The wave of tech layoffs persisted through 2024. After major job reductions in 2022 and 2023, 2024 witnessed over 150,000 positions terminated across 542 firms, according to the independent tracker Layoffs.fyi. Prominent firms such as Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap, and Microsoft implemented significant layoffs in 2024, while several small startups also faced staff reductions and, in certain instances, halted operations entirely.

We’re continuing our monitoring of tech industry layoffs into 2025 to track the trend of these cutbacks. Later this year, we will separate our 2024 and 2025 lists to make the patterns easier to understand.

By monitoring these layoffs, we gain insights into the influence on innovation across both large and small enterprises. We’re also able to view the possible consequences of firms adopting AI and automation for roles previously deemed secure. It further acts as a reminder of the human consequences of layoffs and the potential stakes concerning heightened innovation.

Below you’ll discover a detailed roster of all the known layoffs in the tech sector in 2024, regularly updated. For tips on layoffs, contact us here. To communicate anonymously, you may also reach us here.

• December 2024: 2,268 employees laid off — refer to all December 2024 Tech Layoffs
• November 2024: 5,925 employees laid off — refer to all November 2024 Tech Layoffs
• October 2024: 3,659 employees laid off — refer to all October 2024 Tech Layoffs
• September 2024: 3,765 employees laid off — refer to all September 2024 Tech Layoffs
• August 2024: 26,024 employees laid off — refer to all August 2024 Tech Layoffs
• July 2024: 9,051 employees laid off — refer to all July 2024 Tech Layoffs
• June 2024: 10,083 employees laid off — refer to all June 2024 Tech Layoffs
• May 2024: 11,011 employees laid off — refer to all May 2024 Tech Layoffs
• April 2024: 22,423 employees laid off — refer to all April 2024 Tech Layoffs
• March 2024: 7,403 employees laid off — refer to all March 2024 Tech Layoffs
• February 2024: 15,639 employees laid off — refer to all February 2024 Tech Layoffs
• January 2024: 34,107 employees laid off — refer to all January 2024 Tech Layoffs

January 2025

Meta

Shared in an internal document a plan to cut 5% of its workforce, targeting “underperformers” as the firm gears up for “a rigorous year.” Per its latest quarterly report, Meta employs over 72,000 individuals.

Wayfair

Intends to terminate up to 730 jobs, constituting 3% of its workforce, as it chooses to depart from operations in Germany to concentrate on physical retail outlets.

Pandion

Will cease operations, affecting 63 employees. The delivery startup specified that its workforce will receive payments until January 15 with no additional severance.

Icon

Is releasing 114 employees due to a team restructuring, as per a new WARN notice filing, focusing on a robotic printing platform.

Altruist

Terminated 37 positions, impacting nearly 10% of its total staff, even as the company pursues “vigorous” recruitment.

Aqua Security

Is reducing its workforce by dozens across its global branches as part of a strategic reorganization aimed at enhancing profitability.

SolarEdge Technologies

Aims to let go of 400 employees globally. It marks the firm’s fourth layoff round since January 2024 as the solar sector collectively experiences a downturn.

Level

The fintech firm, established in 2018, abruptly ceased operations earlier this year. In a message from CEO Paul Aaron, the closure follows an unsuccessful search for a buyer, though Employer.com is contemplating a new proposal to obtain the firm post-closure.

December 2024

Brave Care

Officially ceased its operations permanently, as indicated in a web announcement. The number of employees affected remains unclear.

Epicery

Ended operations citing “economic and financial hurdles” that the food delivery startup could not surmount.

Bench

Abruptly halted operations but was later obtained by Employer.com for an undisclosed sum in a last-minute agreement. The number of the accounting startup’s 600 employees who will be rehired remains unidentified.

Lilium

Halted operations and let go around 1,000 personnel. However, the company might not be doomed: Lilium revealed an agreement with an investor consortium to acquire two subsidiaries, enabling restructuring and escaping insolvency.

Boston Dynamics

Let go of 45 positions, which constitute 5% of its total workforce. A representative told The Boston Globe that the reductions affected “almost every function within the business.”

OfferUp

Is downsizing by 22% as it embarks on ventures into new product sectors. The specific number of employees affected is not currently disclosed.

Canoo

Undergoing another layoff phase two months subsequent to the EV startup’s employee relocation to Texas to thwart bankruptcy. Over 20 staff are included in the layoffs.

Foundry

Cut 27% of its staff. This includes 16% of its workforce in the USA, along with a “small team in India,” impacting 74 employees in all.

Calendly

Let go of 70 employees, approximatelyque el cambio planeado es parte de una estrategia más amplia para mejorar la eficiencia operativa.

Lyft

Ha despedido al 13% de su plantilla. Los recortes afectaron a equipos en ingeniería, experiencia del cliente, marketing y facturación.

Yahoo

Ha reducido alrededor del 25% de su equipo de ciberseguridad, conocido como The Paranoids, durante el último año, ha aprendido TechCrunch. Los recortes involucraron a entre 40 y 50 empleados de un total de 200.

Bluevine

Está reduciendo 100 empleados, afectando a su fuerza laboral global en aproximadamente un 18%. Es la segunda ronda de despidos de la fintech en seis meses.

EasyKnock

Ha cerrado abruptamente. La noticia sigue a varias demandas presentadas contra la empresa proptech y una alerta al consumidor de la FTC sobre modelos de venta y arrendamiento controvertidos.

Carousell

Está eliminando 76 roles en un esfuerzo de reorganización. Los recortes representan alrededor del 7% del total de empleados de la empresa con sede en Singapur. 

Mixtroz

Sus operaciones han sido cerradas, han anunciado los cofundadores Kerry Schrader y Ashlee Ammons Halpin.

Stash

Informó que despidió al 40% de su fuerza laboral de aproximadamente 220 personas en un importante esfuerzo de reestructuración tras la salida de la CEO Liza Landsman en septiembre.

