Preparation to lay off 15,000 employees in Meta: This is 20% of the total workforce; Investment on AI and purchase of startups became the reason

Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta is once again preparing for mass layoffs. According to Reuters report, the company may show the way out to 20% of its global workforce. Meta had about 79,000 employees till December 31, 2025, hence more than 15,000 people may lose their jobs.

The company is taking this step to manage the increasing expenditure of billions of dollars on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the cost of data centers. However, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone has denied any layoffs at this time, calling these reports ‘imaginary’.

Layoff plan to compensate for investment in AI According to reports, Meta has invested heavily in bringing in new talent in its ‘Superintelligence Labs’ (MSL). The company recently purchased Alexander Wang’s startup ‘Scale AI’ for $14.5 billion (about Rs 1.21 lakh crore).

Additionally, Meta aims to spend $600 billion (about Rs 50 lakh crore) on AI infrastructure by 2028. To compensate for this huge expense, the company is considering reducing the workforce.

Zuckerberg said – Now big team is not needed for big work Mark Zuckerberg has already hinted that AI has made productivity easier. He had said in January this year that projects which were earlier completed by large teams can now be completed by a single talented person with the help of AI.

Meta may have its biggest layoffs ever If the company lays off 20% of its employees, it would be the largest layoff in Meta’s history. Earlier in November 2022, the company had laid off 11,000 people. Just four months later, in March 2023, 10,000 more employees were furloughed.

Company is lagging behind in AI race, new model delayed This news has come when reports are claiming that Meta is lagging behind in the AI ​​race. Meta’s upcoming text-based model ‘Avocado’ has been delayed after failing internal tests.

This is the first model created by the Meta Superintelligence Lab. To compensate for this, the company is preparing to buy Chinese AI startup ‘Manus’ for $2 billion. It is also betting on AI platforms like ‘Moltbook’.

Companies like Amazon and Microsoft have also laid off staff. Not just Meta, many other tech giants have also made layoffs to increase spending on AI. In January this year, Amazon laid off about 16,000 employees (1% of the workforce). SaaS giant Atlassian also laid off 1,600 people to spend on AI. Companies like Microsoft, Accenture and TCS are also restructuring their workforce amid the shift to AI.

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