Dataset 65 events Updated
AI layoffs tracker 2026
Every layoff tied to AI since Jan 1, 2025: 136,267 disclosed job cuts across 65 events at 62 companies, each linked to its source.
Key numbers Computed from the full dataset
136,267
jobs cut in AI-linked layoffs
Disclosed headcounts only: 48 of 65 events named a number.
As of
96,829
jobs cut in 2026
51 events this year.
As of
62
companies
In 13 countries.
As of
21,000
largest single cut: Oracle
Jun 23, 2026
As of
63.1%
where the company itself cited AI
The rest were tied to AI by credible reporting.
As of
The trend Disclosed headcount
Jobs cut by month
jobsJobs cut by year
jobsTop companies
jobsEvery AI-linked layoff 65 events, newest first
| Date | Company | Jobs cut | % of staff | Country | Industry | AI link | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scripps | 431 | n/a | United States | Media | Company cited AI | We’re leaning into AI, automation, technology and the centralization of some roles | TheWrap ↗ | |
| American Express | Undisclosed | 5% | United States | Financial Services | Company cited AI | n/a | CNBC ↗ | |
| The Telegraph | 100 | n/a | United Kingdom | Media | Reported | transform the Telegraph from a leading British newspaper into a global, AI-powered premium media and intelligence business | The Guardian ↗ | |
| Barclays | 5,000 | 5% | United Kingdom | Banking | Company cited AI | n/a | AP ↗ | |
| Kroger | 3,000 | n/a | United States | Retail | Company cited AI | n/a | AP ↗ | |
| DNB | 400 | 3.8% | Norway | Banking | Reported | n/a | FinTech Futures ↗ | |
| Oracle | Undisclosed | n/a | United States | Software | Reported | n/a | Bloomberg ↗ | |
| PayPal | Undisclosed | 20% | United States | Fintech | Reported | n/a | Haaretz ↗ | |
| DOOR | 65 | 32% | United States | Proptech | Company cited AI | We’ve embedded AI across software development, customer support, and our internal systems, and the result is a company that can design, build, and ship with a substantially leaner organization. | DOOR ↗ | |
| Chime | Undisclosed | 10% | United States | Fintech | Company cited AI | n/a | Reuters ↗ | |
| Telefónica Germany | 1,100 | n/a | Germany | Telecom | Company cited AI | intensifying the use of artificial intelligence in key processes | DCD ↗ | |
| Uber | Undisclosed | n/a | United States | Technology | Company cited AI | n/a | Bloomberg ↗ | |
| Nine Entertainment | 30 | n/a | Australia | Media | Company cited AI | in an extreme state of disruption because of AI | The Guardian ↗ | |
| Microsoft | 4,800 | 2.1% | United States | Technology | Reported | n/a | The Guardian ↗ | |
| Commonwealth Bank | Undisclosed | n/a | Australia | Banking | Reported | n/a | Bloomberg ↗ | |
| Monday.com | 620 | 20% | Israel | Software | Company cited AI | n/a | Business Insider ↗ | |
| British American Tobacco | 9,000 | 18% | United Kingdom | Consumer Goods | Reported | n/a | The Guardian ↗ | |
| DocMorris | 100 | n/a | Switzerland | Healthcare | Company cited AI | n/a | DocMorris ↗ | |
| Oracle | 21,000 | 13% | United States | Software | Company cited AI | The adoption and deployment of AI technologies across our operations have resulted, and may continue to result, in reductions to our workforce | CNBC ↗ | |
| Intuit | 3,000 | 17% | United States | Software | Reported | n/a | Reuters ↗ | |
| Standard Chartered | Undisclosed | n/a | United Kingdom | Banking | Company cited AI | n/a | Bloomberg ↗ | |
| GitLab | 350 | 14% | United States | Software | Reported | AI is changing the way we work and is part of our transformation plan, but this is not an AI optimization or cost cutting exercise. | GitLab ↗ | |
| Commerzbank | 3,000 | n/a | Germany | Banking | Reported | n/a | ANSA ↗ | |
| Cloudflare | 1,100 | 20% | United States | Technology | Company cited AI | n/a | San Francisco Chronicle ↗ | |
| reAlpha | Undisclosed | 25% | United States | Proptech | Company cited AI | n/a | reAlpha ↗ | |
| Coinbase | 700 | 14% | United States | Fintech | Reported | n/a | Reuters (via Investing.com) ↗ | |
