AI layoffs in 2026

Reported scope: 10% of global workforce

SUSE announced a 10% reduction of its global workforce, citing industry shifts driven by AI and automation, following an internal memo from CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen.

Barclays announced a reduction of 5,000 jobs, or approximately 5% of its workforce, as part of a restructuring plan aimed at structural cost reductions through AI-driven technology efficiency.

Reported scope: around 70% of financial adviser roles and around half of management and specialist roles in the UK wealth management division

HSBC is cutting a significant portion of its UK wealth management division, including approximately 70% of financial adviser roles, as part of a restructuring effort centered on increasing reliance on generative AI to improve operational efficiency.

BMW announced a restructuring plan that includes a redundancy program expected to impact approximately 8,000 jobs in Germany as part of a strategy to streamline operations and improve margins using AI.

Thinkific eliminated 96 positions in a September 2026 reorganization focused on its Thinkific Plus enterprise offering, cost savings and free cash flow. Its CEO said the changes would also support investment in AI-first products, but the company did not claim AI automation directly replaced those employees.

Reported scope: 8 planned editorial secretary eliminations at Gisi; the court suspended the plan before completion

Infopro Digital subsidiary Gisi planned to eliminate eight editorial secretary positions and replace much of their work with AI-supported roles. A French court suspended the plan pending real-world testing of the AI system; five employees had already received pre-dismissal interview letters.

Reported scope: Unconfirmed. Employees tracking Slack member counts estimated the US workforce shrank by roughly 3,200 around 14 September; Oracle has not confirmed a figure, and the estimate is not a verified AI-replacement count.

Oracle cut jobs in mid-September 2026, with reported losses at its Abilene, Texas Stargate data center as well as in Phoenix and Ashburn. Days earlier, Oracle's quarterly filing said its 2026 restructuring plan aims to improve operational efficiencies partly through adopting AI across certain functions and added about $700 million for further actions. No source confirms that this specific round affected those functions, so the AI attribution remains unclear.

Reported scope: Around 95 jobs; approximately 8% of salaried central roles across support functions and distribution, removed since the FY26 year-end.

Dunelm reduced its central teams by approximately 8%, reported as around 95 support and distribution roles, while launching a broader efficiency and growth programme that includes greater use of AI and automation. The company did not say AI caused these specific reductions.

Reported scope: Approximately 261 roles, based on the announced reduction of about 3% of a worldwide workforce of more than 8,700; Zscaler did not publish an absolute figure.

Zscaler committed to reducing its worldwide workforce by approximately 3% while reallocating resources to support AI and growth initiatives. The company framed the action as resource reallocation, not direct replacement of employees by AI.

Reported scope: more than 200

Apple cut more than 200 roles across Vision Pro, Siri and Intelligent Systems Experience. Reporting directly links the Siri and AI-team changes to a new AI architecture, while the Vision Pro reductions were also driven by product and content strategy.

Reported scope: approximately 14% of roles across all functions

Anaconda initiated a company-wide restructuring affecting approximately 14% of its workforce, citing a strategic shift to become an 'AI-native' platform and the operational efficiencies provided by AI tools across all internal functions.

Reported scope: approximately 12% of workforce

Rapid7 is reducing its workforce by approximately 12% as part of a restructuring to shift resources toward its core platform and AI-powered security operations.

Reported scope: approximately 5 percent of global workforce

Nutanix announced a 5% global workforce reduction to realign its organizational structure, explicitly citing the need to invest in strategic priorities including AI and modern application platforms.

Reported scope: 20% of workforce

VideoAmp has reduced its workforce by 20% as part of an 'AI push,' which included the elimination of the CTO role.

Reported scope: 107 employees

On The Beach made 107 employees redundant after automating and streamlining booking-fulfilment work. CEO Shaun Morton said the change carried a headcount cost but was intended to increase scale and service capacity rather than simply cut costs.

Reported scope: nearly 150 employees

Chime announced a 10% workforce reduction, impacting approximately 150 employees, as part of a strategic restructuring aimed at achieving efficiency gains through AI and creating a flatter organizational structure.

