Meta is laying off approximately 8,000 employees (10% of staff) in May and closing 6,000 open roles. The cuts are positioned as efficiency measures necessary to fund massive AI infrastructure investment, with 2026 capital expenditures forecast at $115–135 billion (up from $72.22 billion in 2025) to support Meta Superintelligence Labs.
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Meta is laying off 10 percent of its staff
Meta is cutting 10% of its workforce (8,000 staff) to redirect $115–135 billion toward superintelligence infrastructure, betting massive AI capex will outpace traditional headcount investment.
Thursday, April 23, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: The VergeBY sys://pipeline
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