Meta will lay off 10% of its workforce on Wednesday, while 7,000 employees will be reassigned to its AI division.

According to Reuters, Meta’s Chief People Officer Janelle Gale sent an internal memo to employees this Monday disclosing details of the company’s restructuring plan this week. On Wednesday, Meta will cut 10% of its workforce and simultaneously reassign 7,000 employees to AI-related departments—including Applied AI Engineering (AAI) and the Agent Transformation Accelerator (ATA)—while reducing management layers to implement a flatter organizational structure. This round of layoffs and reassignments will collectively affect approximately 20% of Meta’s employees; the company has also eliminated 6,000 open positions. As of the end of March this year, Meta employed roughly 78,000 people. The restructuring aims to accelerate Meta’s full transition to AI-native workflows and develop AI agents capable of autonomously performing human tasks.