# The Pulse: Meta’s self-inflicted resignation-wave > Source: > Published: 2026-08-14 16:55:55+00:00 # The Pulse: Meta’s self-inflicted resignation-wave ### The social media giant is offering $1M+ retainer equity grants to staff who are leaving: and even this is not effective. Also: is Grok Bot the “OpenClaw moment” for managed AI agents? *The Pulse is a series covering events, insights, and trends within Big Tech and startups.* *Today, we cover:* **Meta can’t stop the “resignation-wave” it triggered.** In what was predictable: Meta’s layoffs and forced reassignments pushed engineers not impacted by either to look for a new job. Meta is now offering large equity retainers to keep these folks, and it doesn’t seem to be working.**Grok Bot: the “OpenClaw moment” for managed AI agents?** The Cursor team built and released a generic AI harness that feels like the “Codex experience, but for knowledge work.” I tried it out, automated a lot of my daily workflows, and am a massive fan. More AI vendors will surely copy this harness. *Apologies for this week’s The Pulse arriving a day later than usual – our family got a puppy this week – who is beyond adorable –, but has kept me up a few nights, indirectly delaying this week’s The Pulse. We’re getting into a rhythm, so things should be back to normal, looking ahead.*