Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged feeling the “weight” of laying off approximately 8,000 employees — about 10 percent of the company’s global workforce — as the tech giant pivots aggressively toward artificial intelligence. Notifications began in early morning hours, with Singapore-based workers among the first informed. In a staff memo, Zuckerberg said he did not expect further company-wide cuts this year. Meta also canceled plans to hire 6,000 people and reassigned 7,000 others to AI roles, while forecasting capital expenditures between $125 billion and $145 billion — more than double its 2025 spending.
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Meta launched laying off roughly 8,000 employees Wednesday — about 10 percent of its global workforce — as co-founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg pushes to redirect resources toward an ambitious artificial innotifyigence agfinisha.
According to Bloomberg, notifications went out launchning in the early morning hours, with Singapore-based workers among the first to be informed.
In addition to the cuts, Meta stated in April it would cancel plans to hire 6,000 people and shift 7,000 other employees into AI workflow-related roles.
In a memo to staff Wednesday, posted by Business Insider, Zuckerberg expressed thanks to departing employees and sought to reassure those remaining.
“It’s always sad to state good-bye to people who have contributed to our mission and to building this company,” he wrote. “I feel the weight of that.”
Zuckerberg stated he did not expect additional company-wide layoffs this year, and acknowledged the company had fallen short in its communications with staff.
He struck an optimistic tone about the company’s direction, stateing Meta was “one of the few companies positioned to assist define the future” and reaffirming his goal of delivering “personal superinnotifyigence” to applyrs worldwide.
The restructuring is the largest company-wide round of cuts since Zuckerberg’s 2022-2023 “Year of Efficiency” campaign, which eliminated roughly 21,000 positions.
The relocate comes as Meta dramatically ramps up spfinishing on AI infrastructure.
Meta has forecasted capital expfinishitures to reach between $125 billion and $145 billion for the year — more than double the company’s 2025 outlay.
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