Meta says it will cut 8,000 jobs as AI spending soars

The cuts, which employees had been expecting for weeks, will be Meta's largest layoff since 2023.

Meta plans to lay off approximately 8,000 employees, representing about 10% of its workforce, to boost efficiency amid rising AI infrastructure costs.

Meta announced plans to lay off about 8,000 employees, or 10% of its workforce, as part of ongoing efforts to boost efficiency and redirect investment toward AI infrastructure.

Meta plans to lay off roughly 8,000 employees, or 10% of its workforce, in a move to slash costs as the technology company pushes deeper into artificial intelligence.

Meta Platforms Inc. plans to cut 10% of its workforce, or roughly 8,000 employees, in an effort to boost efficiency and offset heavy spending on artificial intelligence.

Meta is laying off about 8,000 workers, or about 10% of its workforce, as it continues to ramp up spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure and highly paid AI-expert hires.

Meta Platforms is set to cut around 8,000 jobs next month as it ramps up spending on AI, in what marks one of the company’s largest rounds of layoffs in recent years.

Meta is cutting roughly 8,000 jobs or around 10% of its workforce as it funnels ever more cash into artificial intelligence and the sky-high salaries needed to attract AI talent.

Meta is laying off approximately 8,000 employees, representing 10% of its workforce, according to CNBC. The cuts are directly tied to ramping up AI investments, continuing the company's Year of Efficiency strategy.

Meta is cutting approximately 8,000 employees (10% of its workforce) beginning 20 May, cancelling 6,000 open roles, and planning additional cuts for H2 2026. The layoffs, announced via an internal memo from HR head Janelle Gale, are structural rather than performance-based, reorganising teams into AI-focused “pods” while Meta spends $115-135 billion on AI infrastructure this year.

Meta is cutting about 8,000 jobs while pushing AI spending to extraordinary levels. That is not just another tech layoff round. It is a clear sign of where the money now ranks inside big tech. Labour is being treated as the cost that can move. AI is being treated as the cost that cannot.

Meta plans to cut 10% of its workforce, or about 8,000 employees, and will not fill 6,000 open roles, Bloomberg reported Thursday (April 23), citing a memo the company sent to employees.

Meta is laying off about 8,000 workers, or about 10% of its workforce, the company said Thursday, as it continues to ramp up spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure and highly paid AI-expert hires.

Meta is laying off about 8,000 workers, or about 10% of its workforce, the company said Thursday as it continues to ramp up spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure and highly paid AI-expert hires.

Meta will cut thousands of jobs next month as it spends more than ever on artificial intelligence (AI) projects. The company told employees in a memo on Thursday that it planned to cut 10% of its workforce - roughly 8,000 staff. It said it would also not fill thousands more open jobs it had been hiring for.

Meta is cutting roughly 10% of its staff, totaling about 8,000 employees, to shore up its finances for more spending on artificial intelligence. In a memo sent to staff, the company said the move was intended to “run the company more efficiently and to allow us to offset the other investments we’re making.”