A complete record of 2023 & 2024 tech layoffs

The tech-wide reckoning that started in 2022 and ran all through into 2023 has continued into this yr. And whereas 2024’s losses usually are not at that scale, they’re nonetheless important, pushed by large names like Pixar, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and TikTok. It stays to be seen if this yr’s layoff tendencies comply with final yr’s, by which layoffs slowed down in the summertime, earlier than cuts started ramping up but once more towards the winter.

Momentum for a tech sector rebound stays gradual to construct, exterior of vivid spots inside synthetic intelligence and adjoining firms, leading to tech firms persevering with to chop again on their workforces and pivot from a progress mindset to at least one based mostly on effectivity within the face of cussed market circumstances.

However monitoring these layoffs helps us to grasp the impression on innovation, which firms are dealing with powerful pressures and who is on the market to rent for the companies fortunate to be rising proper now. Sadly, it additionally serves as a reminder of the deeply human impression of layoffs and how threat profiles might evolve from right here. 

Under you’ll discover a complete record of all of the recognized layoffs in tech that began final yr, to be up to date month-to-month. When you have a tip on a layoff, contact us right here. If you happen to choose to stay nameless, you possibly can contact us right here.

The ultimate complete of layoffs for 2023 ended up being 262,735, in accordance with Layoffs.fyi. Tech layoffs carried out in 2023 have been 59% greater than 2022’s complete, in accordance with the info within the tracker. And 2024 is off to a tough begin regardless of not reaching the height of final yr’s first quarter cutbacks.

• January: 89,554 staff laid off — see all January 2023 Tech Layoffs
• February: 40,021 staff laid off — see all February 2023 Tech Layoffs
• March: 37,823 staff laid off — see all March 2023 Tech Layoffs
• April: 20,014 staff laid off — see all April 2023 Tech Layoffs
• Might: 14,928 staff laid off — see all Might 2023 Tech Layoffs
• June: 10,958 staff laid off — see all June 2023 Tech Layoffs
• July: 10,589 staff laid off — see all July 2023 Tech Layoffs
• August: 9,545 staff laid off — see all August 2023 Tech Layoffs
• September: 4,632 staff laid off — see all September 2023 Tech Layoffs
• October: 7,331 staff laid off — see all October 2023 Tech Layoffs
• November: 6,956 staff laid off — see all November 2023 Tech Layoffs
• December: 7,159 staff laid off — see all December 2023 Tech Layoffs
• January 2024: 19,350 staff laid off — see all January 2024 Tech Layoffs

Information visualization by Miranda Halpern, created with Flourish

February 2024

Fisker

Plans to put off 15% of its workforce and says it doubtless doesn’t have sufficient money available to outlive the subsequent 12 months.

EA

Reduce 5% of its workforce, impacting 670 staff, because it strikes away from the “improvement of future licensed IP.”

Bumble

Is letting go of about 350 staff, accounting for 30% of its workforce.

Apple

Is probably going slicing a whole lot of staff who labored on the corporate’s autonomous electrical automobile undertaking now that the hassle has stopped, TechCrunch has realized.

Sony

Is shedding 900 staff from its PlayStation unit, affecting 8% of the division’s workforce. Insomniac Video games, Naughty Canine, Guerrilla and Firesprite studios can even be impacted.

Expedia

Will reportedly minimize 1,500 roles in 2024, primarily in its Product & Expertise division, accounting for greater than 8% of the corporate’s workforce.

Finder

Eradicated roughly 60 staff, or 17% of its workforce. It’s the monetary startup’s third main layoff spherical previously 12 months.

Rivian

Is shedding 10% of its salaried workforce in a bid to chop prices in an more and more powerful marketplace for EVs.

Meati Meals

Will lay off 13% of its workforce as it really works to “construct a financially sustainable enterprise,” CEO Phil Graves instructed TechCrunch solely.

Cisco

Introduced it’s going to remove 5% of its staff, impacting greater than 4,000 folks.

Toast

Will lay off about 550 staff in a transfer designed to advertise “working expense effectivity.”

Instacart

Introduced in an SEC submitting that it’s going to lay off roughly 250 staff as a part of a restructuring effort.

Mozilla

Is scaling again its funding in plenty of merchandise, TechCrunch has realized, leading to layoffs that can have an effect on roughly 60 staff.

Grammarly

Is shedding 230 staff worldwide as a part of the corporate’s efforts to advance its give attention to “the AI-enabled office of the longer term.”

Getaround

Is slicing 30% of its North American workforce as a part of a restructuring.

Amazon

Is reportedly slicing jobs in its healthcare companies One Medical and Amazon Pharmacy. The variety of impacted roles is at present unknown.

DocuSign

Introduced plans to remove 6% of its workforce, largely impacting the corporate’s gross sales and advertising and marketing divisions.

Snap

Introduced plans to chop 10% of its workforce, impacting roughly 500-plus staff, in an effort to “cut back hierarchy.”

Polygon Labs

Has laid off 60 staff, or about 19% of its employees, CEO Marc Boiron introduced in a weblog publish.

Okta

Is shedding roughly 400 staff. The layoffs come nearly precisely a yr to the day after Okta introduced plans to chop about 300 staff.

January 2024

Thinx

Will lay off 95 staff in New York Metropolis, in accordance with a submitting with the New York Division of Labor.

Proofpoint

Is shedding about 6% of its world workforce, or 280 staff, the corporate confirmed to TechCrunch.

Wattpad

Performed one other spherical of layoffs earlier this month, amounting to roughly 15% of its workforce, a supply acquainted with the scenario instructed TechCrunch. 

Block

Is reportedly shedding round 1,000 folks within the Money App, foundational and Sq. arms of Block.

