An American entrepreneur, Zach Wilson, claimed on X that Meta reached out to interview him for a principal role the same week the company decided to fire 8,000 people in a major shake-up attributed to AI. Wilson said he is certain that at least one of those 8,000 people has the qualities for the role for which he was approached, but the company did not retain anyone.

Meta on Wednesday commenced its latest round of layoffs, which affect about 10% of the company's workforce or roughly 8,000 jobs.

An American entrepreneur, Zach Wilson, claimed on X that Meta reached out to interview him for a principal role the same week the company decided to fire 8,000 people in a major…