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WHY IS META DESTROYING ITS ENGINEERING ORGANIZATION?

Meta has been known over the last two decades for being a unique, high-performance engineering organization. It had a 'move-fast-and-break-things' culture where engineers were empowered to do good work, focus on impact, and balance business interests with solid engineering. This has all changed in the past few weeks. This post looks at how bad things have become since April, what's happened, what's going through the minds of leadership, and the other factors causing the organization to demolish a proven, successful engineering culture in the most ruthlessly efficient way possible.

LEAKED FINANCIAL DOCS SHOW OPENAI IS LOSING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR

Audited financial statements obtained by an independent journalist show that OpenAI's reported revenue grew from $3.7 billion in 2024 to $13.07 billion in 2025. However, its expenses grew from $7.81 billion in 2024 to $19.18 billion in 2025. These numbers reflect the high costs OpenAI has incurred in training new models. The losses point to a concerning direction for a company that is telling investors that it hopes to be profitable by 2030.

ANTHROPIC, TRUMP OFFICIALS SEEK DEAL ON RESTORING POWERFUL MODEL ACCESS

Anthropic and Trump administration officials are still in talks to resolve the security concerns that pushed the White House to restrict access to its latest models. Both parties are working quickly to resolve the issue. The White House is under pressure to show it can responsibly oversee the rapidly developing AI industry. The latest issue stems from a workaround to Fable's guardrails discovered by Amazon researchers.

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