The tech industry is still experiencing layoffs in 2025. Independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi reports that over 150,000 jobs were cut across 549 companies last year. Reductions in the tech sector have already impacted more than 22,000 employees this year, with a significant 16,084 cuts occurring in February alone.
We’re tracking the 2025 tech industry layoffs to show the trend of these cutbacks and how they affect innovation across different types of businesses. As companies increasingly adopt AI and automation, this tracker underscores the human consequences of layoffs and the potential risks associated with more innovation.
Below is a regularly updated, comprehensive list of all known tech layoffs in 2025. If you have information about a layoff, please contact us here. If you wish to remain anonymous, contact us here.
October
Rivian
Is reducing its workforce by 600 jobs, or about 4%, amidst a slowdown in the EV market, marking its third layoff this year. While details of the most recent layoffs are not yet available, earlier cuts in June and September impacted 100 to 150 employees within its commercial and manufacturing divisions.
Meta
Is expected to lay off roughly 600 employees in its AI infrastructure teams, including the Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR) team, along with other product-related positions. However, high-level AI hires within TBD Labs, overseen by newly appointed chief AI officer Alexandr Wang, will not be affected.
Applied Materials
Intends to reduce its staff by approximately 4%, or around 1,400 positions, to optimize operations due to stricter U.S. semiconductor export regulations.
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Handshake
In October, laid off about 100 employees, which is roughly 15% of its 650-person U.S. workforce. The layoffs affected positions in its recruiting business area. The San Francisco-based startup is an online platform that links college students and recent graduates with employers for entry-level jobs.
Smartsheet
Has reportedly laid off more than 120 employees amid a transition in leadership following CEO Mark Mader’s departure. Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners acquired the enterprise software company, which grew to over 3,300 employees, for $8.4 billion earlier this year, making it a private entity.
According to a CNBC report, has eliminated over 100 design positions in its cloud division, particularly affecting U.S.-based teams, as it increases its focus on AI investments. Following further layoffs throughout its Silicon Valley offices, including at least 50 permanent cuts in Sunnyvale, many affected employees have until early December to secure a different position within Google.
Paycom
Is reportedly laying off more than 500 employees as AI and automation improve efficiencies in back-office operations. The HR and payroll software company, headquartered in Oklahoma City, will offer impacted employees severance packages, outplacement support, and access to internal job opportunities.
September
Just Eat
According to Reuters, will cut about 450 jobs as part of a cost and operations review. The layoffs will occur across various functions and countries, including customer service and sales. Europe’s largest food delivery company stated it is increasingly utilizing automation and AI, transitioning numerous manual service tasks to automated systems.
Fiverr
According to The Wall Street Journal, plans to eliminate about 250 positions, around 30% of its workforce, as part of an effort to become a more agile, streamlined, and AI-driven company. The Tel Aviv-based freelance services marketplace reported that the restructuring will reduce management layers and enable it to pursue growth through an AI-native strategy.
ZipRecruiter
Is shutting down its development center in Tel Aviv, resulting in approximately 80 job losses. The office, under the leadership of Yosi Taguri, specialized in software, data, and AI research, which included algorithm development. The California-based recruitment firm, established in 2010, is cutting costs amidst a difficult employment market.
GupShup
Has dismissed a minimum of 100 employees, including junior developers, only months after cutting close to 200 jobs. In July, the San Francisco-based conversational AI company, which is planning for an IPO in the next two years, secured $60 million in equity and debt.
xAI
According to Business Insider, laid off approximately 500 employees, about one-third of its data annotation team. This action is a result of the company’s shift from generalist AI tutors to specialized positions, following assessments of employees’ strengths. Business Insider reports that employees were informed they would be compensated through the duration of their contracts — or until November 30 at the latest — but their access to the system was immediately terminated.
