The latest round of layoffs at Meta affects employees in Reality Labs, recruiting, social media, and sales teams. Reports from The New York Times, NBC News, and The Information indicate that Meta is laying off hundreds of employees. A spokesperson from Meta stated that teams regularly restructure to meet goals and efforts are being made to find new roles for affected workers. Meta had nearly 79,000 employees as of December 2025. The company is shifting focus from the “metaverse” and is expected to spend up to $135 billion on AI data centers and new technology partnerships. Earlier in the year, Meta laid off at least 1,000 Reality Labs employees, closed three VR studios, discontinued its work-focused metaverse platform, and paused content for its VR fitness app Supernatural. Plans to shut down the VR version of Horizon Worlds were reversed, and it will remain available to download.
Meta to Lay Off Hundreds of Employees Amid AI Investment
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