Reported scope: about 2,600 roles globally (roughly 7% of the workforce), primarily in technology and product

Visa announced plans to eliminate about 2,600 roles, primarily in technology and product, as part of an efficiency and reinvestment programme. CEO Ryan McInerney said AI was accelerating the operational shift and changing how work is performed at Visa.

Reported scope: Unspecified number of roles eliminated within the AGI organization.

Amazon confirmed a new round of layoffs impacting its AGI (artificial general intelligence) division as part of a continued workforce restructuring to prioritize AI development. The company stated the cuts were necessary to shift focus toward high-priority AI initiatives.

Reported scope: approximately 620 employees, about 20% of the workforce

monday.com initiated a restructuring reducing its workforce by about 20%, or approximately 620 employees, to align the organisation with its AI Work Platform strategy and a leaner operating model. Management said the redesign was not a claim that AI directly replaced the affected employees.

Reported scope: The company reported 'significant workforce reductions' concentrated in brokerage operations, to be substantially completed by the end of Q3 2026.

Freight Technologies is reducing its workforce and brokerage operations as part of a restructuring plan to transition into a pure-play AI logistics software company. The company aims to prioritize its AI-powered platform and software-as-a-service offerings.

Sprout Social began notifying approximately 260 employees of a 20% workforce reduction after its board approved a plan to streamline the organisation and align costs with strategic priorities, including investment in AI-powered social intelligence.

Reported scope: 12 utilization review nurses

Montefiore Health System laid off 12 utilization review nurses. Their union alleges AI-powered software replaced work involving chart review and insurance claims; Montefiore called that account inaccurate and misleading, making the AI causality disputed.

Reported scope: 100-120

GoKwik initiated a restructuring that resulted in the layoff of 100-120 employees, citing a strategic push toward AI-driven automation of its business operations.

Reported scope: up to 1,800

Allianz Partners plans to eliminate up to 1,800 roles across Europe as increasing AI use automates customer-service, claims and assistance work. The company said it would use voluntary departures and explore redeployment or reskilling where possible.

Reported scope: about 203 roles (15% of a roughly 1,350-person workforce; calculated from source figures)

Mews is laying off 15% of its workforce as part of a restructuring where the company pivots toward an AI-integrated service model, with the founder stating that AI has made certain roles obsolete.

Yield Guild Games shut its YGG Play publishing arm and laid off 35 employees after concluding the crypto and Web3 publishing markets were not commercially sustainable. The company said the restructuring would extend its runway and redirect resources into an AI data business.

Starling Bank is cutting 130 jobs, representing approximately 3% of its workforce, as part of a restructuring to simplify operations and increase investment in artificial intelligence to reduce costs.

Reported scope: 9,000 employees total (5,500 job cuts, 3,500 roles outsourced)

British American Tobacco announced that its Fit2Win transformation would affect 9,000 roles: about 5,500 eliminations and 3,500 transfers to strategic partners. Reuters described the programme as AI-driven, while BAT's own release emphasised digital capabilities, outsourcing and broader cost restructuring.

Reported scope: Unspecified 'number of talented people'

Amperity conducted a round of layoffs as part of a company-wide transformation to integrate more artificial intelligence into its operations.

Reported scope: nearly 15% of total workforce; no absolute count disclosed

BitGo announced on June 25, 2026 that it was reducing its workforce by nearly 15%. CEO Michael Belshe tied the move to focusing resources on security, trading, stablecoins, settlement and AI-powered infrastructure rather than claiming AI replaced the affected staff.

Reported scope: up to 100 roles

Worcestershire County Council plans to cut the equivalent of 100 roles by utilizing AI to automate process-driven tasks across various departments, aiming to increase efficiency and reduce costs.

Reported scope: 10% of staff

Optimove is cutting 10% of its workforce as part of a restructuring effort to integrate AI into both its product suite and internal operations.

Reported scope: Around 50 employees, mostly in engineering and data roles, according to reporting

Pleo reportedly cut around 50 roles across product, technology, design and data teams shortly before announcing finance AI agents. The company says the layoffs and product launch were unrelated, while its spokesperson also cited the increasing role of new technologies in internal product and technology work; AI causality remains contested.

