Up to 16,000 Meta jobs at stake as Zuckerberg focuses on AI

Advertisement United States World United States & Canada Up to 16,000 Meta jobs at stake as Zuckerberg focuses on AI If Meta settles on the 20 per cent figure, the lay-offs will be its biggest since 21,000 were made redundant in its ‘year of efficiency’ 2 -MIN READ 2 -MIN Listen Reuters Published: 9:50am, 14 Mar 2026 Meta is planning sweeping lay-offs that could affect 20 per cent or more of the company, three sources familiar with the matter said, as it seeks to offset costly artificial intelligence infrastructure bets and prepare for greater efficiency brought about by AI-assisted workers. No date has been set for the cuts and the magnitude has not been finalised, the people said. Top executives have recently signalled the plans to other senior leaders at Meta and told them to begin planning how to pare back, according to two of the people. The sources spoke anonymously because they were not authorised to disclose the cuts. Advertisement Meta did not immediately comment. <img alt