As Meta laid off 10% of the company Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the tech giant’s reorganization in a memo to employees.

Meta has begun sending layoff emails to roughly 10% of its workforce. The cuts are expected to eliminate around 8,000 roles.

Facebook and Instagram's parent company has been investing huge sums of money in AI, but it lags behind competitors.

Meta began laying off roughly 8,000 employees Wednesday -- about 10 percent of its global workforce -- as co-founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg pushes to redirect resources toward an ambitious artificial intelligence agenda.

The job cuts come as the company pushes for massive AI spending and plans to transition thousands of jobs toward AI initiatives.

Content creators and influencers have a new Meta app to consider in 2026: Instants. This real-time photo-sharing platform, accessible both within Instagram and as a standalone app, is designed for sharing unedited photos that disappear after 24 hours or after being viewed.

Meta has submitted a collective redundancy notification to Ireland's Department of Enterprise.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta on Wednesday kicked off a major bloodbath with 8,000 layoffs – among the largest in the social media giant’s history – as a disruptive shift toward artificial intelligence continues to roil the tech giant.

Meta began notifying thousands of employees of layoffs on Wednesday, starting with Singapore staff at 4 am local time. The cuts implement an April commitment to reduce headcount by ~8,000 roles.

The social media giant will also shift 7,000 staffers into new AI-focused roles and eliminate 6,000 open positions.