Reported scope: Nearly 250 India-based employees; a small subset stayed temporarily to complete transition work.

Opendoor began winding down its India-based operations, affecting nearly 250 employees, as CEO Kaz Nejatian said manual workflows were being centralized near US customers and supported by smaller AI-native customer-facing teams and unified tools.

Reported scope: At least 117 California roles: 54 in Santa Clara and 63 in San Diego; broader reporting described hundreds of staff

ServiceNow disclosed California layoffs affecting at least 117 workers across Santa Clara and San Diego, while broader reporting described a three-figure reduction. The company said it was investing in AI-focused skills and managing headcount with discipline as it generated real AI efficiencies inside the business.

Reported scope: approximately 750 roles, about 15% of the global workforce

Rackspace Technology is reducing its global workforce by 750 positions, roughly 15% of its total employees, to reinvest in its enterprise AI infrastructure and consulting strategy.

Reported scope: Hundreds of developer jobs globally; about 8% of Shopee developer workforce

Sea-owned Shopee reportedly cut hundreds of developer jobs globally, amounting to about 8% of its developer workforce, during a broader AI pivot. Reporting said the cuts affected roles such as quality assurance and coincided with Sea doubling down on AI, but also noted it was unclear whether the move was directly tied to Sea’s AI forays.

Reported scope: At least 86 California jobs; additional reductions in Washington and outside the US were reported without a combined total

Salesforce reportedly eliminated at least 86 California jobs in June 2026, with additional cuts in Washington and abroad. Business Insider reported that some affected employees worked on Agentforce, MuleSoft and Marketing Cloud, but neither the report nor the company established AI as the cause; this is a separate round from its 2024 and 2025 reductions.

Reported scope: 23% of Uber's People and Places division; less than 1% of Uber's global workforce

Uber cut 23% of its People and Places division as part of an internal reorganization under new leadership. The cuts occurred amid heavy AI spending and broader AI-efficiency commentary in tech, but Uber said the decision was not related to artificial intelligence.

Reported scope: Nearly 50 employees, according to Inc42 reporting

Interview Kickstart reportedly laid off nearly 50 employees amid an AI automation push. Reporting framed the reduction as occurring while the career-prep company automated workflows and changed its operating model.

Reported scope: Unconfirmed: Globes reported 2,700 to 3,000 dismissals (about 10%); Ctech reported 7% to 10% of roughly 29,000 staff

Amdocs began pre-layoff hearings in Israel in June 2026 under a reorganization led by new CEO Shimie Hortig that is expected to cut 7% to 10% of its roughly 29,000 staff. Amdocs describes an operating-model redesign without mentioning AI; Israeli business press ties the move to adapting to the AI era.

Reported scope: Roughly 20% of staff; just over 1,000 affected individuals based on 5,277 employees at the end of Q1 2026

Wix announced a company-wide reduction of roughly 20% of staff. CEO Avishai Abrahami cited both shekel-dollar exchange-rate pressure and the fast evolution of AI capabilities, saying Wix needed to become a faster, leaner, flatter organization built around AI-native ways of working.

Reported scope: Undisclosed number of employees; company described many teammates leaving

Webflow restructured its team and operating model, with CEO Linda Tong saying many employees were leaving as the company rebuilt around an agentic web marketing platform. Tong said AI was rewriting how marketing teams create, test, and optimize digital experiences and that Webflow needed to change the size and shape of the team.

Reported scope: Up to 400 positions globally, including employees and contractors, with most reductions expected by the end of Q3 2026

Groupon approved an initial restructuring phase that will reduce up to 400 positions globally, including employees and contractors. The company said the plan relates to its strategy to rebuild Groupon as an AI-native company and is also evaluating additional cost-reduction and automation actions tied to Project Foundry.

Reported scope: 2,250 employees, or 11% of the company's total workforce, primarily in U.S.-based operations

Acrisure announced it would reduce headcount by about 2,250 roles, or 11% of its workforce, in phases through 2027. CEO Greg Williams explicitly cited AI, data, automation and digital platforms as changing how work is done; later investigative reporting argued that offshoring was also a material driver, making the mechanism disputed.

