CLAIM #42021 · Meta Platforms Inc. (META) · 2026Q1 earnings call · Apr 29, 2026 · due Jun 30, 2026
“We will further expand access to more countries this quarter while adding more capabilities to the AIs.”
Susan Li · CFO
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“and agencies can analyze and optimize campaigns with the tools they are already using. Usage of our ad creative tools is also scaling, with more than 8 million advertisers using at least one of our GenAI ad creative tools and particularly strong adoption among small and medium-sized businesses. These tools are benefiting performance as well, with advertisers using our video generation feature seeing more than 3% higher conversion rates in tests. We are also seeing good traction in using AI to facilitate customer engagement. In Q1, we expanded business AIs on WhatsApp to SMBs across Latin America and Indonesia as well as on Messenger in Asia Pacific. We now have more than 10 million conversations each week being facilitated through business AIs, up from 1 million at the start of the year. We will further expand access to more countries this quarter while adding more capabilities to the AIs. We also continue to invest in the value optimization suite, which helps advertisers maximize their return on ad spend by prioritizing the highest-value conversions rather than optimizing solely for the most conversions at the lowest cost. Adoption by businesses has been strong following performance improvements we have made over the past year, with the annual revenue run rate of our value optimization suite now over $20 billion, more than doubling year over year. Last, I want to touch on our commerce efforts. People discover products on our platforms through ads and organic posts, with brands increasingly turning to creators to promote their products. This is contributing to rapid growth in our partnership ads product, with its revenue run rate more than doubling year over year in Q1 to $”
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