PayPal

Has reportedly begun company-wide layoffs. Whereas it’s unclear how many individuals shall be affected, one supply instructed TechCrunch it was anticipated to be within the “hundreds.”

Aurora Photo voltaic

Has laid off 20% of its employees of about 1,000 folks, TechCrunch solely realized. The cuts to the software program startup come regardless of file progress within the photo voltaic trade final yr.

iRobot

Is shedding 350 folks, or one-third of its headcount, after Amazon’s bid to accumulate the Roomba-maker shuttered. Longtime CEO Colin Angle has additionally stepped down.

Salesforce

Is reportedly shedding 700 staff, or round 1% of its employees. This comes after the corporate had a major discount of 10% of its workforce in 2023.

Flexport

Is reportedly planning to chop round 20% of its employees within the subsequent few weeks. The corporate introduced comparable cuts in October, when founder Ryan Petersen returned as CEO and slashed its workforce by 20%.

Microsoft

Is shedding 1,900 staff throughout its gaming divisions following its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Blizzard president Mike Ybarra introduced he can even be stepping down.

Swiggy

Is slicing about 400 jobs, 7% of its workforce, because the meals supply startup seeks to deliver additional enhancements to its funds forward of a deliberate IPO later this yr.

Aurora

Laid off dozens of staff, in accordance with sources acquainted with the choice. The autonomous car expertise firm has since confirmed that about 3% of its workforce has been laid off.

eBay

Will lay off 9% of the corporate’s workforce, affecting about 1,000 full-time staff. In a weblog publish, the corporate additionally plans to chop contract roles within the coming months.

SAP

Introduced it intends to supply voluntary buyouts or job modifications to eight,000 staff amid restructuring.

Brex

Laid off 20% of its employees, affecting 282 staff. In a weblog publish, Co-CEO Pedro Franceschi mentioned that the corporate is prioritizing “long-term considering and possession over short-term good points in our comp construction.”

TikTok

Eradicated round 60 jobs throughout the U.S. in Los Angeles, New York, and Austin along with layoffs in worldwide markets. The affected roles, in accordance with NPR’s preliminary reporting, are largely in gross sales and promoting.

Vroom

Is slicing 90% of its staff because it shuts down its on-line used automobile market and shifts sources into two enterprise items: one centered on auto financing and the opposite on AI-powered analytics.

Riot Video games

Is shedding 11% of its workforce, affecting about 530 staff, as the corporate focuses on “fewer, high-impact tasks.” The League of Legends maker can also be sunsetting its five-year-old publishing group, Riot Forge.

Wayfair

Is eliminating 13% of its world workforce, affecting 1,650 staff, in a restructuring effort aimed toward slicing layers of administration.

YouTube

Will remove 100 staff, a spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch, as a part of a restructuring effort in its creator administration and operations groups.

Google

Is shedding “a whole lot” of staff in its promoting gross sales crew, in accordance with a leaked memo. The cuts come per week after the corporate did sweeping layoffs throughout its {hardware} groups. And extra layoffs will come all year long, as CEO Sundar Pichai instructed the corporate in a memo obtained by the Verge.

Misplaced Boys Interactive

Reportedly laid off a “sizable” variety of staff January 12. The sport developer studio was acquired by Borderlands maker Gearbox in 2022.

Pixar

Goes to put off staff in 2024, TechCrunch solely realized, with the entire impacted staff doubtlessly reaching as excessive as 20% of the animation studio’s 1,300 individual workforce. The cutbacks come as Disney appears to cut back the studio’s output because it struggles to realize profitability in streaming.

Audible

Is shedding 5% of its workforce, citing an “more and more difficult panorama,” in accordance with a leaked memo obtained by Enterprise Insider.

Discord

Is shedding 17% of its employees, impacting 170 folks. In an inside memo obtained by the Verge, Discord CEO Jason Citron blamed the cuts on the corporate rising too shortly.

Google

Laid off a whole lot of staff throughout its Google Assistant division and the crew that manages Pixel, Nest and Fitbit {hardware}. The corporate confirmed to TechCrunch that Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman are additionally exiting.

Amazon

Is shedding “a number of a whole lot” of staff at Prime Video and MGM Studios, in accordance with a memo obtained by TechCrunch. The cuts come days after the 500 layoffs at Amazon’s Twitch.

Twitch

Is reportedly shedding 500 staff, 35% of its present employees, amid a continued wrestle to realize profitability within the face of rising prices and group backlash. The pending layoffs come after a whole lot extra staff have been laid off in 2023.

Treasure Monetary

Confirmed to TechCunch that layoffs, carried out in December, had impacted 14 staff, accounting for 60% to 70% of the corporate, in accordance with a number of sources.

Duolingo

Confirmed it minimize 10% of its contractor workforce on the finish of 2023 because it turns to AI to streamline content material manufacturing and translations beforehand dealt with by people.

Lease the Runway

Will minimize about 10% of company roles because it goes via a restructuring plan following Anushka Salinas’ deliberate resignation as working chief and president on the finish of January.

Unity

Is decreasing its workforce by about 25%, or 1,800 folks. The online game engine maker went via three rounds of layoffs in 2023.

Pitch

Laid off two-thirds of its staff because the German startup, which constructed collaborative presentation software program, appears to pursue a “fully completely different path.” CEO and co-founder Christian Reber additionally stepped down.

BenchSci

The AI and biomedical startup reportedly minimize 17% of its workforce January 8, citing “shifts within the financial setting,” in a LinkedIn publish asserting the layoffs. 

Flexe

Eradicated 38% of its employees January 8 as the web retail logistics firm follows up after conducting layoffs in September 2023.