Rivian
Reportedly laid off approximately 200 employees, representing 1.5% of its workforce, as the company prepares for the expiration of federal EV tax credits under President Trump’s revised policies. The $7,500 incentive for new electric vehicles expires this month, adding pressure due to weakening demand. Rivian states it is proceeding with intentions for a more affordable model, despite these cuts.
Oracle
Is reducing its workforce by another 101 positions in Seattle and 254 in San Francisco, just weeks after a series of layoffs in August. The company, which previously had roughly 3,900 local employees, has not provided reasons for the move and has declined to comment.
Salesforce
Is cutting an additional 262 positions at its headquarters in San Francisco, as stated in a state filing, with layoffs scheduled to begin on November 3. This action follows CEO Marc Benioff’s recent promotion of AI’s capacity to decrease customer support roles, and is also subsequent to smaller layoff rounds that occurred in Seattle and Bellevue earlier in the month.
August
Cisco
According to filings with California’s Employment Development Department reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, will eliminate 221 positions across its Milpitas and San Francisco locations, which includes 157 in Santa Clara County and 64 in San Francisco, effective October 13. These cuts are part of the company’s broader workforce-reduction strategy.
Restaurant365
Laid off approximately 100 employees last month, representing around 9% of its workforce, after failing to meet aggressive growth targets. The cuts affected staff across all departments. This company offers back-office software to restaurant chains.
Oracle
Is expected to cut 101 jobs at its Santa Clara site, with notices given on August 13 and terminations effective October 13. As stated in filings with the Washington State Employment Security Department, the company, which previously reported nearly 200 layoffs at its Pleasanton and Redwood City locations, is also planning to lay off 161 employees in Seattle.
F5
According to a state Employment Security Department filing, is cutting 106 positions at its Seattle and Liberty Lake, Washington, offices. While the security and application delivery company has not revealed the total number of employees affected, the layoffs, which impacted senior engineers and managers, are part of a larger global workforce reduction.
Peloton
Will reduce its workforce by 6% in its sixth layoff in just over a year. Peloton CEO Peter Stern stated that the cuts are necessary to improve the long-term health of the business.
Kaltura
Is cutting 10% of its staff, or around 70 employees, as part of an effort to cut costs and lower operating expenses by $8.5 million, marking its third layoff round since 2022. Supported by a strong pipeline and growing use of its AI-powered solutions, the corporate video software company intends to maintain and gradually increase its sales and marketing budgets.
Yotpo
Is laying off around 200 employees, about 34% of its global staff, as it discontinues its email and SMS marketing activities. The Israeli-founded unicorn is working with Attentive and Omnisend to continue providing marketing services while investing in AI-driven technologies such as automated review summaries, smart sorting, and a new Loyalty Tiers system.
Windsurf
Laid off 30 employees and is now offering buyouts to the remaining 200. The AI coding startup, recently acquired by Cognition, has faced difficulties, including a near-acquisition by OpenAI and a reverse-acqui-hire by Google that resulted in key talent leaving before Cognition intervened. Despite initial statements regarding the value of Windsurf’s team, the deal now appears to prioritize the startup’s intellectual property over its personnel.
Wondery
Is cutting 100 positions, and its CEO, Jen Sargent, is departing. Amazon is restructuring its audio division, transferring Wondery’s audio-only podcasts to Audible and video-focused shows to a new Creator Services division. Amazon acquired Wondery in 2020.
July
Atlassian
Has eliminated 150 roles in customer service and support, due to platform and tool enhancements that have significantly decreased support needs. The decision was conveyed via a prerecorded message from CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes, just hours before co-founder Scott Farquhar urged Australia to accept an “AI revolution” and move past “jobs of the past” at an Australian Press Club event. The Australian software firm was established in 2002.
Consensys
According to Bloomberg, is reducing its workforce by about 7%, or 47 employees, as part of a push towards profitability. The decision comes after the recent acquisition of a startup with around 30 employees, who will remain with the company. The blockchain software company that runs the well-known digital wallet MetaMask states that, despite the cuts, it will continue to recruit for specific positions.