Booking Holdings

Ha despedido a 60 empleados en una de sus unidades B2B mientras la compañía redirige su enfoque hacia la inteligencia artificial.

Lightspeed Commerce

Planea recortar alrededor de 200 empleados como parte de una “revisión estratégica” de su negocio mientras explora una venta potencial. La empresa redujo 280 trabajadores en abril como parte de un esfuerzo de reestructuración.

Noviembre 2024

AlphaSense

Despidió a 150 empleados, afectando al 8% de su fuerza laboral, en un nuevo esfuerzo de reestructuración después de su adquisición de Tegus en julio de 2024.

Ola Electric

Se informa que está dejando ir hasta 500 empleados en un esfuerzo por aumentar su rentabilidad. Los recortes impactarían a más del 10% de su fuerza laboral total.

Hopper

Redujo aproximadamente el 10% de su fuerza laboral, afectando a 60-65 empleados, mientras la agencia de viajes en línea lleva a cabo otro intento de reorganización.

LinkedIn

Eliminó a 202 empleados, representando aproximadamente el 1% de su fuerza laboral total. Los recortes afectaron roles de ingeniería y soporte al cliente, confirmó el portavoz Greg Snapper a The Information.

Headspace

Está recortando el 13% de su plantilla y cambiando a su personal de terapeutas clínicos a roles de medio tiempo o de contrato en un esfuerzo por “reiniciar” la startup unicornio. Se desconoce cuántos empleados fueron afectados exactamente.

Truelayer

Supuestamente despidió a aproximadamente una cuarta parte de sus empleados. Fuentes dijeron a City AM que la antigua startup unicornio redujo 71 roles antes de anunciar una ronda de financiamiento de $50 millones.

AppLovin

Anunció 120 despidos en una nueva presentación WARN. La presentación llega una semana después de que la empresa de software publicitario alcanzara una valoración de $97.7 mil millones.

Stoa

Ha cerrado sus operaciones después de cuatro años en el negocio, anunció el CEO Raj Kunkolienkar en LinkedIn.

AMD

Está despidiendo al 4% de su fuerza laboral para enfocarse en “grandes oportunidades de crecimiento”. AMD tenía aproximadamente 26,000 empleados el año pasado, por lo que los recortes podrían afectar a alrededor de 1,000 trabajadores.

23andMe

Está reduciendo el 40% de su fuerza laboral, impactando a más de 200 empleados, como parte de un esfuerzo de reestructuración en la compañía. Desde que salió a bolsa en 2021, 23andMe ha perdido más del 99% de su valor en medio de un interés decreciente en sus productos y suscripciones, además de una brecha de datos en 2023 que resultó en el robo de datos de ascendencia de 7 millones de usuarios.

Chegg

Está despidiendo a 319 empleados, lo que representa el 21% de su personal total, mientras lucha por competir con ChatGPT y otros productos de inteligencia artificial. Al igual que 23andMe, en el momento de escribir esto, Chegg también ha perdido el 99% de su valoración desde que salió a bolsa en 2013.

Enphase Energy

Está despidiendo a aproximadamente 500 trabajadores, afectando al 17% del total de la plantilla de la empresa de energía solar y carga de vehículos eléctricos. Enphase despidió al 10% de su fuerza laboral hace menos de un año, ya que ellos y otras empresas solares continúan enfrentando desafíos significativos.

Exosonic

Está cerrando sus operaciones después de cinco años de funcionamiento. En 2020, la startup de aviones supersónicos se unió a la cohorte de invierno de Y Combinator y recaudó más de $4.5 millones.

Freshworks

Está despidiendo a 660 empleados a nivel global, lo que representa el 13% del total de la fuerza laboral de la empresa, mientras la empresa de software como servicio para la gestión de servicios al cliente y TI busca completar un esfuerzo de reestructuración para fin de año.

Akamai

La empresa de computación en la nube está eliminando el 2.5% de su fuerza laboral, afectando aproximadamente a 250 empleados. La compañía realizó un corte de tamaño similar al inicio de 2023.

ShareFile

Ha anunciado que reducirá casi 200 puestos de trabajo en Carolina del Norte, poco después de su adquisición por Progress Software Corp.

Just Eat

Está reduciendo su plantilla en 300 empleados, lo que representa el 2% del total de la fuerza laboral de la empresa de entrega de alimentos.

iRobot

Está despidiendo a 105 empleados, aproximadamente el 16% de la fuerza laboral de la empresa. La decisión llega después de que iRobot despidió a alrededor de 350 trabajadores a principios de este año, tras la cancelación de una adquisición por Amazon por $1.7 mil millones.

The Mozilla Foundation

Ha despedido al 30% de sus empleados mientras la organización declara enfrentar una “implacable ola de cambios”. Es la segunda ronda de despidos en Mozilla este año.

Maven Clinic

Supuestamente redujo al 10% de su personal, afectando a aproximadamente 60 empleados. En octubre de 2024, la compañía anunció una ronda Serie F de $125 millones.

Bowery Farming

Está cerrando sus operaciones. La empresa de tecnología agrícola fue valorada en $2.3 mil millones en 2021.

Octubre 2024

Tidal

Está llevando a cabo una nueva ronda de despidos, que afectaría supuestamente a hasta 100 empleados. El CEO Jack Dorsey informó a los empleadosthe company needs to function “like a startup once more.” 

X

Laid off a number of employees, though the exact count is currently unconfirmed.

Coursera

Reduced its total workforce by 10% as the education technology company struggles with its clients not renewing subscriptions.

Dropbox

Is parting ways with 20% of its employees as described by CEO Drew Houston as a “transitional period.” This reduction will affect 528 personnel.

Consensys

Implemented a 20% workforce reduction amid challenges within the Ethereum sector.

F5

Is downsizing its global staff by about 2% as a cost-saving measure, impacting around 100 employees.

Kyte

Is withdrawing from most major U.S. markets and has halved its workforce, focusing now solely on San Francisco and New York City.

