# Meta's engineering culture and team-reduction plans amid competition from AI-native startups

DevFeed: [Meta's engineering culture and team-reduction plans amid competition from AI-native startups](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-pulse-meta-wanted-to-reduce-teams-by-60-because-of-ai-18182.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-pulse-meta-wanted-to-reduce-teams>)

Author: Gergely Orosz

Published: 2026-08-27T17:59:17Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The Pragmatic Engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-pragmatic-engineer.md>)

Topics: [Meta](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/meta.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/engineering-culture.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/culture.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering-culture.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [meta](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/meta.md>), [startups](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/startups.md>)

## AI overview

The article examines why Meta changed its engineering culture and considered reducing teams amid concerns about AI-native startups doing more with less. It also discusses Ramp's AI infrastructure and increased GitHub load.

## Source excerpt

We find out why Meta destroyed its standout engineering culture: it feared AI-native startups doing more with less. Also: thoughts on Ramp's AI infra, GitHub's load doubles in four months, and more