Zeen
As reported by Business Insider, is ceasing operations. Founded in 2019, the social collaging platform designed for creators secured $9 million in funding. Its closure emphasizes the continuing obstacles that social media startups experience when trying to build user bases and maintain long-term growth.
Scale AI
Is laying off roughly 14% of its workforce, or around 200 employees, and ending partnerships with 500 global contractors. These cuts occur just weeks after Meta brought in the data-labeling startup’s CEO in a $14.3 billion agreement.
Lenovo
Intends to eliminate more than 100 full-time positions in the U.S., about 3% of its staff, including jobs at its Morrisville, North Carolina, site. As of February 2024, the PC manufacturer had about 5,100 workers in the U.S.
Intel
Is reportedly intending to lay off close to 2,400 workers in Oregon, which is almost five times more than previously announced earlier this week. Per Bloomberg, Intel announced last week that it will lay off over 500 employees in Oregon, representing about 20% of its workforce.
Indeed + Glassdoor
As part of a bigger restructuring effort to combine their operations and focus on AI, plan to collectively eliminate about 1,300 jobs. According to an internal memo from Hisayuki “Deko” Idekoba, the CEO of Recruit Holdings, Indeed and Glassdoor’s Japanese parent company, the layoff will largely affect staff in the U.S., especially in the R&D, HR, and sustainability teams.
Eigen Lab
According to a report by Blockworks, has laid off 29 employees as part of its reorganization. The Seattle-based research and engineering startup recently launched EigenCloud, a platform providing blockchain-level trust guarantees for any Web 2.0 or web3 application. The reduction will affect 25% of the company’s workforce. Eigen Labs stated that it secured $70 million in tokens from a16z Crypto in June.
Microsoft
Will eliminate 9,000 positions, representing less than 4% of its global workforce across teams, role types, and geographies. This reduction comes after a number of layoff rounds earlier in the year: it cut fewer than 1% of its headcount in January, over 6,000 in May, and at least 300 in June.
ByteDance
According to media reports, is laying off 65 employees in Bellevue, Washington. TikTok’s parent company entered the Seattle market in 2021 and has been growing its presence there through the development of its TikTok Shop online shopping division.
June
TomTom
Announced on June 30 that the company is cutting 300 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, as part of organizational restructuring within its sales and support divisions amid the AI shift. This Amsterdam-based location technology startup provides navigation and mapping products.
Rivian
Has decreased its workforce by roughly 140 employees, accounting for about 1% of its total staff. The recent layoffs mostly affected Rivian’s manufacturing unit.
Bumble
According to a CNBC report, announced in an SEC filing that it will eliminate around 240 positions, or 30% of its staff, to improve operational efficiency and allocate the resulting savings towards the development of new products and technologies. Per the report, this layoff will help the online dating app save $40 million per year.
Klue
Has reportedly laid off 85 employees, which accounts for approximately 40% of its staff. This Vancouver-based startup markets software products that utilize artificial intelligence for business intelligence. It supports sales professionals at tech companies by gathering competitive information to improve their sales strategies.
Per reports, has cut its smart TV division by 25% of its 300-member team to modify its strategy. Although funding for the smart TV division, including Google TV and Android TV, has been cut by 10%, investments in AI projects have been increased.
Intel
States that it intends to lay off 15% to 20% of employees in its Intel Foundry division, starting in July. Intel Foundry designs, manufactures, and packages semiconductors for external customers. According to the company’s annual regulatory filing, Intel’s total workforce was 108,900 employees as of December 2024. It also confirmed to TechCrunch its plans to discontinue its auto business.
Playtika
Announced that it is letting go of roughly 90 employees, with 40 in Israel and 50 in Poland. This most recent round of job cuts follows the Israel-based gaming company’s layoff of 50 employees just a few weeks prior.
Airtime
The company confirmed to TechCrunch that it has let go of around 25 employees from the 58-person team. Phil Libin, the founder of Evernote, launched the video startup in 2020, offering Airtime Creator and Airtime Camera.
