17 companies that have said they're doing AI-related layoffs

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, Block CEO Jack Dorsey(left to right).Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, Sajjad Hussain/Getty Images, Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesCompanies like Uber, Snap, and Block, cited AI as a factor in recent layoffs.In early June, GitLab said it would cut 350 employees in an overhaul to meet the "agentic era."Uber laid off around 10% of its customer service staff in July and cited AI.Worries about AI one day replacing human workers have intensified recently — and as it turns out, that future may be here.A number of companies have recently announced staff cuts and cited AI efficiencies as a major rationale.A March report from career transition firm Challenger, Gray, and Christmas found that, so far this year, AI has been cited in 8% of job-cut plans.Amid this rash of layoffs, some have asked whether AI is replacing so many roles once held by humans or whether some degree of "AI washing" is at work. OpenAI's Sam Altman said some companies are blaming AI for layoffs that would've happened regardless.An MIT study released last year said that 95% of corporate AI investments have generated "zero return" so far.As some companies replace human workers with the technology, they may end up hiring more people because of it — or rehiring at least some of the roles they eliminated. A 2025 survey conducted by consulting firm Robert Half found that 29% of 2,000 hiring managers said they reopened positions that had been previously got rid of after implementing AI.Here's a list of companies that have done AI-related layoffs:AngiBloomberg/Getty ImagesAngi, the popular contractor listing site previously known as Angie's List, said in January that it was cutting roughly 350 jobs in part because of "AI-driven efficiency improvements."The company added that the cuts were part of a plan "to reduce operating expenses and optimize the organizational structure in support of long-term growth."AtlassianLast year, Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes said that his company would have more engineers working for it in five years than it did then.Brendan McDermid/ReutersAtlassian announced cuts of 1,600 jobs in March, totaling about 10% of its global workforce. The move comes as the Australian-American software company says it is restructuring to focus on AI and enterprise growth.In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said the reduction was part of a broader effort to reposition the business for what CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes described as the "AI era.""It would be disingenuous to pretend AI doesn't change the mix of skills we need or the number of roles required in certain areas. It does," Cannon-Brookes wrote in a message to employees.On the "20VC" podcast in October last year, prior to the cuts, Cannon-Brookes said he planned to have more engineers at the company in five years."They will be more efficient, but technology creation is not output-bound," Cannon-Brookes said.BlockJoe Raedle/Getty ImagesIn a post on X in February, billionaire and Block CEO Jack Dorsey said he was slashing nearly half of Block's workforce, cutting its over 10,000-person staff to under 6,000. The move came as he said business was strong and profits were growing, but a new way of working was emerging."We're already seeing that the intelligence tools we're creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company," Dorsey said in his memo on X.In the company's earnings call following the memo, Dorsey said that more companies will follow suit by using AI to drive efficiency gains. Block is already ahead of the trend that "all companies will eventually" adopt, the CEO said.CiscoCisco CEO Chuck Robbins on May 13 announced that the company would be laying off about 4,000 staff.Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty ImagesCisco said on May 13 that it would cut "fewer than 4,000 jobs" as the networking company reorganizes around artificial intelligence, according to a memo CEO Chuck Robbins sent to employees."The companies that will win in the AI era will be those with focus, urgency, and the discipline to continuously shift investment toward the areas where demand and long-term value creation are strongest," Robbins said in the memo. "This means making hard decisions — about where we invest, how we're organized, and how our cost structure reflects the opportunity in front of us."The layoffs, which account for less than 5% of Cisco's workforce, were announced alongside a stronger-than-expected third-quarter earnings report in which the company raised its revenue outlook amid surging demand for AI infrastructure.In the memo, Robbins said Cisco is redirecting investments toward areas "where demand and long-term value creation are strongest," including silicon, optics, security, and employees' use of AI across the company.CloudflareIMFCloudflare announced on May 7 that it will be slashing more than 1,100 roles as it reor

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