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Jobs Lost Due to AI

We track AI-related layoffs and share experiences.

Last updated
Mar 13, 2026

Total Jobs Lost

179.1K

People affected by AI-related layoffs

Companies

103

Companies with AI-related layoffs

Most Affected City

Seattle

City with most people affected

Average Layoff Size

1.6K

People affected per layoff event

Where Layoffs Are Happening

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Layoffs per Month

109
Layoffs
179,052
Jobs Lost

Causes

Why people are getting laid off due to AI

Top Causes

Strategic reorganization / AI-driven transformation
31,749(18%)
AI data center expansion/AI infrastructure restructuring
30,000(17%)
AI-driven reallocation
28,470(16%)

Layoff Tracker

See data on all AI-related layoffs below.

Showing 1-50 of 109 companies
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CompanyDateJobs LostCitiesRolesCauseSource
Salesforce
Sep 2, 20254,000
San Francisco
Seattle
Bellevue
Support
Direct replacement (AI agents)
Los Angeles Times
WiseTech Global
Jul 23, 2025Unknown
Sydney
Unknown
AI-driven efficiency push
Reuters
Fortune Magazine
Jul 21, 202530
New York City
Editorial
Video Production
IT Operations & Infrastructure
Sales
Business Operations
Demand loss to AI
The Wrap / Editor & Publisher
Recruit Holdings (Indeed & Glassdoor)
Jul 10, 20251,300
Austin
San Francisco
Research and Development
Growth
People & Sustainability
AI-driven reallocation
Reuters / HR Dive / Fortune
Microsoft
Jul 2, 20259,000Unknown
Sales
Management
Product Management
Operations and Gaming Division
AI-spend rebalancing
Reuters / AP / The Times (UK)
Business Insider
May 29, 2025621
New York City
Editorial
Marketing
Product Development
Engineering/Tech
Sales
Operations
and People & Culture
AI-driven reallocation & traffic impact
Nieman Lab
Chegg
May 12, 2025248
Santa Clara
San Jose
Bullitt County
Unknown
Demand loss to AI
Reuters
IBM (HR roles replaced)
May 6, 2025200
New York City
Austin
Research Triangle
San Francisco Bay Area
Toronto
HR
Direct replacement (AI agents)
WSJ (interview) / PYMNTS
Google Cloud (Alphabet)
Feb 26, 2025100
Sunnyvale
Seattle
New York City
Austin
Chicago
Sales
AI-driven reallocation
Channel Futures / Bloomberg / Reuters
Workday
Feb 5, 20251,750UnknownUnknown
AI-driven reallocation
AP News / Washington Post
SAP
Jan 23, 202410,000
Palo Alto
Walldorf
Bengaluru
Engineering
Sales and Marketing
Human Resources
Finance
Legal
Research and Development
Contractor Roles
Operational Support Roles
AI-focused transformation (headcount roughly flat)
SAP newsroom / Reuters
Stack Overflow (Stack Exchange)
Oct 16, 2023140
New York City
Sales
Demand loss to AI (traffic declines)
The Verge / VentureBeat
G/O Media (Gizmodo en Español)
Sep 1, 20234
Remote
Spanish-language editors/journalists
Direct replacement (AI translations)
The Verge
Axel Springer (Bild)
Jun 20, 2023200
Düsseldorf
Köln
Leipzig
Dresden
Chemnitz
Hamburg
Editorial Staff
Directly linked to AI in memo
The Guardian
Chegg
Jun 12, 202380
Santa Clara
Unknown
Demand loss to AI
Bloomberg
NEDA (National Eating Disorders Association) – hotline
May 26, 20234
National
Helpline workers / Human operators
Direct replacement (chatbot)
Business Insider / CBS / WIRED
BT Group
May 18, 20232,000
Belfast
Derry
Martlesham (Adastral Park)
Enniskillen
Portadown
Engineering
Call Handling
Network Diagnostics
Contractor Roles
and Operational Support Roles
Announced future AI-driven cuts
The Guardian
IBM (hiring pause/attrition plan)
May 1, 20237,800Unknown
Human Resources
Back-Office Functions
Non-Customer-Facing Roles
Attrition plan tied to AI
Reuters / Washington Post / SHRM
Dropbox
Apr 27, 2023500Unknown
Core Product
Document Workflows
Business Operations
and Administrative Roles
AI-driven reallocation
Dropbox CEO memo
Handshake
Oct 14, 2025100
San Francisco
Recruiting Business Vertical
Core Product
Business Operations
and Administrative Role
AI-focused restructuring
Forbes Newsletter By Alex Konrad
Fiverr
Sep 15, 2025250
Tel Aviv