Microsoft
Is laying off more staff, just weeks after it announced a job cut of over 6,500 in May, representing about 3% of its global workforce. The most recent layoffs affected software engineers, product managers, technical program managers, marketers, and legal counsels.
May
Hims & Hers
According to Reuters, plans to reduce its workforce by letting go of 68 employees, which is approximately 4% of its total staff. The San Francisco telehealth platform reported that the layoffs were not associated with a U.S. prohibition on producing large quantities of the weight-loss drug Wegovy. The startup stated that it intends to continue recruiting employees who align with its long-term expansion strategies.
Amazon
Is reportedly laying off approximately 100 employees from its devices and services division, which encompasses numerous businesses, such as the Alexa voice assistant, Echo smart speakers, Ring video doorbells, and Zoox robotaxis. The company has decreased its staff by about 27,000 since the beginning of 2022 to cut costs.
Microsoft
Will cut over 6,500 positions, impacting 3% of its global workforce. As of June, the Seattle-based company had 228,000 employees around the world. This would be among the company’s largest layoff rounds since it cut 10,000 staff in 2023.
Chegg
Reportedly intends to let go of 248 employees, or roughly 22% of its staff, to lower expenses and improve efficiency. The San Francisco-based edtech startup, which provides textbook rentals and tutoring services, has seen web traffic drop for several months as students choose AI tools over conventional edtech platforms.
Match
Is reducing its staff by 13% as part of a reorganization intended to cut costs, strengthen margins, and streamline its organizational structure.
CrowdStrike
Is laying off 5% of its global staff, or about 500 people. The company reported that the layoffs were part of “a strategic plan (the ‘Plan’) to evolve its operations to yield greater efficiencies as the Company continues to scale its business with focus and discipline to meet its goal of $10 billion in ending [Annual Recurring Revenue]” in its 8-K filing.
General Fusion
Has cut roughly 25% of its current workforce. The Vancouver-based company, which is creating a technology to generate fusion energy, has secured $440 million from investors, including Jeff Bezos, Temasek, and BDC Capital.
Deep Instinct
Decreased its headcount by 20 employees, accounting for 10% of its overall staff. The Israeli cybersecurity startup previously laid off a similar number of employees during a round of layoffs in April 2023.
Beam
According to Sifted, has shut down its operations months after announcing major expansion plans. According to a LinkedIn post by James Reynolds, the head of talent, the British climate startup has let go of around 200 employees.
April
NetApp
Is reportedly eliminating 700 jobs, impacting 6% of its total workforce, as it reorganizes for operational efficiency. This San Francisco-based company offers data storage, cloud services, and CloudOps solutions for businesses.
Electronic Arts
According to Bloomberg, is reportedly letting go of roughly 300 to 400 employees, including about 100 at Respawn Entertainment, to focus on its “long-term strategic priorities.”
Expedia
Is laying off around 3% of its employees as part of its restructuring efforts. The job cuts will primarily affect midlevel roles in the product and technology units. The most recent round of layoffs follows the company’s dismissal of hundreds of employees from its marketing team worldwide in early March.
Cars24
Has reduced its staff by about 200 employees in its product and technology divisions as part of a restructuring initiative. This India-based e-commerce platform for pre-owned vehicles offers a number of services, like buying and selling pre-owned cars, financing, insurance, driver-on-demand, and more. The SoftBank-backed startup raised $450 million at a valuation of $3.3 billion in 2023.
Meta
According to The Verge, is letting go of over 100 employees in its Reality Labs division, which is responsible for virtual reality and wearable technology. The job cuts affect employees developing VR experiences for Meta’s Quest headsets and staff working on hardware operations to streamline related work between the teams.
Intel
Announced its plan to lay off over 21,000 employees, or approximately 20% of its workforce, in April. This move precedes Intel’s Q1 earnings call, which is being led by Lip-Bu Tan, the company’s recently appointed CEO, who succeeded longtime chief Pat Gelsinger last year.