Upwork

Is cutting 21% of its total workforce as it targets $60 million in annual savings.

Venminder

Will release 100 staff members following its acquisition by Ncontracts, a company specializing in risk and vendor management.

Jellysmack

Is undergoing reorganization, affecting 22 U.S. employees. Additional impacts on French staff are expected in the upcoming months.

CapWay

Has been closed, as announced by founder Sheena Allen on LinkedIn. The Y Combinator-supported fintech aimed to deliver financial services to those in unbanked regions.

Various teams at Meta have faced layoffs as the organization seeks alignment with long-term strategic objectives, according to its email statement to TechCrunch. The scope and specific teams affected remain undisclosed, though Threads, recruiting, and legal departments are confirmed to be unaffected.

Boeing

Plans to reduce its workforce by 10%, impacting approximately 17,000 employees following a $9.97 a share loss during Q3 and an ongoing machinist union strike.

Stellantis

Is reducing its Michigan-based workforce by 1,100, affecting brands such as Chrysler, Jeep, Ram, and Dodge.

TikTok

Is dismissing several hundred employees, primarily in Malaysia, as it employs AI tools for content moderation. Fewer than 500 people are reportedly affected.

Samsung

Is reducing jobs in Southeast Asia and Australia to enhance “operational effectiveness.” A spokesperson indicated no specific target number for redundancies, although the cuts could affect around 10% of the workforce in these regions.

Kasperksy

Is closing its UK base and laying off numerous workers, according to TechCrunch sources. These reductions occur mere months after initiating the shutdown of its U.S. operations.

NFX

Released four employees as the firm aims to refocus resources from software and product teams towards its investment division, as told to TechCrunch by general partner Pete Flint.

Eaze

Plans to let go of 500 employees as it commences closing operations. CEO Cory Azzalino communicated this transition, citing “persistent challenges within the California cannabis sector.”

PubMatic

Reduced its workforce by 1%, approximately over a dozen roles, as it reportedly redirects its operations towards connected-TV advertising.

Tome

Dismissed nearly one-third of its staff in a “resetting” effort. It marks the second layoff cycle for the AI firm in 2024.

Alma

Has cut 9% of its workforce across several units, striving for “long-term sustainability.”

Flexport

Plans to reduce its workforce by roughly 2%. It is the company’s second round of layoffs this year, having cut 20% of its staff in January.

FreshBooks

Laid off 140 employees from all teams with aims to achieve profitability, as stated by CEO Mara Reiff in a blog entry.

September 2024

Shein

Has discharged 17 employees in Singapore as it prepares for its IPO on the London Stock Exchange.

Drata

This security compliance platform has terminated 9% of its workforce, affecting 40 individuals.

Moov

Reportedly released over 50 staff members, though an official confirmation is yet to be provided by Moov.

FreightWaves

Eliminated 16 positions in sales, HR, and marketing, attributing the cuts to a significant freight market decline.

Northvolt

Is trimming its global workforce by 25% in a cost-reduction strategy, affecting more than 1,600 personnel at the battery behemoth.

Olo

Is cutting its employee base by 9%, impacting about 50 staff, as it prioritizes funding future growth strategies.

Healthy.io

Removed 40 employees across its U.S., UK, and Israeli operations, following the dismissal of 70 staff in 2023 by the Israeli healthtech entity.

Reverb

Reportedly cut 40 positions. This music gear marketplace based in Chicago was bought by Etsy in 2019.

Luminar

Is decreasing its workforce by 30% as a component of a novel expense-reduction strategy, as communicated by CEO Austin Russell in a blog entry. These reductions primarily involve “non-technical” positions.

Notable Labs

Is removing 65% of its personnel and consultants while halting a clinical trial of its cancer therapy in order to curtail costs.

CrawTrawler

Is downsizing 10% of its staff, affecting roughly 40 members. Nonetheless, the company stated it will establish 28 new positions as a part of its fresh strategic plan.

ApplyBoard

Has reduced 4% of its entire team as it adjusts its operations in Ontario.

Qualcomm

Plans to let go of 226 employees in San Diego later in the year, as indicated in a California WARN notice. This choice comes less than a year after the chip manufacturer dismissed more than 1,250 personnel. 

Udemy

Intends to cut down its workforce as part of a new reorganization initiative, affecting approximately 280 team members. The company indicates that 50% of those impacted would be reemployed, particularly if their tasks are in more cost-effective markets.

Amperity

Will release 13% of its personnel. The business previously let go of 20 employees earlier this year, adding to two other workforce reductions in 2023.

Cisco

Is reducing 7% of its manpower, affecting around 5,600 people. This reduction follows another layoff phase from the company within the year, whereby 4,000 team members were influenced.

Microsoft

Is dismissing roughly 650 people in its gaming sector. These layoffs occur eight months post the gaming division experienced 1,900 job losses after Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard.

Nori 

Has ceased its operations citing a “challenging funding scenario,” as shared by co-founder Alexsandra Guerra on LinkedIn.

Bending Spoons

Will discharge 75% of WeTransfer’s team. Bending Spoons gained ownership of the file transfer service in July for an undisclosed price.

Goop

Is relieving 18% of its 216-member workforce as the firm pivots focus toward its beauty and food brands, de-emphasizing other sectors like wellness and travel. 

Fly.io

Has reportedly dismissed around 40 team members as part of what appears as a reorientation for the business.

Motif FoodWorks

Is purportedly closing its operations following prolonged legal disputes with competitor Impossible Foods.

August 2024

Character.AI

Supposedly trimmed at least 5% of its manpower in its marketing and recruitment segments.

Apple

Is said to be cutting approximately 100 positions in its digital services unit, potentially affecting workers within the company’s Books and News divisions.

Brave

Has discharged 27 staff members across various sections, as per TechCrunch reports. These cuts impact roughly 14% of the web browsing and search startup’s overall team.

