- By Prateek Levi
- Thu, 23 Oct 2025 03:03 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Tech layoffs are becoming more common these days, and now after we have already seen many big tech names laying off their staff, now it seems like Meta is also joining the band wagon. Meta is about to layoff roughly 600 employees who are currently in the Artificial Intelligence unit. The company believes that this step will reduce layers and help it operate more efficiently, said a spokes person while speaking to media.
Meta is once again reshuffling its artificial intelligence division, this time by laying off around 600 employees from its AI Superintelligence Labs. The move comes only months after the company spent heavily to assemble what it called a dream team for its “AI Superintelligence” project.
The internal announcement, made on October 22, was confirmed through a memo from Meta’s Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang. In the note, Wang said the decision was intended to make the organisation leaner and faster. “By reducing the size of our team, fewer conversations will be required to make a decision, and each person will be more load-bearing,” he wrote.
Bloomberg, which first reported the layoffs, said the job cuts are part of a wider plan to “increase efficiency and reduce bureaucracy.” Meta has also told affected employees they can apply for other internal roles, while emphasising that key AI positions will continue to be filled.
The company’s newly created TBD Lab — home to some of Meta’s highest-paid AI researchers — has reportedly escaped the cuts for now. The lab, established earlier this year, includes talent poached from Apple, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
Meta’s spending on AI has been enormous. The company is said to have invested roughly Rs 1.2 lakh crore ($14.3 billion) in Scale AI, a data-labelling startup led by Wang, as part of its superintelligence program. Reports have also revealed that Meta offered compensation packages as high as Rs 800 crore ($100 million) to recruit top AI scientists and engineers from competing firms.
Only a few weeks ago, Mark Zuckerberg’s AI unit made headlines for dangling those unprecedented pay offers in Silicon Valley’s ongoing race for AI talent. But the same division that sparked that bidding war is now facing significant job cuts.
Meta has maintained that this is not a reversal of its AI ambitions but rather a move to streamline operations. A spokesperson confirmed the layoffs, and Wang reiterated that a smaller, more focused team would lead to stronger outcomes: “By reducing the size of our team, fewer conversations will be required to make a decision, and each person will be more load-bearing and have more scope and impact.”
Despite the layoffs, Meta insists its commitment to building AI superintelligence remains unchanged — only its approach to managing the mission has shifted.