Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will be opening a Meta Lab store at the Galleria later this year. "We're excited to bring Meta Lab to Texas for the first time," a Meta spokesperson said.

The news comes amid increased spending on AI and new executive incentives.

META) is preparing to open Texas' first Meta Lab location in Houston's Galleria mall, following in the footsteps of fellow tech giant Google. Meta Platforms — the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — has been making moves to expand its brick-and-mortar retail footprint in recent years.

Meta is eyeing the Houston Galleria for its next big swing at real-world retail, with plans for a Meta Lab storefront that would bring the tech giant's experimental hardware hub to Uptown Houston. The proposed space would mark the company's first Texas Meta Lab and extend its recent push into physical retail.

My trip to the Meta Lab pop-up included a Meta Ray-Ban Meta Display demo.Henry Chandonnet/Business Insider For years, Meta has built its businesses online. Now, it's also expanding to brick-and-mortar — including a new two-story location in NYC that I ...

Meta hires key engineers from Mira Murati's $12B AI startup, highlighting an intensifying talent war as top firms compete for elite AI expertise.

Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab faces an AI talent drain to Meta, with founders and a researcher among recent departures from the startup.

Meta has systematically hired five founding members of Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab after she rejected a $1B acquisition offer, reshaping its AI division.

Meta has hired another founding engineer from Thinking Machines Lab as the AI talent wars intensify. The startup is still rapidly expanding.