NuScale

Introduced January 8 it’s shedding 28% of its employees, or 154 staff, because the small modular nuclear reactor firm shifts its focus to “key strategic areas.”

Trigo

Is reportedly shedding 15% of its workforce centered on pc imaginative and prescient for retailers.

InVision

Is shutting down on the finish of 2024 after a 12 yr run. The design collaboration startup was as soon as valued at practically $2B.

VideoAmp

Is shedding practically 20% of its workforce because it tries to keep up its battle with Nielsen over media measurement. CEO Ross McCray stepped down from the corporate.

Orca Safety

Is shedding roughly 15% of its employees, totaling 60 staff. The Israel-based unicorn reportedly plans to maneuver some impacted staff into different positions on the firm.

Frontdesk

Laid off its complete 200-person workforce January 2 after makes an attempt to boost extra capital failed, TechCrunch solely realized. The mass layoff comes simply seven months after the startup acquired rival Zencity. 

Information visualization by Miranda Halpern, created with Flourish

December 2023

ShareChat

Is slicing 15% of its workforce in a “strategic restructuring” effort for 2024.

Insightec

Is reportedly shedding 100 staff, with 60 from the corporate’s Israel headquarters.

Udaan

Reportedly laid off as much as 150 staff in a restructuring effort. This month, the business-to-business e-commerce startup scored $340 million in new funding.

Enphase

Is decreasing their workforce by round 10%, impacting roughly 350 contractors and staff, president and CEO Badri Kothandaraman wrote in a weblog publish December 18.

Arm Holdings PLC

Reportedly laid off greater than 70 software program engineers in China and can relocate some roles.

Supply Hero

Is shutting down operations in Taiwan and Turkey and plans to remove roles at its Berlin headquarters, the corporate mentioned December 18.

eBay

Is reportedly eliminating practically 10% of its workforce in Israel. It’s the corporate’s second spherical of layoffs this yr.

Intel

Will minimize 235 staff at its Folsom workplace campus on the finish of the yr, the corporate reported to state employment officers December 15.

Superpedestrian

Is shutting down its U.S.-based shared scooter operation and exploring a sale of its European enterprise, TechCrunch has solely realized. 

Bolt

Confirmed it laid off 29% of its employees December 15. The e-commerce firm recognized for its one-click checkout expertise was at one time the topic of a federal probe.

Cruise

In an announcement obtained solely by TechCrunch, the embattled self-driving automobile firm is slicing 900 staff, or 24% of its workforce, per a December 14 e-mail from new president and CTO Mo Elshenawy.

Etsy

Is shedding 11% of its workforce. In a letter to staff December 13, CEO Josh Silverman cited a “very difficult macro and aggressive setting.”

Chipper Money

Has reportedly laid off 15 folks throughout varied departments. It will be the fintech unicorn’s fourth spherical of layoffs this yr.

SmileDirectClub

Has shut down three months after submitting for Chapter 11 chapter, citing $900 million of debt. 

Sunfolding

Is reportedly winding down its operations. On its web site, Y Combinator categorizes Sunfolding as an “inactive” firm.

Zulily

Will lay off greater than 500 staff after closing success facilities in Ohio and Nevada in February 2024.

D2iQ

Is shutting down its operations and promoting its belongings to Nutanix.

Ambiance

Has reportedly eradicated a big a part of its workforce. The business-focused streaming TV service raised $100 million in 2022.

Tidal

Is shedding greater than 10% of its employees, the corporate confirmed to TechCrunch December 7. 

ZestMoney

Is shutting down operations. The Goldman Sachs-backed “purchase now, pay later” startup was as soon as valued at $450 million. 

Navan

Is slicing about 145 roles because the journey startup beforehand often known as TripActions plans to develop into public.

Incredibuild

Is shedding 20% of its workforce. The software program improvement startup beforehand raised $35 million in a Collection B funding in 2022.

Invoice

Will minimize round 15% of its workforce, the corporate introduced December 5, and shut its Sydney workplace to extend profitability.

CourseHero

Introduced December 5 it eradicated 23 staff throughout engineering, operations and improvement. 

Pivo

Shut down operations December 5. The Nigerian fintech startup beforehand raised $2 million in a seed spherical.

Twilio

Introduced a whole lot of job cuts December 4, amounting to five% of the corporate’s workforce.

Spotify

Is eliminating about 1,500 jobs, the corporate introduced December 4. This marks Spotify’s third spherical of layoffs this yr.

Bending Spoons

Has laid off your complete employees of Filmic, the crew behind common video and photo-editing apps that Bending Spoons acquired in July.

November 2023

Zepz

Reduce 30 roles November 30 after the fintech unicorn eradicated 26% of its workforce earlier this yr. 

Domo

Made reductions to 7% of employees, along with reductions in its contract workforce, CEO Joshua G. James introduced within the firm’s Q3 earnings name November 30.

Mojo

Is shedding 20% of its employees, the corporate introduced to employees November 30. The A-Rod and Marc Lore-founded sports activities betting startup beforehand raised $100 million.

Loco

Is slicing its workforce by about 36%, co-founders Anirudh Pandita and Ashwin Suresh introduced at a November 30 city corridor.

Unity

Is shedding 265 staff November 29 after eliminating its Wētā Digital division, which it acquired in 2021.

Tier Mobility

Is slicing roughly 22% of its employees, CEO and co-founder Lawrence Leuschner introduced November 28.

Dataminr

Is shedding about 20% of its employees beginning November 28, citing “the current fast developments of our AI platform,” in accordance with a memo from founder and CEO Ted Bailey.

Multiverse

Will lay off practically a 3rd of their U.S. employees. It’s the second spherical of layoffs on the U.Ok.-based unicorn firm in simply over a month.

