Meta lays off thousands of workers to fund AI

Meta has reportedly notified thousands of employees that they will be laid off as the company tries to recoup its investment in AI. In an email from Meta management shared by Business InsiderThe affected employees were told that the reduction in the number of people who want to reduce the number of people is part of the “effort of the company to run the company and to allow us to reduce the costs that we are making.”

Reports of potential layoffs began circulating in March, though at the time Meta believed they were cutting it. up to 20 percent its total number of companies. According to a The latest memo was shared in Maythe layoffs are now believed to affect about 8,000 people, about 10 percent of Meta’s 78,000 employees.

Removal follows Meta forecast in January that it will spend $115 billion-$135 billion in spending in 2026, which will be used “to support our Meta Superintelligence Labs efforts and large business.” It is almost double the $72.22 billion that the company spent in 2025 in comparison. Along with cutting staff positions, Business Insider reports that Meta is moving more than 7,000 employees to new AI roles, and 6,000 open positions are closing, according to Bloomberg.

“We want to say again that we are grateful for your contributions. Your involvement at Meta has been an important part of our story,” Meta said in a closing memo to lay off employees.

Some of the victims did has been sentaboutdismissal on LinkedInthey show their active Meta badges and confirm that the cut is happening now. One former employee he is said to have been left with “8,000 metamates.” We have reached out to Meta to confirm the number of employees affected.