Meta Platforms has reassigned approximately 7,000 employees into four newly established artificial intelligence units as part of a significant corporate overhaul involving mass layoffs. This workforce realignment coincides with job cuts affecting around 8,000 staff, marking the company’s largest reduction since its previous downsizing phases in 2022 and 2023.
The four new groups – Applied AI Engineering, Agent Transformation Accelerator XFN, Central Analytics, and Enterprise Solutions – will concentrate on advancing Meta’s AI product initiatives, including internal productivity tools and AI-driven applications. The restructured units will operate under a streamlined model with fewer management layers and smaller teams, aiming to foster faster decision-making and innovation.
This personnel and organizational reshuffle accompanies the elimination of about 6,000 open roles. Notifications to affected employees began early Wednesday, with U.S.-based workers receiving severance packages including 16 weeks of base salary, additional pay based on tenure, and 18 months of health coverage. Meta’s overall headcount, which reached nearly 87,000 in 2022, declined to just under 78,000 by the end of March.
These changes underscore Meta’s intensified commitment to AI development, as the company ramps up its capital expenditures to an estimated range between $125 billion and $145 billion for the year. Investments will focus heavily on data centers, AI infrastructure, and custom silicon technology. This scale-up aims to close the gap with AI industry leaders such as OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic.
Meta’s Chief Financial Officer recently highlighted the restructuring as part of a productivity drive, emphasizing the role of AI tools in boosting engineering output. The restructuring aligns with ongoing trends in the tech industry, where layoffs this year have surpassed 130,000 jobs across multiple companies.