ONE

Is slicing its workforce by round 25% November 27, citing “market circumstances” affecting the EV battery startup.

ByteDance

Began mass layoffs November 27 in its gaming division, Nuverse, after two years of tepid efficiency. The variety of affected staff is unknown.

Veev

Is closing up store, in accordance with a number of reviews, after reaching unicorn standing in 2022.

Tulip

Laid off 25 staff, CEO Ali Asaria introduced November 24.

Anar

Is shutting down operations and returning capital to traders, CEO Nishank Jain introduced November 23.

Alerzo

Reduce 100 staff November 21, reportedly as a result of will increase in automation. The current layoffs come after Alzero minimize 15% of its workforce earlier this yr and 5% in 2022.

C3.ai

Reportedly minimize jobs throughout departments November 20, citing a necessity to cut back prices. Folks acquainted with the matter instructed Bloomberg that a number of impacted staff obtained only one month of severance.

Jodo

Reportedly minimize round 100 roles throughout engineering, buyer success, information and gross sales November 20.

Amazon

Is reportedly shedding “a number of hundred” staff of their Alexa division and its freshly launched Synthetic Normal Intelligence crew.

FreshBooks

Laid off 6% of their workforce November 17 as the corporate shuts down operations in Raleigh, North Carolina. President Mark Girvan and CEO Don Epperson are additionally leaving the corporate.

Beamery 

Is reportedly slicing 25% of its workforce amid a bigger restructuring and cost-cutting effort.

Paystack

Laid off 33 staff in Europe and Dubai November 16 as the corporate cuts down on operations exterior of Africa.

Sega

Is reportedly planning to “part out” 80 short-term staff by 2024. The corporate is now dealing with an unfair labor apply criticism, with staff alleging the layoffs are retaliation for unionizing.

Chewy

Laid off greater than 200 staff November 14. The cuts impression roles in HR, recruiting, information, enterprise intelligence, plus administrators and better managers.

Amazon

Is slicing “simply over 180” roles in its gaming division, VP Christoph Hartmann wrote in an e-mail to staff November 13.

Carta

Is reportedly slicing extra of its workforce. The variety of positions affected are unknown, however it might be the unicorn startup’s third layoff spherical this yr.

Pico

Is slicing a “few hundred” roles, an individual acquainted with the matter instructed TechCrunch November 9. ByteDance’s Oculus challenger held an inside assembly asserting it’s halting its enlargement this week.

Cruise

Began shedding contingent staff who supported driverless operations November 9. These layoffs got here after the corporate recalled 950 robotaxis and misplaced key business permits to function in California.

Snap

Laid off fewer than 20 undertaking managers November 8. CNBC reported that Snap’s vp of engineering, ​​Nima Khajehnouri, can even be leaving.

Amazon

Began slicing staff in its music streaming division in Latin America, North America and Europe, the corporate confirmed November 8.

Google

Confirmed November 8 it eradicated “a small variety of roles” in its shopper assist employees, Google Customers & Merchandise.

Virgin Galactic

Mentioned in a memo to employees November 8 it’s slicing prices and decreasing employees. The variety of staff impacted is at present unknown.

Ubisoft Montreal

Confirmed November 7 it’s going to minimize 98 roles in enterprise administration and IT. Ubisoft mentioned 124 positions shall be eradicated general throughout Canada, together with reductions in its world IT crew and its VFX studio, Hybride.

Nextdoor

Revealed in its Q3 earnings that it’s decreasing its workforce by 25%.

Past Meat

Introduced cuts November 6 affecting round 19% of its non-production staff. The plant-based meat firm says it’s going to additionally evaluation its complete world operations for cost-cutting alternatives. 

Ava Labs

Is slicing 12% of its workforce, CEO Emin Gün Sirer confirmed November 6.

OpenSea

Laid off about 50% of its employees, the corporate confirmed November 3. CEO Devin Finzer posted a press release on X saying the NFT market is now centered on “OpenSea 2.0.”

Starz

Is shedding greater than 10% of its employees forward of the corporate spinning out from Lionsgate, CEO Jeffrey Hirsch introduced November 3. The community and streaming app can even exit Australia and the U.Ok.

Faire 

Laid off about 250 folks November 3 as a part of restructuring. The wholesale market raised a $416 million extension at a $12.6 billion valuation final yr.

Niu

Confirmed to TechCrunch November 3 that it’s issuing a spherical of layoffs affecting about 10% of their workforce, citing “fierce competitors.”

100 Thieves

Is decreasing its workforce by 20%, CEO John Robinson introduced November 2. The esports model is spinning out its sport studio in addition to its power drink model, Juvee.

OpenSpace

Performed a spherical of layoffs, CEO Jeevan Kalanithi introduced November 2. The variety of staff impacted by the layoffs has but to be reported.

Informatica

Is shedding 10% of its world workforce, the cloud information administration firm introduced in its Q3 outcomes November 1.

Splunk

Is ready to chop round 500 staff CEO Gary Steele mentioned in a message to staff November 1 forward of its deliberate acquisition by Cisco.

October 2023

Bungie

Is shedding about 100 staff, CEO Pete Parsons introduced 10/30. The Sony-owned sport studio can also be delaying two of its upcoming titles because of this.

Karat

Reportedly minimize an estimated 10% of its workforce October 27 after the monetary startup for creators raised a $70 million Collection B spherical earlier this yr.

Hippo

Plans to remove 120 roles, the corporate mentioned in an SEC submitting October 30.

Liberty Mutual

Plans to chop 850 members of its employees, the insurance coverage firm confirmed October 27.

Salsify

Reduce 110 jobs and are shifting some roles overseas, CEO and co-founder Jason Purcell introduced October 25.

