Meta, $META, is planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company, per Reuters
Meta isn’t literally firing everyone because AI can do their job.
Many roles being cut are in non-core, operational, or legacy areas—think marketing support, program management, and older product teams.
The AI angle comes in two ways:
1. Automation of processes: internal tools, content moderation, ad optimization, and analytics can increasingly be handled by AI.
2. Shift in headcount mix: more engineers and AI specialists, fewer roles that AI can partially automate.
Think of it as trading human labor for compute and AI talent. Not replacing people with AI one-to-one, but shifting the workforce to what drives future growth.
$ODD doubled my small position and will keep adding around these levels.
Beat Q4, but Q1 guidance (-30% revenue) was hit by a third-party ad bug.
Stock looks very cheap if growth resumes in 2027.
I think this sell-off is a gift for long-term investors.
I happened to own every single top individual stock performer this year:
From $AXTI and $AAOI in photonics.
To $SNDK and SK Hynix in memory.
To Nittobo, Macronix, and Unimicron for Asia Bottlenecks.
All triple digit returns in 2 months.
Year to Date: 501.38%
Just lucky I guess?