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Meta layoffs: Hundreds of jobs cut in AI division after billion-dollar hiring spree

Months after Mark Zuckerberg spent billions building Meta’s dream team for its “AI Superintelligence” project, the company is now trimming the same workforce. Around 600 employees from Meta’s AI division are being laid off in what the company calls an efficiency move.

October 23, 2025 / 08:57 IST
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Months after Mark Zuckerberg spent billions building Meta’s dream team for its “AI Superintelligence” project, the company is now trimming the same workforce. Around 600 employees from Meta’s AI division are being laid off in what the company calls an efficiency move.

Meta’s AI Superintelligence Labs will cut around 600 employees this week, according to a Bloomberg report citing an internal memo. The layoffs come just months after Meta’s aggressive hiring spree, which saw the company poach top talent from rivals like Apple, OpenAI, and Anthropic.

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The cuts, announced internally on October 22, are aimed at “increasing efficiency and reducing bureaucracy,” said Meta’s Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang. “By reducing the size of our team, fewer conversations will be required to make a decision, and each person will be more load-bearing,” Wang wrote in the memo, as per the report by Bloomberg.

Interestingly, Meta’s newly formed TBD Lab — which includes many of its highest-paid new recruits — remains untouched. The company has encouraged affected employees to apply for roles in other departments and said it will continue hiring selectively for key AI positions.