Breaking down Meta's product launchfrom @kanekallaway

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Meta just had one of the craziest product launch events I've ever seen. They just announced four new products that are each pioneering the future of their own categories. And I don't think people realize the strategic level chess game that is really going on here. Product number one was the Better headset. It has the VR power of the Oculus, but sized down to a pair of rank around glasses. This will literally give you cinema quality viewing in your pocket without the bulk and weight of something like the Vision Pro. Now the second product was Muse. And Muse has been out for a couple days, but it is already one of the fastest adopted AI personal assistants ever created. All my normal friends that typically ignore everything AI related immediately downloaded this and are already addicted to using it. So Muse is now the front runner of consumer AI personal agents. And I think the reason is from all the unique personalization Meta has in Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp that is unique to them. Now third and very under the radar is this Muse charm device. While Muse is the AI DNA that will do work for you, the charm device is this puck like hardware that allows you to access it without a screen. It feels part Tamagotchi, part good no in a way that I could see really exploding in culture. And lastly, number four was their AI audio glasses. Now anyone that's tried Better Ray Bans knows that their secret feature isn't the camera, it's the audio. Well, Meta leaned into that and created a whole new category of audio only glasses that look the exact same as normal frames you'd wear. So these are now also a category of one. So it's Tier AI, AI personal assistant, AI hardware, and audio glasses all in the same event. Like I said, the most interesting part is how the master plan is all starting to come together for Zuck. See, Meta has had to deal with these hardware platform lock in issues from companies like Apple for the last decade. Well, now for the first time, they have industry leading hardware coming from two directions, both glasses and this Puck handheld device. So there's a good chance Meta will be one of the only companies with frontier level hardware, software, distribution, and superintelligence. And when they have all four, they control the board. Never bet against Zuck.