Scale AI

Allegedly terminated more than 1,000 remote contractual workers. The company didn’t describe the reductions as layoffs and assures full-time staff remain unaffected.

Skip the Dishes

Aims to reduce 100 positions in Canada and 700 for its parent firm, Just Eat Takeaway.com, as relayed by CEO Paul Burns on LinkedIn.

GoPro

Will lessen its workforce by approximately 15% by the year’s end as a significant restructuring endeavor, impacting about 139 team members.

Retention.com

Let go of 40% of its employees, CEO Adam Robinson wrote on LinkedIn, affecting 15 people.

Loop

Is executing layoffs as the enterprise experiences a “strategic realignment” in its focus areas. The exact number of employees impacted remains uncertain.

Inuitive

Is diminishing its personnel by 20%, affecting roughly 80 staff members. Additionally, Inuitive CEO Shlomo Gadot will be stepping down from his role.

Formlabs

Has severed a “small portion” of its workforce, the company specifically confirmed to TechCrunch. The 3D printing enterprise states these reductions transpired over the preceding two years and influence 40 employees from its staff of under 750 individuals.

Sonos

CEO Patrick Spence communicated with TechCrunch regarding the firm’s layoff of 100 personnel in a recent elimination round, which affected 6% of Sonos’ workforce. Sonos had previously cut down its headcount by 7% during 2023.

Cisco

Will allegedly cut thousands of jobs in another series of layoffs this year. Earlier, the company dismissed over 4,000 employees in February 2024.

Tally

Has ceased its activities “after investigating all possibilities” before depleting funds. The fintech previously offered services assisting users in managing and settling their credit card debts; it numbered 183 employees and had a valuation of $855 million. 

Branch.io

Has discharged over 100 team members. Nova Launcher, procured by Branch in 2022, reported that these dismissals reduced its team to solely one full-time developer.

READY Robotics

Has purportedly halted its operations. Currently, the company is auctioning equipment through Silicon Valley Disposition.

Eventbrite

Is cutting approximately 100 personnel, representing 11% of its total team. The online ticketing enterprise earlier dismissed 8% of its workforce in February 2023.

LegalZoom

Declared it would shrink its global staff by 15% and pause forthcoming hiring initiatives, aiming to conserve $25 million.

Techstars

Is trimming 17% of its employees and concluding its $80 million J.P. Morgan-supported programs by the year’s end following a tumultuous era that encompassed financial setbacks and leadership changes.

Mobius

Is set to completely cease operations after enduring monetary challenges. The Kenya-located SUV producer allegedly pointed to tax increases as a key motivator for the closure.

Infineon

Is planning to reduce its global workforce by 1,400 jobs, including numerous positions at its German facility. The firm mentioned that it will also transfer an extra 1,400 positions to regions with cheaper labor expenses.

Jam City

Has downsized about 85 roles, affecting 10% of the video game developer and publisher’s entire workforce.

Dell

Will execute job reductions as the enterprise seeks to become “leaner,” stated in an internal notice and develop a new sales division centered around AI products and services. Currently, how many workers will be impacted remains unknown.

Intel

Intel began the month with significant staff reductions, impacting 15,000 personnel, which constitutes 15% of its total employees due to the corporation’s cutbacks. “Our revenues have not expanded as expected — and we still have not fully seized the advantage of emerging shifts like AI,” CEO Pat Gelsinger noted in an announcement regarding the layoffs.

July 2024

Rad Power Bikes

The e-bike firm, which has amassed over $300 million from financiers, also enacted five rounds of dismissals since April 2021, with TechCrunch exclusively discovering that Red Power’s latest wave of layoffs occurred in July, affecting an unspecified number of Rad Power’s roughly 394 workers.

Match Group

Has halted live-streaming features across its dating platforms, primarily Plenty of Fish and BLK, as it pivots its emphasis to generative AI. This decision will lead to a 6% decrease in its entire workforce.

Bungie

Will reduce the headcount by 220 positions, representing nearly 17% of the game developer’s total workforce. CEO Pete Parsons declared that the modifications affect every level within the organization, including senior and executive management.

Pocket FM

Has reportedly cut positions for approximately 200 U.S.-based writers a month following the company’s partnership with ElevenLabs to swiftly transform scripts into auditory content employing AI.

WayCool Foods

Has reportedly dismissed over 200 staff members across various divisions. It will be the agritech company’s third major round of layoffs within the last year.

Webflow

Revealed it will trim about 8% of its workforce as the business transitions toward its “subsequent growth stage.”

Cohere

Is reportedly reducing its workforce by around 20 employees, constituting nearly 5% of its entire workforce. The reductions followed the day after the firm announced it secured $500 million at a valuation of $5 billion.

Magic Leap

Reportedly cut roughly 75 of its employees. As part of the reductions, the augmented reality startup reportedly eliminated its sales and marketing units entirely.

Mercari

Is reportedly letting go nearly half of its U.S.-based employees as the Japan-rooted company grapples to compete with other online commerce adversaries like Temu.

Aqua

Is dismissing 50 workers, constituting 10% of its total personnel. Earlier this year, the cybersecurity enterprise raised $60 million at a capitalization of $1 billion, officially becoming a unicorn.

EverC

Is reportedly cutting 10% of its workforce of 165 personnel. The entity creates cyber intelligence applications that assist in hindering digital fraud.

Lex

Has reduced most of its roughly eight-member team as the LGBTQ+ social networking platform struggles to generate revenue from its offering. Last year, during the firm’s third year, Lex raised $5.6 million in initial funding and promoted co-founder Jennifer Lewis from COO to CEO.

Monarch Tractor

Trimmed “less than” 15% of its workforce of 250 to 300 individuals as part of a necessary restructuring following a $133 million Series C investment, TechCrunch has learned.

Kaspersky

Will dismiss numerous employees and completely exit the U.S. market in response to a U.S. government directive that prohibited the company’s software sales due to security concerns.

