Meta to cut 8,000 jobs to bankroll its AI ambitions

Meta will cut about 8,000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, and leave 6,000 roles unfilled to redirect spending toward AI.

The layoffs take effect May 20 as part of a broader restructuring and earlier reductions in Reality Labs.

Meta is shifting resources into AI models, compute infrastructure, and related hiring, underscoring the cost pressure behind AI expansion.

The move reflects a wider tech-industry trend: trimming headcount to fund expensive GPU, data center, and large language model investments.