Slync

Is shutting down, months after its former CEO Chris Kirchner was arrested on fraud prices and sued the corporate to pay for his authorized payments.

Shipt

Introduced October 24 in an organization assertion that it laid off 3.5% of their workforce and can shut many open roles.

Pebble

The X different beforehand often known as T2 introduced October 24 that it’s shutting down its operations.

Nokia

Introduced October 19 that it’s going to minimize as much as 14,000 jobs, or 16% of its workforce, following a large dip in Q3.

Roblox China

Reduce 15 roles on October 24, two years after the joint effort with Tencent abruptly paused its service.

Tropic

Eradicated 26 roles, CEO David Campbell confirmed in a LinkedIn publish October 21.

Convoy

Is halting operations as a result of a “large freight recession,” CEO Dan Lewis introduced in a memo October 19, per week after shedding 20% of its workforce.

LegalZoom

Plans to put off greater than 100 staff in its gross sales division, the corporate disclosed in a Employee Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act letter.

Plume

Laid off greater than two dozen staff, TechCrunch realized October 18, a few yr after the trans healthcare startup raised a $24 million Collection B. 

Google

Eradicated no less than 40 roles in its information division, Google confirmed October 18.

Expedia Group

Reduce round 100 jobs, Skift reviews, in its second spherical of layoffs in current months. The cuts reportedly impacted staff throughout information and AI.

Stack Overflow

Laid off 28% of its employees, greater than doubtless impacting 100 folks, the Prosus-owned firm introduced October 16.

Bandcamp

Eradicated 50% of its employees on October 16 after possession modified from online game firm Epic to music licensing platform Songtradr. 

LinkedIn

Confirmed October 16 that it’s going to minimize 668 extra jobs, bringing the entire to almost 1,400 this yr, with the majority of the latest cuts impacting these with R&D roles.

Flexport

On October 13 started shedding 20% of its staff, about 600 folks, because it prepares for restructuring, and continues a cost-cutting marketing campaign that started with rescinding provides and dealing to lease workplace area.

Qualcomm

Is slicing 1,258 jobs in two of its California workplaces. In line with a submitting with the California Employment Growth Division, the semiconductor firm plans to make the reductions in December.

Blue Origin

Laid off 40 folks October 10, together with software program engineers and program managers, in accordance with The Data.

Sew Repair

Will lay off 558 staff after the private styling subscription service closes a distribution heart in Dallas.

Synapse

Confirmed October 6 that it had laid off 86 folks, about 40% of the a16z-backed fintech firm. Earlier within the yr, Synapse laid off 18% of its staff after its progress slowed.

Fowl

Issued a brand new spherical of layoffs after buying Spin, in accordance with an e-mail interim CEO Michael Washinushi despatched to the corporate. The layoffs got here one week after the corporate was delisted from the New York Inventory Trade, and the precise quantity stays unknown. 

Qualtrics

Introduced on October 4 that 780 roles are being eradicated and that “a number of hundred” roles are altering or shifting places in 2024. 

Hopper

Is decreasing its full-time employees by 30%, amounting to 250 job cuts, the corporate introduced October 3.

Chainalysis

Introduced October 2 that it’s shedding round 15% of its workforce, affecting roughly 150 staff.

September 2023

IronNet

In a regulatory submitting revealed September 29, the cybersecurity startup has ceased all enterprise actions because it prepares for Chapter 7 chapter and has laid off its remaining employees. 

Naughty Canine

Is reportedly slicing no less than 25 contract builders, two sources acquainted with the scenario instructed Kotaku.

Epic Video games

Introduced on September 28 that the Fortnite maker is shedding 16% of its workforce, amounting to 870 folks.

Talkdesk

An impacted worker confirmed on September 27 that no less than 140 folks, if no more, have been affected by Talkdesk’s third spherical of layoffs in lower than 14 months.

Byju’s

Introduced on September 26, the corporate plans to chop 5,000 jobs as a result of restructuring efforts. The startup has eradicated greater than 10,000 positions previously two years.

Roblox

Confirmed to TechCrunch on September 21, Roblox let go of 30 staff in its expertise acquisition group. No different groups are impacted.

Divvy Properties

Introduced on September 11 that it’s shedding 94 staff.

Sensor Tower

Introduced on September 8 that it laid off roughly 40 folks out of the 270+ on the firm, together with C-suite executives.

Roku

Introduced September 6 that it plans to lay off roughly 10% of its workforce, representing over 300 staff.

August 2023

Malwarebytes

Introduced on August 31 that it laid off 100 staff, primarily impacting company staff.

Twiga

Introduced on August 21 that it’s shedding 283 staff, or 33% of its workforce.

SecureWorks

Introduced on August 14 that it’s going to let go of 15% of its workforce, impacting about 300 staff. That is the corporate’s second spherical of layoffs this yr.

CoinDesk

Introduced on August 14 that it’s slicing 16% of employees.

NCC Group

Confirmed on August 10 that it’s making extra layoffs, its second spherical of layoffs in simply six months. The corporate declined to say what number of staff are affected by this spherical of cuts. NCC Group minimize 125 staff in February.

Rapid7

Introduced on August 9 that it plans to lay off 18% of its workforce, affecting greater than 400 staff globally.

Cellular Premier League

Introduced on August 8 that it’s shedding roughly 50% of its staff or 350 folks.

Astra

Introduced on August 4 that it has laid off 25% of its workforce for the reason that starting of the quarter.

Discord

Introduced on August 3 that it has let go of practically 40 staff or 4% of its workforce.

HackerOne

Introduced on August 2 that it’s shedding 12% of its workforce, roughly 50 staff.

Tekion

Introduced on August 2 by Inc42, the startup laid off round 300 staff or 10% of its workforce. Of the 300 staff being let go, about 200 have been from Tekion’s India workplace.

