Reuters Investigation: Zuckerberg's 'AI-Native' Restructuring at Meta Faces Setbacks Amid Internal Code Crisis

A Reuters investigation reveals that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg initiated 'Project OT' earlier this year, a radical restructuring plan aimed at transforming the company into an 'AI-native' organization. The plan involved replacing significant portions of the workforce with AI agents and downsizing teams by up to 60%. While Meta implemented some changes, including shifting to small 'builder' squads, Zuckerberg halted the second phase of the plan in May following internal data showing a 220% increase in code changes with only a 36% rise in shipped features, alo