Meta is rebuilding the AI management layer it flattened, reassigning about 7,000 people into Applied AI.

Fortune reported September 12 that Meta has rebuilt management ranks in its AI organization after the flatter-org push, moving roughly 7,000 employees into an Applied AI division, with Q2 revenue at $60.8B, up 28% year over year. The company that ran the largest flattening experiment is re-adding layers specifically where AI work is concentrated, which is a useful counterweight to the year's "AI flattens middle management" thesis.