Zuckerberg admits Meta's AI agent development has slowed despite major reorganization.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has acknowledged that the company's development of AI agents is progressing more slowly than anticipated, stating that the trajectory over the past four months has not accelerated as expected despite a major restructuring intended to speed up progress. He admitted that the company's May 2026 reorganization, which cut roughly 10% of its workforce and reassigned approximately 7,000 employees to AI-focused teams, was not executed as cleanly as planned and involved miscalculated timing driven by fears that the company would not adapt quickly enough. This setback affects Meta's strategic bets on autonomous systems, which Zuckerberg noted have yet to come to fruition, even though the company continues to invest heavily in AI infrastructure with projected spending of up to $145 billion this year. Despite the slower progress, Zuckerberg expects Meta's AI investments to generate meaningful returns within three to six months, highlighting the ongoing challenges in bringing advanced agentic technology to market.