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March 2026
Reason: Laying off 700 employees while rewarding top AI executives
March 2026
Reason: Funding $40-50B AI capex; massive workforce reduction
January 2026
Reason: Redirecting investment from metaverse to AI R&D
January 2026
Reason: Redirecting investment from metaverse to AI infrastructure
January 2025
Reason: Move out the low performers faster
April 2023
Reason: Year of Efficiency; two rounds of cuts (Nov 2022 + Mar/Apr 2023)
March 2023
Reason: Macroeconomic conditions; flatten organizational structure
November 2022
Reason: First-ever mass layoff; metaverse pivot costs; post-pandemic ad revenue decline
November 2022
Reason: Post-pandemic advertising slowdown; metaverse pivot costs
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Laying off 700 employees while rewarding top AI executives
Funding $40-50B AI capex; massive workforce reduction
Redirecting investment from metaverse to AI infrastructure
Redirecting investment from metaverse to AI R&D
Year of Efficiency; two rounds of cuts (Nov 2022 + Mar/Apr 2023)
Year of Efficiency continued restructuring
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