Salesforce

Dismissed around 300 members from its workforce as it initiates a broader strategy to reduce costs and optimize operations.

Intuit

Will lay off 1,800 staff members, impacting 10% of its workforce. The company states over half were attributed to underperformance and plans to recruit approximately the same number of personnel instead of cost-cutting.

UiPath

Intends to dismiss 420 positions, comprising 10% of its entire workforce, as the firm engages in a broad restructuring initiative.

UKG

Dismissed an estimated 2,200 employees, equating to nearly 14% of its workforce, as the software enterprise attempts to channel its resources into “core areas of product development.”

OpenText​​

Plans to reduce approximately 1,200 jobs, making up almost 2% of its workforce, as the information management firm aims to markedly cut its expenditures by 2025.

Unacademy

Is laying off roughly 250 employees in the newest series of staff reductions after educational institutions reopened throughout India following pandemic-related lockdowns.

Koo

Is discontinuing its activities after its final-opportunity acquisition discussions with Dailyhunt failed.

Upside Foods

Has reduced its employee count by 26 individuals, as mentioned by CEO Uma Valeti in a message to employees, as the cultured meat sector experiences a fall in VC investments.

Sightful

Is laying off 20 team members, making up a third of its total workforce, due to the company’s shift toward software creation.

June 2024

RealPage

Plans to reduce its workforce by around 4% as part of a strategy to enhance growth, although the business is also among many in its industry facing a combined legal action alleging involvement in price collusion.

Planet

Plans to reduce approximately 180 staff members, totaling 17% of its workforce, as stated in an SEC document, indicating its second wave of recent downsizing.

Moxion Power

Is dismissing over 100 team members, per a WARN notice. This decision follows the company’s significant office growth in Richmond, California.

eBay

Is believed to be performing workforce cuts in Israel while undergoing a worldwide restructuring.

BeReal

Is reportedly downsizing a considerable section of its workforce following its acquisition by the French gaming company Voodoo.

Flutterwave

Has released around 30 individuals, representing 3% of its employees, as it redirects its focus to business clients.

Ginkgo Bioworks

Let go of 158 workers, with more dismissals anticipated, as it seeks to decrease its workforce by a quarter.

Moovit

Is trimming 10% of its workforce, impacting close to 20 to 25 individuals.

Wex

Is reducing 375 positions, making up 5% of its entire team.

PayPal

Intends to remove up to 85 roles based in Ireland, as stated by the company.

Rapyd

Is reportedly cutting around 30 positions in Israel and relocating roles to other areas to save on expenses.

C2FO

Reduced 16 roles within its supplier resource management sector, as the focus shifts to automation.

Chegg

Is decreasing its global workforce by 23% in a significant organizational overhaul to become a “more streamlined” entity.

StackPath

Is ceasing operations and selling its belongings. The count of affected team members remains unspecified.

Unit

Is decreasing its workforce by 15% as the organization works to “think in longer timelines,” as shared in a blog post.

Loop

Is undergoing additional reductions, according to co-CEO Carey Anne Nadeau on LinkedIn. Numbers on affected employees remain unclear.

Care/of

Will release its 143 workers by July 3 due to a “loss of funding,” and will stop taking new orders. Yet, TechCrunch learned that the company isn’t entirely closed: “We are actively considering options for the brand but have nothing conclusive to report at this moment.”

Running Tide

Has ended its functions and released its remaining staff after collecting over $50 million since its inception in 2017.

Satellogic

Is reducing 70 roles, roughly 30% of its employees, just weeks following a previous cut affecting 34 workers.

ByteDance

Is cutting approximately 450 roles in its Indonesian e-commerce group, making up 9% of that segment.

VRChat

Has decreased its workforce by about 30%, as confirmed by CEO Graham Gaylor.

Paytm

Is reportedly implementing significant cuts throughout the business. The exact count of impacted employees is currently unspecified.

Kissflow

Has reduced around 45 roles as a part of an organizational restructuring.

Copia Global

Has released a minimum of 1,060 staff members two weeks following the startup’s administration filing.

Revel

Is releasing its 1,000+ driver crew as it transitions to a gig economy structure akin to Lyft and Uber.

Simpl

Has reduced 30 roles a month after the Bengaluru-based enterprise released 160 individuals.

Oda

Has affirmed cutting 150 roles as it significantly curtails its growth plans to concentrate on markets in Norway and Sweden.

Pagaya

Is reducing 100 positions, or 20% of its staff, in a subsequent round of reductions.

MoonPay

Is reportedly decreasing 10% of its staff, translating to about 30 individuals.

Microsoft

Is reportedly dismissing hundreds of personnel in its Azure cloud segment, though the precise figure of impacted employees remains unknown.

OrCam

Is cutting 100 team members months after lowering its workforce by 50 individuals.

Google

Is reportedly executing substantial cuts worldwide across numerous of its Cloud divisions, including sectors dedicated to sustainability, consulting, and partner engineering.

Tropic

Is eliminating 40 roles as part of a restructuring plan, as shared by CEO David Campbell on LinkedIn. 

May 2024

Gro Intelligence

Is ceasing operations subsequent to releasing 60% of its staff in March in an effort to remain viable.

Jasper Health

Has discharged a significant part of its workforce, as discovered by TechCrunch. Engineering and product design units were prominently affected by the layoffs at the cancer care platform startup.

Cirium

Is releasing 37 technology specialists at FlightStats, the flight tracking startup it absorbed in 2016, intending to streamline its operations in India and the U.K.

Walnut

Is reducing 15 staff members in a layoff phase, affecting 20% of the Israeli startup’s overall team.

Fisker

Has released hundreds of team members in an attempt to sustain the EV startup. A present and a former employee informed TechCrunch exclusively that about 150 workers remain employed.

Cue Health

Is closing its operations and releasing the rest of the staff.

Reduced its personnel. The COVID-19 testing firm decreased its workforce by half earlier this month in an effort to curtail expenses.

