Why Zuckerberg shut down the Metaverse $80 billion dollars later | Ep. 11

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Is the Metaverse officially dead, or did AI just takeover? This week on Headlines, Muktar and Eme get into the $80 billion reality of Meta’s Horizon Worlds as Mark Zuckerberg pivots the world’s most powerful social ecosystem toward an AI infrastructure bet. We explore the rise of AI Agents with Claude’s new feature that ‘works while you sleep’, and why Apple is blocking vibe-coded apps to protect its 30% commission Tweet us: @techcabal This episode was brought to you by Monica, your all-in-one app to swap crypto to naira, pay bills and fund your wallet. ____ Headlines featured : * Moniepoint acquires restaurant management platform Orda in full-stack merchant infrastructure be: https://techcabal.com/2026/03/23/moniepoint-acquires-orda-merchant-operating-systems * World Bank bans PwC Africa subsidiaries over electricity project fraud: https://techcabal.com/2026/03/18/world-bank-pwc-kenya-rwanda-units-21-months-fraud/ * CANAL+ plans job cuts at Multichoice in $115 million turnaround plan: https://techcabal.com/2026/03/17/canal-job-cuts-multichoice-turnaround/ Editor’s note: Muktar said “four to five or six million” but meant $4–6 billion — Africa’s approximate annual tech funding figure.