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Menlo Park/California: The process of layoffs in Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is not showing any signs of stopping. The company has once again restructured its operations and laid off about 200 employees in California. This decision has come at a time when Mark Zuckerberg is preparing to completely turn his company towards ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (AI). The latest layoffs are mainly to revamp the company’s technical and operational structure.
Posts will end by the end of May; Sunnyvale and Burlingame are most affected.
According to official files submitted to the California Employment Development Department (EDD), Metra plans to eliminate 124 permanent positions in Burlingame and 74 in Sunnyvale.
Deadline: The reductions will take effect May 22 in Burlingame and May 29 in Sunnyvale, 2026.
Effect: The company says that affected employees will be helped to find alternative roles internally, but a condition has also been imposed for many positions to change location.
‘Fourth blow’ of layoffs in 2026: Thousands of jobs lost so far
Since the beginning of 2026, Meta has been continuously reducing the size of its team. If we look at the figures, this is the fourth biggest job cut this year:
January 2026: About 1,500 jobs were cut from the Reality Labs (Metaverse) division.
February 2026: The San Francisco Peninsula office cut 102 positions.
March 2026: About 700 employees were laid off from recruiting, sales and operations teams.
By December 31, 2025, Meta has a total 79,000 employees were, but after this year’s continuous layoffs, this number is coming down rapidly.
‘Bet’ of 135 billion dollars on AI and step towards ‘superintelligence’
The biggest reason behind this layoff of Meta is the increasing expenditure on AI infrastructure. The company has estimated its capital expenditure (Capex) this year between $ 115-135 billion. Mark Zuckerberg has termed 2026 as the year of ‘Personal Superintelligence’.
strategy: The company is investing heavily in data centers, custom AI chips and servers.
Target: Increasing the efficiency of employees with the help of AI and moving the future business model towards automation.
According to Reuters report, Meta is now devoting all its energy to creating a ‘Superintelligence Unit’ by reducing the budget from its old Metaverse projects.
Will there be 20% more layoffs? Company’s stance on speculation
There are also strong reports in the market that Meta may lay off 20% of its workforce (about 16,000 employees) in the coming time so that the huge expenses of AI infrastructure can be compensated. However, Meta has termed these news as ‘speculation’ at this time. The company says they will continue to recruit for key technical positions, but will continue to cut non-essential roles.