Reported scope: About 3,000 employees, or 17% of staff; San Diego reporting identified 277 local roles

Intuit cut about 3,000 employees in a May 2026 restructuring. Reporting linked the reduction to an AI refocus, but CEO Sasan Goodarzi later told CNBC the workforce cut had 'nothing to do with AI', making the attribution disputed.

Reported scope: around 7,800

Standard Chartered announced plans to cut approximately 7,800 back-office roles by 2030, citing the increased adoption of automation, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence to improve internal efficiency.

Reported scope: Around 340 roles across India and the United States, primarily outside the United States

Healthtech company Innovaccer cut around 340 roles while restructuring around an AI-native operating model. A company spokesperson said Innovaccer was applying its own automation principles internally and reducing the size of its team to become leaner, faster, and more outcome-focused.

Reported scope: roughly 25% of the workforce

NASDAQ-listed performance-marketing operator Gambling.com Group announced an 'AI-led restructure' that cuts roughly 25% of its workforce, with CEO Kevin McCrystle framing the move as adopting AI-first working principles to operate with smaller, more flexible teams while accelerating product and marketing output. The announcement accompanied a guidance cut for 2026.

Reported scope: 25% of staff

Crypto data analytics company Dune cut 25% of its team as CEO Fredrik Haga said the company was restructuring to sharpen focus on its 'core data products' and pivot toward AI-powered tools and institutional onchain data customers.

Reported scope: nearly 4,000 roles, about 5% of the workforce; not all attributable to AI

Cisco announced a restructuring expected to affect nearly 4,000 jobs. CEO Chuck Robbins said it would reallocate resources to silicon, optics, security and AI; the company did not claim that AI automation replaced all affected employees.

Reported scope: Undisclosed number of layoffs; Puck reported ~20 but a Goop spokesperson disputed the figure

Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle brand Goop laid off staff as part of what reports characterised as a pivot toward AI-driven workflows, with a company spokesperson framing the cuts as adapting to a shifting landscape and operating more efficiently. The specific headcount remains in dispute between reporting outlets and the company.

Reported scope: at least 200 full-time employees over the next two quarters (about 10% of the ~2,000-person workforce)

Pan-African e-commerce operator Jumia disclosed in its Q1 2026 report and follow-up CEO commentary that it will reduce headcount by at least 200 full-time employees (about 10% of staff) over the coming two quarters, with CEO Francis Dufay framing the savings as 'mainly driven by AI' as the company expands process automation and AI tooling internally.

Reported scope: Around 350 jobs, or roughly 14% of global workforce; follows the May 2026 voluntary separation/restructuring process.

GitLab's May 2026 restructuring progressed into a plan to cut around 350 jobs, or roughly 14% of its global workforce, while narrowing its geographic footprint and refocusing investment on higher-priority initiatives including AI-powered tools.

Reported scope: approximately 600 salaried IT workers (around 10% of the IT department)

General Motors laid off roughly 600 IT staff — about 10% of its IT department — as part of a deliberate shift to clear out legacy roles and bring in workers with stronger AI skills. Former employees told reporters that managers framed the cuts around an AI-driven transformation of the company's tech function.

Reported scope: about 250 employees, over 21% of staff

DeepL announced a layoff of approximately 250 employees, or about 21% of its workforce, as part of a strategic shift to integrate AI more deeply into its organizational structure. CEO Jarek Kutylowski cited a 'massive structural shift' driven by AI as the catalyst for needing smaller, more agile teams.

Reported scope: More than 1,100 employees globally (about 20% of workforce)

Cloudflare cut more than 1,100 employees globally as it reorganized around an 'agentic AI era' operating model, saying it needed to architect the company differently because AI had fundamentally changed how work gets done.

Reported scope: ~700 (≈14% of workforce)

Coinbase cut ~14% of staff, with CEO Brian Armstrong citing AI as the catalyst for restructuring around 'lean, fast, and AI-native' teams — including experiments with single-person teams that combine engineer, designer and product manager work.