Foursquare

Discharged 105 workers with the aim of streamlining operations, as mentioned in an email sent to employees by current CEO Gary Little.

Lucid Motors

Is planning to dismiss approximately 400 workers, equating to about 6% of its staff, as a part of restructuring before the launch of its inaugural electric SUV later this year.

TikTok

Is reportedly implementing significant reductions in its global operations and marketing divisions. The exact number of staff affected is currently undisclosed.

Pixar

Is reportedly reducing its personnel by 14%, affecting 175 workers, as the company pivots its attention from original Disney+ shows back to movies.

Replit

Dismissed 20% of its employees as the programming startup transitions focus to enterprise sales initiatives.

SeekOut

Reduced around 30% of its workforce. The AI-driven recruitment startup was last appraised at more than $1.2 billion in January 2022.

Gopuff

Trimmed 6% of its personnel in additional layoff rounds as the quick-delivery startup aims for cash-flow positivity by the close of 2024.

Atmosphere

Intends to layoff 106 staffers, as outlined in a WARN notice submitted in Texas. 

Mainvest

Has ceased operations. The exact number of employees impacted is presently unknown.

Indeed

Plans to cut close to 1,000 positions, affecting about 8% of its employee base, as communicated by CEO Chris Hyams in a note to staff.

Motional

Reduced approximately 40% of its workforce, impacting around 550 personnel, as shared by insiders to TechCrunch. Additionally, the company’s chief operating officer, Abe Ghabra, has departed the organization.

Google

Is set to close 57 positions in San Francisco, as per a WARN notice filed within California.

Vacasa

Is removing 800 positions, representing 13% of its workforce, as part of a major restructuring strategy.

Brilliant

Informed The Verge that it has terminated the majority of its workforce and stopped the sale of its smart home controls and switches while searching for a new buyer.

Enovix

Dismissed around 170 employees, impacting a third of its entire workforce, to trim down on yearly operational costs. 

Microsoft

Shuttered Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, along with other game studios as part of the reductions at Bethesda. The number of affected employees is yet to be determined.

Cue Health

Is set to lay off 230 employees, comprising about 49% of its workforce, as a cost-saving measure detailed in documents filed with the U.S. SEC.

Luminar

Is decreasing its workforce by 20%. This reduction will impact around 140 workers and the firm will also terminate the majority of its contractual staff.

Sprinklr

Announced it laid off about 3% of its workforce, affecting 116 individuals, as confirmed to TechCrunch in a statement. The layoffs come over a year following the company reducing about 4% of its headcount.

Peloton

Is planning to cut 15% of its personnel, affecting about 400 workers, as a means of cost savings. Furthermore, the company’s CEO Barry McCarthy is resigning.

April 2024

Tesla

Has significantly reduced its charging team in a fresh series of layoffs, as CEO Elon Musk disclosed in an overnight email to executives.

Google

Has reduced staff across crucial teams including Flutter, Dart, and Python. It remains unclear how many staff members were let go.

Fisker

Is in the process of dismissing additional employees to save resources, according to an internal email reviewed by TechCrunch. The total number of cuts is unknown at present.

Getir

Is halting its operations in the U.S., the U.K., and Europe, which will affect at least 6,000 jobs across these markets.

Ola

Is planning to cut approximately 180 jobs in pursuit of profitability and has parted ways with chief executive Hemant Bakshi, as informed by a source to TechCrunch.

True Anomaly

This space and defense startup shed nearly 30 positions, which amounts to about 25% of its workforce, due to role and function duplications, TechCrunch exclusively reported.

Expedia

Is anticipated to reduce staff at its Austin location for the second time this year.

Nike

Has a plan to eliminate 740 positions at its Oregon headquarters this upcoming summer, as per a WARN Act notification.

Stability AI

Is slashing 10% of its workforce following the departure of its former CEO Emad Mostaque.

Google

Plans to reduce staff as part of persistent cost-cutting strategies. The specific number of workers affected is currently unspecified.

Rivian

Will cut 1% of its overall workforce. This represents the second layoff round for the electric vehicle manufacturer this year.

Take-Two

Is preparing to lay off 5% of its workforce, which influences around 579 employees. The publisher of GTA 6 also revealed the cancellation of several ongoing projects.

Tome

Is in the process of trimming approximately 20% of its 59 workers as part of a restructuring plan.

Tesla

Plans to decrease “more than 10%” of its global workforce, according to an internal email from CEO Elon Musk. This move could impact over 14,000 workers on a worldwide scale, as Tesla prepares for its upcoming growth stage amid a challenging EV landscape.

Criteo

Is reducing its worldwide workforce by around 4%, affecting up to 140 employees.

TikTok

Is laying off 250 workers located in Ireland as it restructures its Training and Quality division.

Hinge Health

Trimmed around 10% of its workforce, as TechCrunch exclusively discovered, while the companyis gearing up for an IPO and aspires to attain profitability.

Checkr

Reportedly cut 382 positions, which constitutes nearly 32% of its total staff, as exclusively discovered by TechCrunch. The company, known for its background-check services, was most recently appraised at $5 billion in April of 2022.

Bolt.Earth

Allegedly reduced a large portion of its team as part of a reorganization initiative. The exact number of affected employees remains unclear, but insiders informed Inc42 that it might be “between 70 and 100” staff members.

Apple

Is dismissing 614 workers in California after halting its electric vehicle initiative, per a WARN notification.

Agility Robotics

Let go a “minimal portion” of its staff as the firm hones in on commercialization strategies.

Ghost Autonomy

Has ceased operations. The enterprise, which had financial support from OpenAI, employed approximately 100 individuals.

Whirlpool

Is closing Yummly, the cooking and recipe application it purchased in 2017.

AWS

Plans to reduce its workforce by several hundred in Sales, Marketing, Global Services, and within its Physical Stores Technology division.

