Kamal Ghorui
Meta isn’t just talking about going “AI-native”—it’s putting numbers on it. Internal documents reviewed by Business Insider reveal that the company has set specific targets for how much of its engineers’ code should be written with AI assistance, with some teams expected to hit as high as 75%. The push comes as Meta lays off hundreds of employees and doubles down on artificial intelligence across its operations.The targets vary by division. Meta’s creation org—the team behind core experiences like Messenger, WhatsApp, and Facebook—has set a first-half 2026 goal requiring 65% of its engineers to write more than 75% of their committed code using AI coding tools. The Scalable Machine Learning team, which handles AI models and infrastructure, had a February 2026 target of 50% to 80% AI-assisted code. A companywide Q4 2025 goal for central products called for 55% of software engineers’ code changes to be “agent-assisted.“
Meta wants 80% of mid-to-senior engineers using AI tools like Gemini and Metamate
It’s not just about code volume. The company also set a target for 80% of mid-to-senior-level engineers to adopt AI tools like DevMate, Metamate, and Google’s Gemini. The focus here, according to the document, is on tool adoption rather than raw output percentages. A Meta spokesperson told Business Insider that the company’s performance programme rewards impact from AI tools, not just usage.Whether these AI adoption targets are formally tied to performance reviews remains unclear. But the direction is unmistakable. Last November, Meta’s head of people Janelle Gale told employees in an internal memo that “AI-driven impact” would become a core expectation starting 2026. Workers were told to highlight their AI wins in self-reviews, and Meta rolled out an “AI Performance Assistant” to help employees write their own reviews.
Meta Reality Labs restructured into small AI ‘pods’ with new job titles
The coding targets are one piece of a larger organisational overhaul at Meta. A separate leaked memo showed that a 1,000-person division within Reality Labs has been reorganised into small “pods,” with every employee now holding one of three titles—AI Builder, AI Pod Lead, or AI Org Lead. The structure is designed to flatten hierarchies and push cross-disciplinary work, with engineers potentially taking on design tasks depending on the project.Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth has also taken direct charge of the company’s “AI for Work” initiative, which drives internal AI tool adoption company-wide.
The push comes as Meta cuts hundreds of jobs
All of this is happening against a backdrop of job cuts. Meta laid off hundreds of employees this week across Reality Labs, recruitment, and other divisions. The company said the restructuring and the layoffs are unrelated—but the optics are hard to ignore. Meta is simultaneously shrinking headcount and demanding that the engineers who remain lean harder on AI to pick up the slack. CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself framed 2026 as the year AI begins to replace what once required large teams with one “very talented” person.
