Meta has reportedly notified thousands of employees that they've been laid off as the company attempts to compensate for its hefty AI investments. In an email from Meta management shared by Business Insider, impacted staffers were told that the planned headcount reduction was part of the company's "continued effort to run the company more efficiently […]
Meta lays off thousands of employees to offset AI investments 8,000 staffers are reportedly affected, around 10 percent of the company.
8,000 staffers are reportedly affected, around 10 percent of the company.
Meta has reportedly notified thousands of employees that they’ve been laid off as the company attempts to compensate for its hefty AI investments. In an email from Meta management shared by Business Insider , impacted staffers were told that the planned headcount reduction was part of the company’s “continued effort to run the company more efficiently and to allow us to offset the other investments we’re making.” Reports of an upcoming wave of layoffs started circulating in March, though at that time Meta was believed to be cutting up to 20 percent of its total company headcount. According to a recent memo shared in May , the layoffs are now believed to be impacting approximately 8,000 people, around 10 percent of Meta’s 78,000 employees.
The layoffs follow Meta forecasting in January that it will spend $115 billion-$135 billion in capital expenditures in 2026, which would be used to “support our Meta Superintelligence Labs efforts and core business.” That’s almost double the $72.22 billion spent by the company in 2025 by comparison. Alongside cutting active roles, Business Insider reports that Meta is moving more than 7,000 staffers to work on new AI initiatives, and 6,000 open roles are being closed, according to Bloomberg .
“We want to say again that we’re grateful for your contributions. Your impact at Meta has been an important part of our story,” Meta said in closing the memo to laid off employees.
Some of those impacted have posted about being laid off on LinkedIn , showing their Meta employee badges and confirming that the cuts are now underway.
One former employee mentions she was let go alongside “8,000 metamates.” We have reached out to Meta to confirm how many employees were affected.
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