Byju’s

Intends to lay off roughly 500 members of its team, representing 3% of its overall staff, as part of an overhaul process.

March 2024

Reliance

As the largest conglomerate in India, Reliance took time before disclosing that it had terminated employment for more than 42,000 individuals in its fiscal year ending in March. This represented 11% of its entire workforce, and another 143,000 personnel opted for “voluntary separations” during the same timeframe.

ChowNow

Reduced its workforce by 20% after obtaining the point-of-sale platform Cuboh. The company had previously cut 100 jobs back in 2022.

Nintendo of America

Is reorganizing its testing division, which primarily consists of contractors. A Nintendo spokesperson conveyed to Kotaku that the adjustments will terminate some contracts but will generate new permanent roles.

Dell

Has lessened its global workforce by roughly 6,000 positions, as disclosed in a 10-K SEC document. It shows the company’s reduction of 13,000 roles in the previous year.

Synctera

Confirmed workforce reductions to TechCrunch. A report from Fintech Business Weekly estimates the impact on 17 workers, around 15% of the team.

ShopBack

Is downsizing 195 roles aiming for greater sustainability, as stated by CEO Henry Chan in a blog post. The move affects nearly a quarter of its workforce.

Airmeet

Supposedly let go 20% of its workforce during its second restructuring attempt in the past year.

Chipper Cash

Implemented another series of layoffs impacting 20 workers, CEO Ham Serunjogi communicated through a blog post. 

Textio

Reportedly slashed 16% of its team as a strategic step to bolster its Textio Lift offering. 

Stash

Is purportedly reducing about a quarter of its workforce. Axios reports these cuts impact roughly 80 employees.

Phantom Auto

Is closing down due to unsuccessful attempts to acquire new investment, TechCrunch gathered. The remote driving startup had previously downsized and employed slightly over 100 staff members.

IBM

Allegedly trimming its marketing and communications team. Earlier, the company revealed a strategy to substitute more than 8,000 positions with AI.

Inscribe.ai

Reduced nearly 40% of its staff, equating to numerous employees, as confirmed to TechCrunch.

Turnitin

Terminated employment for about 15 workers earlier this year, post remarks from CEO Chris Caren about potential 20% staff reduction due to AI advancements.

Sorare

Reduced 13% of its New York-based team as the web3 fantasy sports platform shifts its focus to its Paris headquarters, says a source known to TechCrunch.

Melio

Is paring down its workforce by about 7% as part of restructuring initiatives. The fintech unicorn last undertook layoffs in August 2022.

ONE

Is trimming about 13% of its team, affecting 40 personnel. This marks the second wave of layoffs for the battery startup in recent months.

Project Ronin

Is shutting its doors, culminating in a “permanent large-scale layoff” impacting around 150 employees.

February 2024

Fisker

Intends to lay off 15% of its workers and suggests it might not possess adequate funds to endure the coming year.

EA

Reduced workforce by 5%, impacting 670 staff members, as it diverges from the “development of upcoming licensed IP.”

Bumble

Plans to terminate roughly 350 employees, which is approximately 30% of its workforce.

Apple

Is anticipated to cut hundreds of workers previously engaged in the company’s autonomous electric car endeavor, which has now been discontinued, TechCrunch has been informed.

Sony

Is terminating 900 positions within its PlayStation division, impacting 8% of that sector. Studios such as Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog, Guerrilla, and Firesprite will also experience effects.

Expedia

Reportedly intends to reduce 1,500 positions in 2024, primarily within its Product & Technology sector, making up over 8% of its entire team.

Finder

Reduced around 60 positions, or 17% of its team. It’s the financial startup’s third significant layoff round within the past year.

Rivian

Is aiming to decrease costs by laying off 10% of its salaried employees as the EV market becomes more challenging.

Meati Foods

Announced it will let go of 13% of its team to “foster a financially viable enterprise,” as CEO Phil Graves revealed to TechCrunch.

Cisco

Declared it will cut down 5% of its workforce, affecting over 4,000 individuals.

Toast

Will reduce roughly 550 positions as part of efforts to boost “operating expense efficiency.”

Instacart

Disclosed through an SEC filing its plan to reduce its workforce by approximately 250 employees in alignment with a restructuring strategy.

Mozilla

Is reducing its investment in certain products, as reported by TechCrunch, resulting in layoffs impacting around 60 employees.

Grammarly

Will release 230 employees globally as part of its endeavor to focus on “the AI-enabled workplace of the future.”

Getaround

Plans to reduce 30% of its North American team as a part of its restructuring.

Amazon

Reportedly intends to trim workforce within its healthcare units One Medical and Amazon Pharmacy. The specific number of affected roles remains undisclosed.

DocuSign

Declared a strategy to cut down its workforce by 6%, prominently affecting the sales and marketing teams.

Snap

Made public its intention to scale down 10% of its staff, affecting over 500 employees, to “reduce hierarchy.”

Polygon Labs

Had to let go of 60 employees, equating to about 19% of its workforce, as announced by CEO Marc Boiron via a blog post.

Okta

Plans to release nearly 400 employees. This decision arrives nearly a year following Okta’s announcement regarding cutting approximately 300 jobs.

January 2024

Thinx

Is preparing to dismiss 95 workers in New York City, as indicated in a submission to the New York Department of Labor.

Proofpoint

Plans to cut about 6% of its worldwide workforce, equivalent to 280 employees, confirmed by the company to TechCrunch.

Wattpad

Executed another phase of workforce downsizing early this month, impacting about 15% of its staff, as familiar sources revealed to TechCrunch. 

Block

Reportedly forecasted to scale down around 1,000 roles from its Cash App, foundational, and Square divisions.

PayPal

Has launched company-wide layoffs, though the exact number of affected individuals remains ambiguous, one insider suggested it could be in the “thousands.”

