rolling out beta testing in the U.S. on WhatsApp to create images from text in real time using the AI's Imagine featur…
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2024/04/23/can-you-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Meta Platforms is building its Meta AI for the average Joe. . (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)(AP). In hustle and bustle of daily life, it can be hard to stay up to date with all the latest happenings …
https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/weekly-tech-re…

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Claim 5: “The company said Wednesday that a new Meta Business Agent feature can be used across apps like WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram to respond to customer inquiries, recommend products and book appointments.”

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Multiple independent web search results from June 2026 confirm the launch of Meta Business Agent for WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram to handle customer inquiries and product recommendations.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.) is a technology company that has acquired 91 other companies, including WhatsApp. The WhatsApp acquisition closed at a steep $16 billion; more than $40 per use…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Meta AI is a research division of Meta (formerly Facebook) that develops artificial intelligence and augmented reality technologies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_AI

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — WhatsApp Messenger, commonly known simply as WhatsApp, is an American social media, instant messaging (IM), and Voice over IP (VoIP) service accessible via desktop and mobile app. Owned by Meta Platfo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp

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Claim 6: “AI users have swarmed to the freely available OpenClaw AI agent platform that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang described as "the most popular, open-source project in the history of humanity."”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding 'OpenClaw AI' or a quote from Jensen Huang about it.

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Claim 7: “Amazon and Microsoft recently released agent tools”

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Web search results confirm Amazon's 'Amazon Q' and agentic AI solutions, as well as Microsoft's release of an AI agents guide/tools.

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 20, 2025 ... Microsoft released a complete AI agents guide. 11 videos, free to watch, find links below. [ save this post for later ] 1. What are AI ...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andrewbolis_microsoft-release…

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web search NEUTRAL — Amazon Q is a generative AI assistant that transforms how work gets done in your organization. With specialized capabilities for software developers, business ...
https://aws.amazon.com/q/

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web search NEUTRAL — Most organizations have experimented with AI. Few have put it to work at production scale. At Amazon, teams that redesigned workflows around AI agents ...
https://aws.amazon.com/ai/agentic-ai/

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Claim 8: “Customers can also access a new Meta Business Agent Platform that lets them connect third-party data sources from services like Shopify and Zendesk”

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Claim 9: “Zuckerberg has run a thriving online ads company since Facebook started targeting users with advertisements in 2007.”

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Official Meta/Facebook announcement from November 6, 2007, and Wikipedia confirm the introduction of Facebook Ads in 2007.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Facebook is an American social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, along with his Harvard College roommates and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Messenger (formerly known as Facebook Messenger) is an American proprietary instant messaging service developed by Meta Platforms, the company that operates Facebook. Originally developed as Facebook …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Messenger

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The history of Facebook traces its growth from a college networking site to a global social networking service. It was launched as TheFacebook in 2004, and renamed Facebook in 2005. Founded by Mark Zu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Facebook

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Claim 10: “Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in prepared remarks for a company event in London on Wednesday.”

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Web search results confirm the 'Conversations 2026' event took place in London on June 3, 2026, where the Meta Business Agent was launched via prepared remarks/announcements.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Facebook is a social networking service that has been gradually replacing traditional media channels since 2010. Facebook has limited moderation of the content posted to its site. Because the site ind…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Facebook

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — QAnon is a far-right American political conspiracy theory and political movement that originated in 2017. QAnon centers on fabricated claims made by an anonymous individual or individuals known as "Q …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon

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Claim 11: “Big businesses that currently use Meta's WhatsApp Business Platform will be charged on a consumption basis for the new AI agent feature”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific consumption-based charging model for the AI agent feature on the WhatsApp Business Platform.

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