Meta Layoffs: For the past year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been pushing Meta to compete more strongly in the field of generative AI. Meta plans to invest $600 billion in data center construction by 2028.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s company, Meta, is planning large-scale layoffs. This could affect 20% or more of the company’s workforce. According to Reuters, sources say Meta is looking to recoup expensive investments in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. It is preparing itself for the increased efficiency that AI-assisted workforce will provide. No date has been set for the layoffs, nor has the number of people who will be laid off.
According to the company’s latest filing, Meta had approximately 79,000 employees as of December 31, 2025. Based on this figure, a 20% layoff would mean the loss of 16,000 jobs. If Meta lays off 20% of its workforce, it would be the company’s largest layoff since the restructuring that took place in late 2022 and early 2023.
How many people have been laid off before?
The company’s top executives recently communicated these plans to other senior Meta leaders, asking them to begin planning how to reduce their workforce. Meta laid off 11,000 employees in November 2022, representing approximately 13% of its total workforce at the time. About four months later, the company announced plans to cut another 10,000 jobs.
For the past year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been pushing Meta to compete more strongly in the field of generative AI. The company has offered top AI researchers large salary packages to join its new “Superintelligence Team,” some of which are worth hundreds of millions of dollars for four years. Meta plans to invest $600 billion in building data centers by 2028.
Recently, the company acquired Moltbook, a social networking platform designed for AI agents. Meta is also spending at least $2 billion to acquire Chinese AI startup Manus.
