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Manus Raises $500 Million After Beijing Blocked Meta Deal
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Chinese AI Agent Manus Banks $500 Million After Beijing Killed Meta Acquisition
Founder News Team Oct 12, 2026 0

Manus, the Chinese AI startup blocked from selling to Meta, has raised over $500 million from domestic investors. Led by…

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Lawsuit accuses Meta of using AI to target workers for layoffs who took medical and maternity leave – The Mercury News
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Meta Sued Over AI That Flagged Workers on Medical Leave for Layoffs
Founder News Team Oct 3, 2026 0

Meta faces a federal lawsuit filed Monday in Oakland alleging its AI-driven layoff process unfairly targeted workers on protected medical,…

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Meta Rises Despite Europe's Under-15 Ban Threat
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Meta Stock Trades 22% Below Fair Value Amid EU Teen Ban Proposal
Founder News Team Sep 18, 2026 0

Meta shares slipped 0.2% to $664.64 on Tuesday as European regulators prepared a proposal barring anyone under 15 from social…

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From Wedding DJ to Meta Engineer: My 13-Year Career and Layoff
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Meta Layoff Ends a 13-Year Engineer’s Unlikely Rise From DJ Booth
Founder News Team Aug 13, 2026 0

A Meta engineer’s 13-year journey from spinning records to writing code just ended in the company’s latest round of layoffs.…

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Meta cuts 10% of workers — 8,000 jobs — as AI grows
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Meta Slashes 8,000 Jobs While Shifting 7,000 Staff to Build AI
Founder News Team Aug 6, 2026 0

Meta is cutting 8,000 employees and reallocating another 7,000 into artificial intelligence roles in a brutal efficiency play that reshapes…

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Meta Faces Billions in Fines as EU Declares Facebook and Instagram Deliberately Addictive
Founder News Team Jul 15, 2026 0

The European Commission has accused Meta of violating the Digital Services Act by designing Facebook and Instagram with features that…

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Meta to lay off 10% of its staff: What we know
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Meta Cuts 14,000 Jobs to Fund a $135 Billion Bet on AI
Founder News Team Jun 12, 2026 0

Meta, the Menlo Park-based parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is cutting approximately 10% of its workforce, eliminating 8,000…

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Meta layoffs: More than half of the 8,000 job cuts are in two US states, and these roles took the biggest hit
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Meta Slashed 8,000 Jobs to Fund Its AI Bet, and Middle Managers Paid the Heaviest Price
Founder News Team Jun 11, 2026 0

Meta's aggressive AI investment push has triggered 8,000 layoffs, with 4,665 cuts concentrated in California and Washington state. Middle managers…

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Meta must reopen WhatsApp to rival AI assistants in Europe
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EU Forces Meta to Reopen WhatsApp to Rival AI Chatbots Under Threat of Massive Fines
Founder News Team Jun 10, 2026 0

The European Commission on June 9 ordered Meta to restore WhatsApp access for rival AI chatbot developers, including ChatGPT and…

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Meta to lay off 10% of workforce in AI push
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Meta Cuts 10% of Its Workforce as AI Investment Forces Out Thousands of Workers
Founder News Team Jun 3, 2026 0

Meta announced on April 23 plans to lay off approximately 8,000 employees — 10% of its global workforce — as…

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