Meta is quietly rebuilding the manager jobs it cut for AI.
Meta is asking engineers in its Applied AI division whether they want to lead teams again. The company had moved about 7,000 people into that unit, some of them former managers. Fortune reported the offer on Friday, and Meta is keeping it voluntary.
Why it mattersMeta spent a year arguing that AI tools make middle managers unnecessary. The first big test of that idea came back with a quiet answer.
Read in the app — free, in 9 languages
Related stories
Sam Altman says taking OpenAI public now would be ill-advised.2026-09-13Sequoia is backing a firm that pays people to film their chores.
2026-09-12Oracle's unfilled AI orders grew by $209 billion in a year.
2026-09-12The lab behind Kimi wants to double its sales again by December.
2026-09-12OpenAI stopped taking new buyers for its $200 monthly plan.
2026-09-12