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2026-02-20 07:12:10
[Meta Cuts Employee Stock Option Incentives for Second Consecutive Year, Fully Investing in AI Arms Race] 1. According to the Financial Times, Meta has cut stock option incentives for most of its employees for the second consecutive year, reducing annual stock option allocations for tens of thousands of employees by about 5% this year, following a reduction of about 10% last year. Meanwhile, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is investing billions of dollars in recruiting top AI talent and building data centers. 2. Meta expects capital expenditures to reach as high as $130 billion by 2026, while attracting top AI talent from competitors with compensation packages worth tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars. To appease investors who still have doubts about the return on AI investments, Zuckerberg is seeking to cut costs in other areas. 3. In January of this year, Meta cut about 1,500 jobs in its loss-making Metaverse division to optimize capital allocation. This move shows that while the company is shifting its strategic focus entirely to the AI race, it is also improving capital efficiency through internal restructuring.
