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Jobs Lost Due to AI

We track AI-related layoffs and share experiences.

Last updated
Nov 4, 2025

Total Jobs Lost

79.3K

People affected by AI-related layoffs

Companies

66

Companies with AI-related layoffs

Most Affected City

Seattle

City with most people affected

Average Layoff Size

1.2K

People affected per layoff event

Where Layoffs Are Happening

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Layoffs per Month

67
Layoffs
79,261
Jobs Lost

Causes

Why people are getting laid off due to AI

Top Causes

Budget Reallocation
53,196(67%)
Efficiency Cuts
13,967(18%)
General AI Impact
6,010(8%)

Layoff Tracker

See data on all AI-related layoffs below.

Showing 1-50 of 67 companies
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CompanyDateJobs LostCitiesRolesCauseSource
Salesforce
Sep 2, 20254,000
San Francisco
Seattle
Bellevue
Support
Role Replacement
Los Angeles Times
WiseTech Global
Jul 23, 2025Unknown
Sydney
Unknown
Efficiency Cuts
Reuters
Fortune Magazine
Jul 21, 202530
New York
Editorial
Video Production
IT Operations & Infrastructure
Sales
Business Operations
Demand Loss
The Wrap / Editor & Publisher
Recruit Holdings (Indeed & Glassdoor)
Jul 10, 20251,300
Austin
San Francisco
Research & Development
Growth
People & Sustainability
Budget Reallocation
Reuters / HR Dive / Fortune
Microsoft
Jul 2, 20259,000Unknown
Sales
Management
Product Management
Operations & Gaming Division
Budget Reallocation
Reuters / AP / The Times (UK)
Business Insider
May 29, 2025621
New York
Editorial
Marketing
Product Development
Engineering/Tech
Sales
Operations
People & Culture
Demand Loss
Nieman Lab
Chegg
May 12, 2025248
Santa Clara
San Jose
Bullitt County
Unknown
Efficiency Cuts
Reuters
IBM (HR roles replaced)
May 6, 2025200
New York
Austin
Research Triangle
San Francisco Bay Area
Toronto
HR
Role Replacement
WSJ (interview) / PYMNTS
Google Cloud (Alphabet)
Feb 26, 2025100
Sunnyvale
Seattle
New York
Austin
Chicago
Sales
Budget Reallocation
Channel Futures / Bloomberg / Reuters
Workday
Feb 5, 20251,750UnknownUnknown
Budget Reallocation
AP News / Washington Post
SAP
Jan 23, 202410,000
Palo Alto
Walldorf
Bengaluru
Engineering
Sales & Marketing
Human Resources
Finance
Legal
Research & Development
Contractor
Operational Support
Budget Reallocation
SAP newsroom / Reuters
Stack Overflow (Stack Exchange)
Oct 16, 2023140
New York
Sales
Demand Loss
The Verge / VentureBeat
G/O Media (Gizmodo en Español)
Sep 1, 20234Unknown
Spanish-language journalists
Role Replacement
The Verge
Axel Springer (Bild)
Jun 20, 2023200
Düsseldorf
Köln
Leipzig
Dresden
Chemnitz
Hamburg
Editorial Staff
Budget Reallocation
The Guardian
Chegg
Jun 12, 202380
Santa Clara
Unknown
Efficiency Cuts
Bloomberg
BT Group
May 18, 20232,000
Belfast
Derry
Martlesham (Adastral Park)
Enniskillen
Portadown
Engineering
Call Handling
Network Diagnostics
Contractor
Support
Efficiency Cuts
The Guardian
IBM (hiring pause/attrition plan)
May 1, 20237,800Unknown
HR
Back-Office Functions
Non-Customer-Facing
Efficiency Cuts
Reuters / Washington Post / SHRM
Dropbox
Apr 27, 2023500Unknown
Core Product
Document Workflows
Business Operations