GM
Is laying off 200 people at its Factory Zero in Detroit and Hamtramck facility in Michigan, which produces GM’s electric vehicles. According to reports, the cuts are occurring amidst an EV slowdown and are not related to tariffs.
Zopper
Has reportedly dismissed around 100 employees since the beginning of 2025. In the most recent round of job cuts earlier this week, about 50 employees from the technology and product units were let go. To date, the India-based insurtech startup has raised a total of $125 million.
Turo
According to Bloomberg, will reduce its staff by 150 positions following its decision not to proceed with its IPO. The San Francisco-based car rental startup, which had around 1,000 staff in 2024, stated that the layoffs will support its long-term growth strategies during economic uncertainty.
GupShup
Laid off about 200 employees to increase efficiency and profitability. It’s the startup’s second round of layoffs in five months, following the job cuts of around 300 employees in December. The conversational AI company, backed by Tiger Global and Fidelity, was last valued at $1.4 billion in 2021. The startup is based in San Francisco and operates in India.
Forto
Has reportedly cut 200 positions, impacting roughly one-third of its staff. The German logistics startup reduced a large number of sales staff.
Wicresoft
Will cease operations in China, impacting approximately 2,000 employees. This action occurred after Microsoft decided to stop outsourcing after-sales support to Wicresoft amidst increasing trade tensions. Wicresoft, Microsoft’s first joint venture in China, was founded in 2022 and operates in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. It has over 10,000 employees.
Five9
According to a report by MarketWatch, plans to cut 123 positions, impacting about 4% of its staff. To ensure profitable growth, the software company prioritizes key strategic areas, such as artificial intelligence.
According to The Information, has laid off hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices division, which includes Android, Pixel phones, the Chrome browser, and more.
Microsoft
Business Insider reported, citing anonymous sources, that the company is considering further layoffs that could happen by May. To increase the ratio of programmers to product managers, the company is reportedly considering reducing the number of middle managers and non-coders.
Automattic
The WordPress.com developer is laying off 16% of its staff across departments. Before the layoffs, the company’s website showed it had 1,744 employees, meaning over 270 employees may have been laid off.
Canva
Has let go of 10 to 12 technical writers around nine months after instructing its employees to utilize generative AI tools wherever possible. The company, which had around 5,500 staff in 2024, was valued at $26 billion after a secondary stock sale in 2024.
March
Northvolt
Has laid off 2,800 employees, affecting 62% of its total staff. The layoffs come weeks after the troubled Swedish battery manufacturer filed for bankruptcy.
Block
According to an internal email obtained by TechCrunch, let go of 931 staff, which is approximately 8% of its staff, as part of a reorganization. Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and CEO of the fintech company, stated in the email that the layoffs were not caused by financial problems or intended to replace employees with AI.
Brightcove
According to a media report, has laid off 198 employees, making up approximately two-thirds of its U.S. staff. The layoff occurs one month after Bending Spoons, an Italian app developer, acquired the company for $233 million. As of December 2023, Brightcove employed 600 staff around the world, with 300 in the U.S.
Acxiom
Has reportedly laid off 130 employees, or 3.5% of its 3,700-person staff. Acxiom is owned by IPG, and the news follows IPG and Omnicom Group shareholders approving the companies’ possible merger by one day.
Sequoia Capital
TechCrunch has confirmed that it plans to close its Washington, D.C., office and dismiss its policy team there by the end of March. Sequoia opened its Washington office five years ago to strengthen its relationship with policymakers. According to Forbes, three full-time employees are expected to be affected.
Siemens
Announced intentions to let go of around 5,600 jobs worldwide in its automation and electric-vehicle charging businesses as part of its efforts to enhance competitiveness.
HelloFresh
Is reportedly laying off 273 staff, closing its distribution center in Grand Prairie, Texas, and consolidating to another site in Irving to manage the volume in the area.
Otorio
Has cut 45 employees, which