Aurora Solar

Reduced 20% of its staff consisting of about 1,000 employees, as exclusively reported by TechCrunch. These cuts occur in the wake of record growth in the solar industry last year.

iRobot

Intends to release 350 team members, representing one-third of its workforce, following the collapse of Amazon’s acquisition of the Roomba-maker. CEO Colin Angle has resigned as well.

Salesforce

Is reportedly cutting 700 roles, approximately 1% of its staff, following a substantial 10% staff reduction during 2023.

Flexport

Is reportedly planning to decrease its workforce by 20% within the coming weeks, following similar decisions in October after founder Ryan Petersen reassumed his role as CEO and implemented a 20% workforce reduction.

Microsoft

Will release 1,900 personnel within its gaming sectors post its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Blizzard President Mike Ybarra also announced his resignation.

Swiggy

Is reducing about 400 roles, representing 7% of its workforce as the startup looks to optimize its financial status ahead of its anticipated public offering later this year.

Aurora

Dismissed several team members, as disclosed by informed sources. The autonomous vehicle technology firm verified that around 3% of its workforce was impacted.

eBay

Will be reducing 9% of its corporate workforce, impacting roughly 1,000 full-time positions. A blog post indicates further plans for trimming contractual roles in the approaching months.

SAP

Communicated its intent to provide voluntary severance packages or role shifts to 8,000 personnel as restructuring progresses.

Brex

Trimmed 20% of its personnel, hitting 282 workers. Co-CEO Pedro Franceschi outlined in a blog entry that the focus is on “long-term thinking and ownership over short-term gains in our comp structure.”

TikTok

Shed approximately 60 positions across the US, including Los Angeles, New York, and Austin, along with cuts in overseas locations. NPR’s report suggests many affected roles were in sales and advertising.

Vroom

Is planning a significant reduction of 90% of its workforce as it discontinues its online used car platform and reallocates resources into two units: one dedicated to auto financing and the other to AI-driven analytics.

Riot Games

Announces plans to reduce its headcount by 11%, affecting some 530 positions, aiming to concentrate on “fewer, high-impact projects.” The game creator of League of Legends will also retire Riot Forge, its five-year-old publishing division.

Wayfair

Reduces 13% of its global team, impacting 1,650 positions, in an effort to streamline its management structure.

YouTube

Confirms the discontinuation of 100 roles, as stated to TechCrunch, part of an organizational restructuring within its content creator management and operations departments.

Google

Is planning to cut “hundreds” of positions within its advertising sales department, as per a leaked memo. This reduction follows major layoffs in their hardware divisions. Further layoffs are anticipated within the year, noted CEO Sundar Pichai in a memo accessed by the Verge.

Lost Boys Interactive

Reportedly terminated a “substantial” number of roles on January 12. The gaming development studio was acquired by Borderlands creator Gearbox in 2022.

Pixar

Will be reducing its team during 2024, as exclusively reported by TechCrunch, potentially affecting up to 20% of the animation studio’s 1,300 employees. The cutbacks align with Disney’s aim to lower studio output amid profitability challenges in its streaming services.

Audible

Is reducing 5% of its personnel, referencing an “increasingly challenging landscape,” according to a leaked memo acquired by BusinessInsider.

Discord

Is reducing its workforce by 17%, affecting 170 individuals. In a leaked internal note from the Verge, Discord CEO Jason Citron attributed the downsizing to the company’s excessive rapid expansion.

Google

Implemented reductions affecting several hundred personnel in its Google Assistant sector and the team responsible for Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit devices. TechCrunch was informed by the company that Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman are also departing.

Amazon

Is set to dismiss “multiple hundreds” of staff members at Prime Video and MGM Studios, as stated in a document obtained by TechCrunch. These workforce reductions emerge just days following the 500 dismissals at Amazon’s Twitch.

Twitch

Is reportedly reducing 500 positions, which equates to 35% of its current personnel, amidst ongoing challenges in attaining profitability due to escalating expenses and community criticism. These pending reductions follow several hundred more job cuts earlier in 2023.

Treasure Financial

Relayed to TechCrunch that the December job cuts had affected 14 staff members, representing 60% to 70% of the organization, as per multiple sources.

Duolingo

Verified it reduced 10% of its contracted workers by late 2023 as it shifts towards AI for streamlining content production and translations that were previously managed by humans.

Rent the Runway

Plans to trim approximately 10% in corporate roles as it undergoes a restructuring process following Anushka Salinas’ intended departure as operating chief and president at the conclusion of January.

Unity

Is reducing its workforce by around 25%, impacting 1,800 individuals. The developer of video game engines has undergone three layoffs cycles throughout 2023.

Pitch

Reduced two-thirds of its staff as the startup from Germany, which created collaborative presentation software, aims to explore a “completely different journey.” CEO and co-founder Christian Reber has also resigned.

BenchSci

The AI and biomedical startup reportedly decreased staffing by 17% on January 8, pointing to “changes in the economic landscape” in a post on LinkedIn that announced the layoffs. 

Flexe

Cut 38% of its team on January 8 as the online retail logistics firm continues following up after earlier layoffs in September 2023.

NuScale

Declared on January 8 that it is dismissing 28% of its workforce, or 154 workers, as the firm focusing on small modular nuclear reactors shifts its attention to “key strategic sectors.”

Trigo

Reportedly reducing its labor force by 15% concentrating on computer vision for retailers.

InVision

Will close at the end of 2024 after a 12-year tenure. The design collaboration startup once held a near $2 billion valuation.

VideoAmp

Plans to cut nearly 20% of its staff as it strives to maintain its competition with Nielsen in media measurement. CEO Ross McCray has resigned from the organization.

Orca Security

Is dismissing approximately 15% of its team, totaling 60 staff members. The unicorn from Israel reportedly intends to relocate some affected staff to different roles within the organization.

Frontdesk

Dismissed its entire 200-person workforce on January 2 after efforts to secure additional funding were unsuccessful, TechCrunch exclusively reported. This massive layoff occurs only seven months post the acquisition of competitor Zencity.