Meta scrapped its AI-native pivot — and cut 60% of the teams

Meta tried to go all-in on AI across the company, then quietly walked it back. The internal plan was to make every product AI-native, but it never shipped. Now the company is slashing roughly 60 percent of the teams that were supposed to run it.

The story came out in a Wall Street Journal report and was confirmed by multiple people inside the company. Meta had a big bet on AI, then realized the bets weren't landing. The teams got cut, the plans got scrapped, and the company is moving on.

Why this matters for us: Meta's retreat from a top-down AI push shows that when the money runs out, the grand visions fold — and the people who built them get pushed out too.