Meta Lays Off 8,000 Employees
In brief
- Meta laid off 8,000 employees to offset its AI investments.
- This is around 10 percent of the company.
- The company is spending a lot of money on AI.
- It plans to spend $115 billion to $135 billion in 2026.
- This is almost double what it spent in 2025.
- Meta is also moving employees to work on new AI projects.
- The layoffs are now underway and some employees have posted about it on LinkedIn.
- Meta will continue to make changes to its business.
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