Zuckerberg reshapes Meta around AI as company moves thousands of employees into AI roles ahead of layoffs

Key points

• Meta Platforms is reassigning around 7,000 employees into new artificial intelligence-focused roles as part of a broader restructuring effort tied to the company’s growing AI ambitions, according to an internal memo reviewed by Bloomberg.
• The restructuring comes ahead of planned layoffs later this week, with the company previously informing employees that it would cut about 10% of its workforce — roughly 8,000 jobs — in an effort to improve efficiency while continuing to ramp up spending on AI infrastructure and talent.
• According to the news outlet, employees will be moved into several newly created groups focused on AI-related products, including AI agents and applications.
• ‘Flatter’ structure and smaller teams In the internal memo sent on Monday, Chief People Officer Janelle Gale, as per the news outlet, said the new structure would create a “flatter” organization with “smaller teams.” “We believe this will make us more productive and make the work...