| Freshworks | 500 | 11% | United States | Software | Company cited AI | n/a | Reuters ↗ | |
| Bed Bath & Beyond | 88 | n/a | United States | Retail | Company cited AI | n/a | Home Textiles Today ↗ | |
| Groupon | 400 | n/a | United States | E-commerce | Company cited AI | n/a | American Bazaar ↗ | |
| Claranova | Undisclosed | 20% | France | Software | Company cited AI | This acceleration will result in a reduction of approximately 20% of its workforce, affecting both employees and consultants across all functions and offices of the Group. | Claranova ↗ | |
| Meta | 8,000 | 10% | United States | Technology | Reported | n/a | CNBC ↗ | |
| Snap | 1,000 | 16% | United States | Technology | Company cited AI | We believe that rapid advancements in artificial intelligence enable our teams to reduce repetitive work, increase velocity, and better support our community, partners, and advertisers | CNBC ↗ | |
| Morrisons | 200 | n/a | United Kingdom | Retail | Company cited AI | to concentrate on the core activities that our customers value, streamline processes and structures, automate a number of manual tasks and capitalise on the potential of data and AI to improve performance | Retail Week ↗ | |
| Bauer Media | 160 | n/a | Germany | Media | Company cited AI | n/a | PPC Land ↗ | |
| Crypto.com | Undisclosed | 12% | Singapore | Fintech | Company cited AI | we are joining the list of companies integrating enterprise-wide AI. Companies that do not make this pivot immediately will fail | CNBC ↗ | |
| Nordea | 1,500 | 5% | Finland | Banking | Company cited AI | n/a | Bloomberg ↗ | |
| Atlassian | 1,600 | 10% | Australia | Software | Company cited AI | We are doing this to self-fund further investment in AI and enterprise sales, while strengthening our financial profile. | Atlassian ↗ | |
| Proximus | 1,200 | 15% | Belgium | Telecom | Company cited AI | n/a | Reuters ↗ | |
| Block | 4,000 | 40% | United States | Fintech | Company cited AI | The core thesis is simple. Intelligence tools have changed what it means to build and run a company | AP ↗ | |
| C3.ai | Undisclosed | 26% | United States | Software | Company cited AI | In the past five weeks, I have restructured products, engineering, sales, marketing, and customer services to leverage state-of-the-art agentic AI across these business entities to dramatically increase the productivity of our people, in many cases by up to 100 times. | CIO ↗ | |
| WiseTech Global | 2,000 | 29% | Australia | Software | Company cited AI | n/a | Reuters ↗ | |
| 6AM City | 35 | n/a | United States | Media | Reported | n/a | Adweek ↗ | |
| Dow | 4,500 | 12% | United States | Chemicals | Company cited AI | n/a | AP ↗ | |
| Amazon | 16,000 | n/a | United States | E-commerce | Reported | n/a | Reuters ↗ | |
| Undisclosed | 15% | United States | Technology | Company cited AI | n/a | Reuters ↗ | ||
| Tamedia | Undisclosed | n/a | Switzerland | Media | Reported | n/a | Le Temps ↗ | |
| Autodesk | 1,000 | 7% | United States | Software | Reported | n/a | Reuters ↗ | |
| Jeppesen ForeFlight | Undisclosed | n/a | United States | Software | Company cited AI | automation and Al are changing how aviation software is built and scaled, and we must continue to modernize how we work so we can deliver at the level our customers expect. | The Air Current ↗ | |
| Angi | 350 | n/a | United States | Technology | Reported | n/a | Business Insider ↗ | |
| Playtika | 500 | 15% | Israel | Video Games | Reported | n/a | Insider Gaming ↗ | |
| Tailwind Labs | Undisclosed | n/a | United States | Software | Company cited AI | 75% of the people on our engineering team lost their jobs here yesterday because of the brutal impact AI has had on our business | The Decoder ↗ | |
| McKinsey | Undisclosed | n/a | United States | Consulting | Reported | n/a | The Times ↗ | |
| HP | Undisclosed | n/a | United States | Technology | Company cited AI | n/a | Business Insider ↗ | |
| McKinsey | 200 | n/a | United States | Consulting | Reported | n/a | Bloomberg ↗ | |
| Amazon | 14,000 | n/a | United States | E-commerce | Reported | n/a | Reuters ↗ | |