Reported scope: 53 employees announced in late April; layoffs fully take effect June 30.

The California Academy of Sciences announced 53 layoffs to close an $8 million-plus budget deficit, while employees and union representatives warned that AI and outside contractors could replace some departing workers’ functions; management said the layoffs were not a plan to replace people with AI.

Reported scope: around 4,000 jobs under 'Project Leap' restructuring

Cognizant announced a roughly 4,000-job restructuring program — internally called 'Project Leap' — at its Q1 2026 earnings, with management saying the goal is to build a 'properly sized, AI-enabled' workforce as the company leans further into AI-led delivery and weaker demand pressures its outlook.

Vertex announced 170 job cuts as part of a restructuring plan aimed at becoming an 'AI-enabled' company and improving operational efficiency.

Reported scope: ~8,000 (~10% of workforce); 6,000 open roles also scrapped

Meta announced a ~10% workforce reduction and scrapped 6,000 open positions to fund $125-145B in 2026 AI capex. CEO Mark Zuckerberg linked the cuts to smaller teams doing more, without stating that AI reduced these roles.

Reported scope: around 1,000 employees (about 16% of global workforce); an additional 300 open roles will not be filled

Snap announced it would cut around 1,000 staff — about 16% of its global workforce — with CEO Evan Spiegel telling employees in a regulatory-filed memo that rapid AI advancements let teams 'reduce repetitive work' and 'increase velocity'. The company also said AI now generates more than 65% of its new code.

Reported scope: an undisclosed number of employees

Life360 announced an undisclosed workforce reduction while reorganising around an AI-native operating model. CEO Lauren Antonoff said pre-AI staffing roles and ratios no longer held as AI took on more work.

Reported scope: TIME reported up to 30,000 workers laid off in the month leading up to 1 May 2026; other outlets put the range at roughly 20,000–30,000. Oracle has not confirmed a figure.

Oracle carried out major workforce reductions while expanding AI and data-center investment. TIME reported up to 30,000 workers affected in a concentrated 2026 round, while Oracle's later annual filing showed a 21,000 year-over-year net headcount decline and explicitly said AI adoption had resulted, and could continue to result, in workforce reductions; the differing scopes keep the event disputed.

Reported scope: ~1,600 employees, or ~10% of Atlassian's workforce

Atlassian announced a reduction of about 1,600 employees, or 10% of its workforce, to self-fund additional AI and enterprise sales investment. CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes said Atlassian was not taking an 'AI replaces people' approach, but acknowledged AI changes the skill mix and number of roles required in some areas.

Reported scope: Reversal of prior 700-agent AI replacement claim; staged rehire of human support

Klarna publicly walked back its all-AI customer service strategy, with CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski admitting the company 'went too far' and beginning to rehire human agents under a flexible (Uber-like) model. This is the canonical disputed/reversed AI-replacement case.

Reported scope: ~4,000 (≈40% of workforce)

Block (parent of Square and Cash App) cut ~40% of its workforce. CEO Jack Dorsey explicitly tied the move to AI productivity, predicting most companies would make similar cuts within a year.

Reported scope: About 2,000 roles over 18 months, roughly 29% of a 7,000-person workforce across 40 countries

WiseTech Global announced about 2,000 redundancies over 18 months as part of an AI-led restructuring. CEO Zubin Appoo described a deliberate AI transformation and predicted a leaner organization, including changes to software development, but the 2,000 roles also span other teams and are not all verified as directly replaced by AI.

Reported scope: ~35% of small-team managers; 1,500–3,000 engineers via rolling cuts

Google cut ~35% of managers supervising three or fewer reports, alongside rolling engineering performance cuts, as Sundar Pichai pushed an AI-first 'efficiency' theme. Q1 2026 capex hit $36B (up 107% YoY).

Reported scope: ~700 (~15% of global workforce)

Pinterest cut ~15% of staff, with CEO Bill Ready explicitly framing the restructure around an 'AI-forward strategy' and hiring of AI-proficient talent. $35–45M in pre-tax restructuring charges expected.