Multiple departments (exact job titles not detailed)
AI-driven reallocation
WSJ
Atlassian
Sep 10, 2025200
Amsterdam
Paris
Customer service / support roles
AI-driven restructuring
Ziptone
Accenture
Sep 25, 202511,000UnknownUnknown
AI restructuring
Financial Times
Paycom
Oct 1, 2025500
Oklahoma City
Back Office
Direct replacement (AI agents)
oklahoman
ZipRecruiter
Sep 16, 202580
Tel Aviv
Software development
data
and artificial intelligence research
AI-driven reallocation & traffic impact
CTECH
xAI
Sep 13, 2025500
San Francisco
Generalist data annotators
AI-driven reallocation
Business Insider
Scope3
Sep 5, 2025UnknownUnknown
Commercial team — sales
partnerships with brands
agencies
and ad-tech providers.
Direct replacement (AI agents)
Adweek
Oracle
Oct 13, 2025289
Redwood City
Pleasanton
Santa Clara
Seattle
Software developers
engineers
managers
and employees in cloud infrastructure and media services
AI-driven reallocation & traffic impact
Kron4
GupShup
Aug 1, 2025100Unknown
Junior developers and other unspecified roles
AI-driven reallocation
Inc42
Ludeo
Oct 20, 202525
Los Angeles
Tel Aviv
Not specified — general company-wide reduction
AI-driven reallocation
CTECH
Meta
Oct 22, 2025600
SF Bay Area
AI product teams
AI infrastructure teams
AI driven reallocation
CNBC
Klaviyo
Aug 25, 2025100
Boston
R&D organisation: engineering
product teams
AI driven reallocation
The Information
TikTok
Aug 22, 2028300
London
Content moderators
Trust & Safety
and Quality Assurance staff
AI-driven replacement/reallocation
WSJ
BenchSci
Aug 23, 202883
Toronto
Mixed roles including engineering staff (20% of engineering team)
AI-driven replacement/reallocation
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
AI-driven replacement/reallocation
mobilegmaer.biz
Scale AI
Jul 16, 2025200
SF Bay Area
Primarily roles in the data-labeling business
AI-driven reallocation
Bloomberg
Indeed + Glassdoor
Jul 10, 20251,300
Austin
Texas
Research & development
growth
people & sustainability teams
various functions across countries
AI-driven reallocation
TechCrunch
Klue
Jun 25, 202585
Vancouver
British Columbia
Across teams and locations (product
engineering
operations) — specific roles not all detailed
AI-driven replacement/reallocation
BetaKit
OpenText
May 16, 20251,600
Waterloo
Broad workforce across unspecified departments; roles identified via “deep analysis” which could be done with AI
AI driven replacement/ reallocation
BetaKit
Canva
Apr 2, 202510
Sydney
Technical writing team (documentation
guides/manuals for internal/external use)
AI driven replacement/reallocation
Australian Financial Review
Tome
Oct 2, 202412
SF Bay Area
Product developers and consumer go to market team members
AI driven reallocation
The Information
Bytedance
Oct 11, 2024500
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Content moderators / Trust & Safety workforce in Malaysia / regionally
AI driven replacement/reallocation
Reuters
Character.ai
Aug 29, 20246
SF Bay Area
marketing and recruiting roles
AI driven reallocation
The Information
Turnitin
Mar 7, 202415
SF Bay Area
engineering
sales & marketing
AI driven replacement/reallocation
TechCrunch
MessageBird
Mar 5, 202490
Amsterdam
General workforce (not broken down by specific job function) — CEO explained fewer people will do more via automation and AI.
AI driven replacement/reallocation
AmsterdamAI
Motional
Feb 28, 202470
Boston
non technical / administrative roles
AI driven reallocation
TechCrunch
Gro Intelligence
Feb 16, 202420
New York City
Primarily engineering roles
AI driven reallocation
AgFunderNews
Paytm
Dec 25, 20231,000
Noida
payments
lending
operations and sales
AI driven replacement/reallocation
The Times of India
Dataminr
Nov 8, 2023150
New York City
Various roles including “subject experts”
engineering and operations tied to the data/insights business.
AI driven reallocation
TechCrunch
Olive
Oct 31, 2023450
Columbus
Broad workforce across multiple divisions; roles tied to business units being sold/closed.
AI driven reallocation / business shutdown
Axios