Planet

Introduced on August 1 that it’s shedding 117 staff, or 10% of employees.

July 2023

Dunzo

Introduced July 19 that it’s suspending worker salaries for a month and plans a brand new wave of layoffs as quickly as July 20. Dunzo executives knowledgeable staff that they are going to doubtless be slicing over 200 jobs, in what shall be its third layoff this yr. The corporate has eradicated about 400 jobs this yr thus far.

Cameo

Introduced on July 18 that it intends to lay off 80 staff.

Ability-Lync

Introduced on July 13 that the Indian startup has laid off 20% of its workforce, round 225 staff.

Crunchbase

Introduced on LinkedIn on July 9 that the corporate is shedding 52 staff.

Microsoft

Introduced July 10 that the corporate is eliminating extra jobs per week after the beginning of its 2023 fiscal yr. These layoffs are along with the 10,000 layoffs introduced in January.

ClickUp

Introduced on July 4 that it has laid off 10% of its workforce, about 90 folks.

June 2023

Niantic

Introduced June 29 that it laid of 230 staff — one yr after it laid off round 90 staff.

Plex

Introduced June 29 that it laid off roughly 20% of its employees, or 37 staff.

Seize

Introduced the week of June 23 that it laid off greater than a thousand folks, or 11% of its employees.

Olx Group

Introduced on June 20 that it has minimize round 800 jobs globally. The information comes as the corporate began to shut operations of its automotive enterprise nit Olx Autos in some markets.

Mojocare

Introduced on June 18 that the firm shall be shedding some 150 staff, a majority of the workforce.

Tada

Operated by Korean ride-sharing firm Socar’s subsidiary VCNC introduced on June 15 that it plans to let go of no less than 50% of its employees or about 45 folks at Tada.

Higher.com

Introduced on June 7 that it laid off its actual property crew, it isn’t clear how many individuals have been impacted.

Ursa Main

At the least 14 folks have been laid off from the rocket engine startup, introduced on June 7. Ursa Main didn’t reply to TechCrunch’s inquiry into the layoffs, or the variety of folks affected. In line with LinkedIn, 292 individuals are listed as at present working at Ursa.

Spotify

Introduced June 5 that it’s going to minimize 200 jobs in its podcast unit, resulting in a workforce discount of two%. This comes just some months after the corporate introduced a important wave of layoffs.

Might 2023

Taxfix

Introduced on Might 30 that it has laid off 20% of employees—120 staff.

Meta

Introduced Might 24 that it’s shedding about 6,000 folks. In complete, about 21,000 folks have misplaced their jobs at Meta since November.

JioMart

Reliance Retail’s on-line purchasing platform laid off over 1,000 staff on Might 22, and plans to chop as many as 9,900 extra roles over the approaching weeks.

Krebs Stamos Group

Introduced Might 18 that the consulting agency laid off six folks. In April, the agency had 18 staff together with the founders. On Might 18, the location exhibits solely 14 crew members.

TuSimple

Introduced Might 18 that it’s shedding about 30% of staff.

Previous to the layoff, TuSimple had about 550 staff within the U.S. and publish discount in drive the corporate could have about 220, in accordance with the corporate.

Nuro

Introduced Might 12 that it will lay off 30%, or about 340 staff throughout the corporate.

LinkedIn

Introduced Might 8 that it’s slicing 716 jobs, or about 3.6% of complete staff, and can part out its native jobs app in China. Regardless of decreasing some roles, LinkedIn additionally plans to open about 250 new jobs on Might 15.

Speedy

Introduced Might 5 that Speedy (beforehand often known as RapidAPI) has laid off one other 70 staff lower than two weeks after letting go of fifty% of its employees. Simply 42 folks stay on the firm, down from 230 in April, dropping a complete of 82% in headcount.

Meesho

Introduced Might 4 that it has minimize 15% of its workforce, or 251 roles. This comes after its first spherical of layoffs, which eradicated 150 roles a few yr in the past.

Shopify

Introduced Might 4 that it’s shedding 20% of its workforce, impacting greater than 2,000 folks. It’s additionally promoting its logistics enterprise to Flexport for roughly 13% in inventory.

Bishop Fox

Introduced Might 3 that it laid off round 50 staff — or 13% of its workforce — on Might 2.

Neato Robotics

Introduced Might 1 that Vorwerk-owned Neato Robotics is shutting down, with practically 100 staff impacted by the transfer.

April 2023

Clubhouse

Introduced April 27 that it has laid off greater than 50% of employees. A spokesperson for Clubhouse declined to touch upon the variety of folks impacted by in the present day’s workforce discount or the variety of staff who stay on the firm. Final October, Davison instructed TechCrunch that Clubhouse had near 100 staff.

Dropbox

Introduced April 27 that it can be shedding 500 staff or 16% of employees.

Amazon

Introduced on April 26 that it’s shutting down its Halo Well being division, efficient July 31, amongst different divisions. The layoffs are a part of the 9,000 staff introduced in March. Together with the 18,000-person layoffs introduced in January, this brings the entire to 27,000 job cuts or 8% of Amazon’s company workforce this yr.

Speedy

Introduced on April 25, Speedy, beforehand often known as RapidAPI, lays off 50% of its employees. The layoffs are believed to have impacted 115 folks.

Anthemis Group

Introduced on April 25 that it’s going to lay off 16 folks from its employees, or 28% of staff.

Lyft

Introduced on April 21 that staff will study whether or not they have a job or not through an e-mail that shall be despatched out April 27.

Lyft layoffs to have an effect on 26% of workforce, or about 1,072 folks as promised on April 27.