Administrative
Budget Reallocation
Dropbox CEO memo
Handshake
Oct 14, 2025100
San Francisco
Recruiting Business Vertical
Core Product
Business Operations
Administrative
Budget Reallocation
Forbes Newsletter By Alex Konrad
Fiverr
Sep 15, 2025250
Tel Aviv
Unknown
Budget Reallocation
WSJ
Atlassian
Sep 10, 2025200
Amsterdam
Paris
Support
Efficiency Cuts
Ziptone
Accenture
Sep 25, 202511,000UnknownUnknown
Budget Reallocation
Financial Times
Paycom
Oct 1, 2025500
Oklahoma City
Back Office
Role Replacement
oklahoman
xAI
Sep 13, 2025500
San Francisco
Generalist data annotators
Budget Reallocation
Business Insider
Scope3
Sep 5, 2025UnknownUnknown
Sales
Budget Reallocation
Adweek
Oracle
Oct 13, 2025289
Redwood City
Pleasanton
Santa Clara
Seattle
Software developers
engineers
managers
Budget Reallocation
Kron4
GupShup
Aug 1, 2025100Unknown
Junior developers
Efficiency Cuts
Inc42
Ludeo
Oct 20, 202525
Los Angeles
Tel Aviv
Unknown
Budget Reallocation
CTECH
Meta
Oct 22, 2025600
SF Bay Area
AI-product teams
AI-infrastructure teams
Budget Reallocation
CNBC
Klaviyo
Aug 25, 2025100
Boston
R&D
Product Teams
Budget Reallocation
The Information
TikTok
Aug 22, 2025300
London
Content Moderators
Trust & Safety
Quality Assurance
Role Replacement
WSJ
BenchSci
Aug 23, 202583
Toronto
Engineering
Role Replacement
The Globe and Mail
King.com
Jul 16, 2025200
Stockholm
Barcelona
Berlin
London
Level designers
UX/narrative writers
User Research
Middle Management
Quality Assurance
Analysts
Role Replacement
mobilegmaer.biz
Scale AI
Jul 16, 2025200
SF Bay Area
Data-Labeling
Efficiency Cuts
Bloomberg
Indeed + Glassdoor
Jul 10, 20251,300
Austin
Texas
Research & development
Growth
People & Sustainability
Various Functions Across Countries
Efficiency Cuts
TechCrunch
Klue
Jun 25, 202585
Vancouver
British Columbia
Product
Engineering
Operations
Efficiency Cuts
BetaKit
OpenText
May 16, 20251,600
Waterloo
Unknown
Budget Reallocation
BetaKit
Canva
Apr 2, 202510
Sydney
Technical writing team
Role Replacement
Australian Financial Review
Tome
Oct 2, 202412
SF Bay Area
Product developers
Efficiency Cuts
The Information
Bytedance
Oct 11, 2024500
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Content Moderators
Trust & Safety
Budget Reallocation
Reuters
Character.ai
Aug 29, 20246
SF Bay Area
Marketing
Recruiting
Budget Reallocation
The Information
Turnitin
Mar 7, 202415
SF Bay Area
Engineering
Sales
Marketing
Efficiency Cuts
TechCrunch
MessageBird
Mar 5, 202490
Amsterdam
Unknown
Budget Reallocation
AmsterdamAI
Motional
Feb 28, 202470
Boston
Non-technical
Administrative
Budget Reallocation
TechCrunch
Gro Intelligence
Feb 16, 202420
New York
Engineering
Budget Reallocation
AgFunderNews
Paytm
Dec 25, 20231,000
Noida
Payments
Lending
Operations
Sales
Efficiency Cuts
The Times of India
Dataminr
Nov 8, 2023150
New York
Subject Experts
Engineering
Operations
Budget Reallocation
TechCrunch
SiFive
Oct 25, 2023130
Santa Clara
California
Engineers
Product Teams
Management
Budget Reallocation
The Information
Airtable
Sep 14, 2023237
SF Bay Area
Product and sales teams focused on smaller clients
Efficiency Cuts
Forbes
SenseTime
Aug 28, 2023Unknown
Hong Kong
Unknown
Budget Reallocation
Technode