Meta Platforms is preparing for another major round of layoffs, cutting about 10% of its workforce roughly 8,000 employees as it pours unprecedented money into artificial intelligence.
In a memo sent to staff, the company said it will begin the job cuts next month and will also leave thousands of open roles unfilled.
Even though Meta has already trimmed staff in smaller rounds earlier this year, this move marks its biggest layoff since 2023.
The decision comes down to money and priorities.
Meta is now spending heavily on AI development, with projected spending hitting about $135 billion this year alone nearly the same as what it spent on AI over the previous three years combined.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been openly pushing this direction.
He has argued that AI is changing how work gets done, claiming that one employee supported by AI tools can now do what used to require entire teams.
That shift is already reshaping how the company operates.
Meta has reportedly started tracking how employees interact with their work systems, including logging activity on company devices, to help train its AI models something that has sparked unease among staff.
This isn’t happening in isolation. Across the tech industry, companies are tightening headcount while ramping up AI investments.
Firms like Amazon, Oracle, and others have also announced large-scale layoffs in recent months, often linking cuts to automation and restructuring around AI.
Meta’s latest move signals a broader reality in the tech world right now: companies are betting big on AI, and in the process, traditional roles are being squeezed out to make room for that shift.