Meta

Introduced April 18th that it’s anticipated to lay off 10,000 jobs within the coming months. That is on high of the 11,000 jobs that have been minimize in November.

Redfin

Introduced April thirteenth that it has laid off 201 staff, about 4% of its workforce. That is the third time the Seattle-based actual property firm has diminished its workforce since June.

Apple

Bloomberg reported on April 3 that Apple is shedding a small variety of roles on its company retail groups.

March 2023

Netflix

Introduced on March 31, Netflix confirms a “handful of layoffs,” which incorporates two longtime executives. The precise variety of layoffs is unclear. Netflix is scheduled to report Q1 2023 outcomes on April 18.

Roku

Introduced March 30 that it’s letting go of about 200 staff, or 6% of its workforce. The corporate had laid off 200 U.S. staff again in November.

Unacademy

Introduced March 30 that it has laid off greater than 350 roles, or 12% of its workforce — simply over 4 months after slicing about 350 roles in November.

Shift Applied sciences

Introduced March 29 that it laid off 30% of its workforce in Q1 2023.

Lucid

Introduced March 28 that it’s shedding 1,300 staff, or 18% of its workforce, to be accomplished by the top of Q2 2023.

GitHub

Introduced on March 28 that it has eradicated over 100 jobs within the South Asian market, shedding nearly its complete engineering crew in India. A GitHub spokesperson instructed TechCrunch that the layoff is a part of the streamlining effort the agency had disclosed in February to chop roughly 10% of its workforce by finish of Q1 2023.

Disney

On March 27 in an inside memo to staff, Disney revealed there shall be three rounds of layoffs, the primary starting this week. The job cuts will impression roughly 7,000 staff, which was introduced in February.

Salesforce

On March 24, Bloomberg reported that extra layoffs might be on the best way at Salesforce, quoting chief working officer Brian Millham, who indicated that the corporate might be including to the ongoing job slicing on the CRM chief and in tech usually. If the layoffs occur, it might come on high of the ten% minimize in January.

Accenture

Introduced March 23 that it plans to chop 19,000 jobs, or 2.5% of its workforce.

Certainly

Introduced March 22 that it’s going to lay off 2,200 staff, or 15% of its employees.

Roofstock

Introduced March 22 that it has laid off 27% of its employees, roughly 100 staff.

Twitch

Introduced March 20 that it’s going to lay off 400 staff.

Amazon

Introduced March 20 one other spherical of considerable layoffs, this time 9,000 individuals are set to lose their jobs. TechCrunch is listening to that round 10% of in the present day’s complete got here from AWS. As a part of the brand new spherical of layoffs, Amazon is shutting down DPReview.

Livespace

Introduced March 20 that it has laid off no less than 100 staff, about 2% of the corporate’s workforce.

Course Hero

Introduced March 16 that it has minimize 15% of employees, or 42 folks.

Klaviyo

Introduced March 15 that it has laid off 140 of its employees throughout all groups.

Microsoft

As part of its current announcement to layoff 10,000 folks, Microsoft laid off a complete crew devoted to guiding AI innovation that results in moral, accountable and sustainable outcomes. On March 27, Microsoft laid off 559 staff from its Bellevue and Redmond operations.

Meta

CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed rumors March 14 that the corporate shall be slicing 10,000 folks from its workforce and round 5,000 open roles that it had but to fill.

Y Combinator

Introduced March 13 that it’s going to impression 20% of employees, or 17 crew members.

Salesforce…continued

Salesforce first introduced that it was shedding 10% of the workforce in January, however some staff didn’t know till February. The week of March 10, extra staff are simply studying they’ve been laid off. Salesforce confirmed that these layoffs have been a part of the ten%.

Atlassian

Introduced on March 6, Atlassian is shedding about 500 staff, or 5% of its complete workforce.

SiriusXM

Introduced on March 6, the firm laid off 475 staff, or 8% of its complete workforce.

Alerzo

The Nigerian B2B e-commerce platform had a headcount of greater than 2,000 earlier than a primary spherical of layoffs in September 2022. Alerzo has lhelp off 15% of its full-time workforce, the corporate confirmed on March 6, leaving about 800 staff on the startup.

Cerebral

Introduced March 1, the corporate is letting go 15% of it’s workforce — roughly 285 staff.

Waymo

Introduced March 1, Alphabet’s Waymo issued a second spherical of layoffs this yr. Mixed with the preliminary cuts in January, the self-driving expertise firm has let go of 8%, or 209 staff, of its workforce.

Thoughtworks

Introduced on March 1, the firm laid off about 4% of its world workforce — roughly 500 staff.

February 2023

Twitter

Introduced on February 26, the firm laid off greater than 200 staff, together with Esther Crawford, Haraldur Thorleifsson and Leah Culver. Since Musk took over Twitter in October final yr, the corporate’s headcount has fallen by greater than 70%.

Poshmark

Introduced February 24, Poshmark confirmed with TechCrunch that lower than 2% of its workforce was affected, primarily within the U.S. The corporate employs roughly 800+ staff.

Inexperienced Labs

We wouldn’t have an actual determine of what number of Inexperienced Labs plans to put off its employees. Inexperienced Labs confirmed to TechCrunch that it’s conducting a spherical of layoffs that would impression no less than 50% of its workforce.

Chipper Money

Introduced on February 20, the African cross-border funds platform carried out a second spherical of layoffs simply 10 weeks after it minimize roughly 12.5% of its workforce. Chipper Money relieved nearly one-third of its workforce, about 100 staff.

Evernote

On February 17 the firm confirmed shedding 129 folks.

Jumia

Introduced February 16 that it minimize 20% of its employees, or greater than 900 positions throughout its 11 markets, in This fall of 2022.

