Comment by zmmmmm

it's not really a fair characterisation, because he persisted for nearly 10 years dumping enormous investment into the VR business, and still is to this day. Furthermore, Meta's AI labs predated all the hype and the company was investing and highly respected in the area way before it was "cool".

If anything, I think the panic at this stage is arising from the sense of having his lunch stolen after having invested so much and for so long.