Meta Is Rebuilding the AI Management Layer It Flattened, Reassigning About 7,000 People Into Applied AI
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Fortune reported September 12 that Meta has quietly rebuilt management ranks in its AI organization after the flatter-org push, moving roughly 7,000 employees into an Applied AI division. Q2 revenue was $60.8B, up 28% year over year. The reversal is a useful counterweight to the 'AI flattens middle management' thesis that has been running all year: the company that ran the largest flattening experiment is re-adding layers specifically where AI work is concentrated.