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Fernanda Tronco

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta bet that AI would shrink its management ranks. Now it's quietly rebuilding them

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (Credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg - Getty Images)

After spending much of the past year eliminating management layers to build a leaner, AI-driven organization, Meta is now quietly bringing some managers back.

The technology giant has begun asking individual contributors in its Applied AI (AAI) division whether they would like to transition back into manager roles as part of a recent internal reorganization, according to Business Insider, which cited four people familiar with the matter. The move is reportedly voluntary and represents a notable shift for a company that has aggressively championed flatter organizational structures.

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