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Meta CEO: AI Agents Lag, 7k Staff Shift, $145B Spend

7/7/2026

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  • Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, said on July 2, 2026 that AI agent development lagged expectations.
  • He added that the May restructuring cut about 8,000 jobs and moved roughly 7,000 employees to AI teams, a shift he called less clean.
  • Meta earmarked $145 billion for AI infrastructure in 2026 and expects significant returns within three to six months.
  • Alexandr Wang, head of Meta Superintelligence Labs, said the internal model “Watermelon” matches OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 on benchmarks.