# The Pulse: Meta wanted to reduce teams by 60% because of AI

> Source: <https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-pulse-meta-wanted-to-reduce-teams>
> Published: 2026-08-27 17:59:17+00:00

*The Pulse is a series covering events, insights, and trends within Big Tech and startups.*

Today, we cover:

**Did Meta really decide to reduce team sizes by 60% because of AI?** An in-depth report by Reuters details how Meta’s leadership decided to slash team sizes by 60%, hatching plans in January to execute the social media giant’s largest-ever layoffs. But …