Convoy

Introduced on February 16 that it’s shuttering its Atlanta workplace and shedding staff as a part of restructuring. That is the third time in lower than a yr that the corporate has laid off staff.

Sprinklr

Introduced on February 15 that it’s going to impression 4% of its world workforce — or greater than 100 staff.

iRobot

Introduced on February 13 that it’s going to lay off 7% of its workforce, roughly 85 staff.

Twilio

Introduced on February 13 that it’s going to impression round 17% of its world workforce, about 1,400 folks.

GitHub

Introduced February 9, 10% of its employees shall be impacted via the top of the corporate’s fiscal yr. Earlier than this announcement, which was first reported by Fortune, GitHub had about 3,000 staff.

Yahoo

Introduced on February 9, 20% of its employees, impacting 1,600 staff in its adtech enterprise. Yahoo is the father or mother firm to TechCrunch.

GitLab

Introduced February 9 that it’s decreasing its headcount by 7%. The spherical of redundancies will impression round 114 folks, although that particular determine depends on its precise headcount as of February 9.

Affirm

Introduced on February 8 that it’s decreasing its employees by 19%, or about 500 staff, and shutting down its crypto unit.

Zoom

Introduced the minimize of 15% of its employees, or 1,300 folks on February 7.

VinFast

VinFast has not shared what number of staff have been minimize, however a LinkedIn publish from a former worker mentioned “practically 35 roles” have been affected. Introduced on February 6.

Dell

Introduced February 6, impacting 6,650 folks, or 5% of worldwide workforce.

Getaround

Introduced February 2, 10% of employees — about 42 staff.

Pinterest

Introduced February 2, 150 staff impacted. That is the second job-cutting transfer inside weeks of the primary spherical in December 2022.

Rivian

Introduced on February 1, slicing 6% of its workforce for the second time in lower than a yr.

January 2023

SoFi Applied sciences

Introduced on January 31, slicing 65 jobs, or about 5% of its 1,300-person workforce. First reported by The Wall Avenue Journal.

NetApp

Introduced on January 31, impacting 8% of its employees — about 960 folks.

Groupon

Impacting one other 500 staff introduced on January 31. The corporate mentioned this new set of layoffs shall be unfold throughout the primary two quarters of 2023.

Inconceivable Meals

Reportedly affecting 20% of its employees, over 100 staff, Bloomberg reported first.

PayPal

Introduced on January 30, about 2,000 full-time staff, or 7% of its workforce, have been affected.

Arrival

Introduced on January 30, with a newly appointed CEO, slashing 50% of its workforce — 800 staff globally.

Waymo

The self-driving expertise unit beneath Alphabet quietly laid off staff on January 24, in accordance with The Data and a number of other posts on LinkedIn and Blind. It’s not but clear what number of of Waymo’s employees shall be affected.

Spotify

Introduced on January 23, impacting round 6% of its world workforce — round 600 staff.

Alphabet

Google’s father or mother firm introduced shedding 6% of its world workforce on January 21, equating to 12,000 staff. These cuts impression divisions reminiscent of Space 120, the Google in-house incubator and Alphabet’s robotics division, Intrinsic.

Fandom

The leisure firm introduced an unspecified variety of staff impacted throughout a number of properties on January 20. In line with a report by Selection, the firm employs round 500 folks, and the layoffs have affected roughly 10% of its employees throughout completely different websites.

Swiggy

Introduced plans to lay off 380 jobs on January 20 and shut down its meat market.

Sophos

Introduced on January 18, 10% of its world workforce, about 450 folks have been let go.

Microsoft

As introduced on January 18, 10,000 staff shall be impacted.

GoMechanic

Laid off 70% of its workforce on January 18.

Clearco

Introduced on January 17, impacting 30% of employees throughout all groups.

ShareChat

Introduced on January 15, ShareChat laid off 20% of its workforce — or over 400 staff — only a month after eliminating greater than 100 roles.

SmartNews

Introduced on January 12 a 40% discount of its U.S. and China workforce, or round 120 folks.

Intrinsic

Alphabet’s robotic software program agency, Intrinsic, is shedding 40 staff TechCrunch confirmed on January 12. Amounting to round 20% of the headcount.

Greenlight

The fintech startup providing debit playing cards to children laid off 104 staff on January 12, or over 21% of its complete headcount of 485 staff.

Profession Karma

Studying navigation platform Profession Karma laid off one other 22 folks on January 12 throughout its world and home workforce.

DirectTV

Introduced on January 12 plans to put off about 10% of its administration employees on January 20.

Informatica

Reported on January 11 that it’s going to lay off 7% of it’s workforce, or 450 staffers globally.

Carta

Introduced on January 11, the fairness administration platform minimize 10% of its employees. Judging by LinkedIn information, the layoff might have impacted round 200 staff.

Citizen

Impacting 33 employees members on January 11.

Coinbase

To minimize 950 jobs, or about 20% of its workforce, and shut down “a number of” tasks, introduced on January 10. That is the second spherical of main layoffs on the crypto change, which eradicated 18% of its workforce, or practically 1,100 jobs final June.

SuperRare

The NFT market is slicing 30% of its employees, introduced on January 6.

Amazon

Introduced on January 5, eliminating greater than 18,000 roles. This announcement extends a beforehand introduced spherical of layoffs in November of 2022. On January 19, the corporate introduced it might finish AmazonSmile.

Salesforce

Introduced on January 4 that it’s slicing 10% of its workforce, impacting greater than 7,000 staff. A month later, some Salesforce staff had simply discovered they have been additionally part of the ten% layoff announcement.

Vimeo

Introduced on January 4, slicing 11% of its workforce.

Editor’s notice: Natasha Mascarenhas has contributed to this compilation.