| ING | 950 | n/a | Netherlands | Banking | Company cited AI | n/a | NL Times ↗ | |
| Chegg | 388 | 45% | United States | Education | Company cited AI | n/a | Reuters ↗ | |
| Paycom | 500 | n/a | United States | Software | Reported | n/a | The Oklahoman ↗ | |
| Accenture | 11,000 | n/a | Ireland | Consulting | Company cited AI | we are exiting on a compression timeline people for whom reskilling isn't a viable path | CNBC ↗ | |
| Reach | 600 | n/a | United Kingdom | Media | Reported | n/a | The Guardian ↗ | |
| Salesforce | 4,000 | n/a | United States | Software | Company cited AI | I've reduced it from 9,000 heads to about 5,000, because I need less heads | CNBC ↗ | |
| Indeed | 1,300 | 6% | United States | Recruitment | Company cited AI | AI is changing the world, and we must adapt by ensuring our product delivers truly great experiences for job seekers and employers | The Financial Express ↗ | |
| CrowdStrike | 500 | 5% | United States | Cybersecurity | Company cited AI | AI is a force multiplier throughout the business | The Guardian ↗ | |
| Sky | 2,000 | 7% | United Kingdom | Telecom | Reported | n/a | The Telegraph ↗ | |
| DBS | 4,000 | n/a | Singapore | Banking | Company cited AI | n/a | Reuters ↗ |
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Methodology
What qualifies. A job cut announced or reported since Jan 1, 2025 by a named organisation, where AI or AI-driven automation is given as a reason. We exclude forecasts ("AI could replace X jobs"), hiring freezes, voluntary buyout pools, aggregate reports such as monthly job-cut surveys, and cuts where AI appears only as background to a cost-cutting story.
How the AI link is labelled. "Company cited AI" means the company or its executives attributed the cut to AI in their own words: a memo, filing, earnings call or statement. "Reported" means credible reporting tied the cut to AI but the company did not, or said AI was not the reason. When the evidence sits between the two, we use "Reported"; when it is unclear whether AI is linked at all, the event is left out.
Numbers. Headcount is the company's own figure where reports agree. When sources conflict, give a range, or only a percentage, headcount is left blank rather than estimated, and blanks are not counted in totals. Each row is one announcement or round; a company can appear more than once.
Sources and quotes. Events were found by searching news coverage from January 2025 onwards and reviewed one by one. Each row links its most authoritative source: company newsroom or filing first, then wire services and national outlets. A quote is shown only where we matched it word for word on that source page.
Frequently asked questions
How many jobs have been lost to AI in 2026?
As of Oct 29, 2026, GenAI Brief has recorded 51 AI-linked layoffs in 2026 with 96,829 disclosed job cuts, and 136,267 across 65 events since Jan 1, 2025. The true figure is higher: only events with a published headcount are summed.
Which companies have announced the biggest AI layoffs?
The largest disclosed AI-linked cuts in the tracker are Oracle (21,000, Jun 23, 2026), Amazon (16,000, Jan 28, 2026), Amazon (14,000, Oct 28, 2025). Each row links to the filing, statement or report it comes from.
What counts as an AI-linked layoff in this tracker?
A real job cut by a named organisation where AI or AI-driven automation is given as a reason. "Company cited AI" means the company or its executives said so; "Reported" means credible reporting made the link but the company did not, or denied it. Forecasts, buyout offers and aggregate reports are excluded.
How often is the AI layoffs tracker updated?
The tracker is reviewed monthly and was last updated on Oct 29, 2026. Corrections and missing layoffs can be sent to hello@genaibrief.com with a source link.
Can I use this data in my article or research?
Yes. The data is free to use under CC BY 4.0: cite "GenAI Brief AI Layoffs Tracker" with a link to this page. The full table is available as CSV and JSON.