The tech layoff wave remains to be kicking in 2025. Last yr noticed greater than 150,000 job cuts throughout 549 firms, in keeping with impartial layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. So far this yr, greater than 22,000 staff have been the sufferer of reductions throughout the tech business, with a staggering 16,084 cuts happening in February alone.
We’re monitoring layoffs within the tech business in 2025 so you possibly can see the trajectory of the cutbacks and perceive the influence on innovation throughout all forms of firms. As companies proceed to embrace AI and automation, this tracker serves as a reminder of the human influence of layoffs — and what may very well be at stake with elevated innovation.
Below you’ll discover a complete record of all of the identified tech layoffs which have occurred in 2025, which will likely be up to date commonly. If you’ve gotten a tip on a layoff, contact us right here. If you like to stay nameless, you possibly can contact us right here.
May
CrowdStrike
Is shedding 5% of its international workforce, or round 500 folks. The firm mentioned the layoffs had been a part of a “a strategic plan (the ‘Plan’) to evolve its operations to yield better efficiencies because the Company continues to scale its enterprise with focus and self-discipline to fulfill its purpose of $10 billion in ending [Annual Recurring Revenue]” in its 8-Okay submitting.
April
Expedia
Is shedding round 3% of its workers as a part of its restructuring. The job cuts will primarily have an effect on midlevel positions within the product and know-how groups. The newest spherical of layoffs comes after the corporate let go of lots of of workers from its advertising and marketing crew globally in early March.
Cars24
Has decreased its workforce by about 200 workers in its product and know-how divisions as a part of a restructuring measure. The India-based e-commerce platform for pre-owned autos offers a spread of companies like shopping for and promoting pre-owned vehicles, financing, insurance coverage, driver-on-demand, and extra. In 2023, the SoftBank-backed startup raised $450 million at a valuation of $3.3 billion.
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Meta
Is letting go of over 100 workers in its Reality Labs division, which manages digital actuality and wearable know-how, in keeping with The Verge. The job cuts have an effect on workers creating VR experiences for Meta’s Quest headsets and workers engaged on {hardware} operations to streamline related work between the 2 groups.
Intel
Announced its plan to put off greater than 21,000 workers, or roughly 20% of its workforce, in April. The transfer comes forward of Intel’s Q1 earnings name helmed by just lately appointed CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who took over from longtime chief Pat Gelsinger final yr.
GM
Is shedding 200 folks at its Factory Zero in Detroit and Hamtramck facility in Michigan, which produces GM’s electrical autos. The cuts come amid the EV slowdown and isn’t attributable to tariffs, in keeping with a report.
Zopper
Has reportedly let go of round 100 workers because the begin of 2025. Earlier this week, about 50 workers from the tech and product groups had been let go within the newest spherical of job cuts. The India-based insurtech startup has raised a complete of $125 million so far.
Turo
Will scale back its workforce by 150 positions following its choice to not proceed with its Initial Public Offering, per Bloomberg. The San Francisco-based automotive rental startup, which had about 1,000 workers in 2024, mentioned the layoffs will bolster its long-term progress plans throughout financial uncertainty.
GupShup
Laid off roughly 200 workers to enhance effectivity and profitability. It’s the startup’s second spherical of layoffs in 5 months, following the job cuts of round 300 workers in December. The conversational AI firm, backed by Tiger Global and Fidelity, was final valued at $1.4 billion in 2021. The startup is predicated in San Francisco and operates in India.
Forto
Has reportedly eradicated 200 jobs, affecting round one-third of its workers. The German logistics startup decreased a major variety of gross sales workers.
Wicresoft
Will cease its operations in China, affecting round 2,000 workers. The transfer got here after Microsoft determined to finish outsourcing after-sales assist to Wicresoft amid growing commerce tensions. Wicresoft, Microsoft’s first three way partnership in China, was based in 2022 and operates within the U.S., Europe, and Japan. It has over 10,000 workers.
Five9
Plans to chop 123 jobs, affecting about 4% of its workforce, in keeping with a report by MarketWatch. The software program firm prioritizes key strategic areas like synthetic intelligence for worthwhile progress.
Has laid off lots of of workers in its platforms and units division, which covers Android, Pixel telephones, the Chrome browser, and extra, in keeping with The Information.
Microsoft
Is considering further layoffs that might occur by May, Business Insider reported, citing nameless sources. The firm is claimed to be discussing lowering the variety of center managers and non-coders in a bid to extend the ratio of programmers to product managers.
Automattic
The WordPress.com developer is shedding 16% of its workforce throughout departments. Before the layoffs, the corporate’s web site confirmed it had 1,744 workers, so greater than 270 workers might have been laid off.
Canva
Has let go of 10 to 12 technical writers roughly 9 months after telling its workers to make use of generative AI instruments wherever doable. The firm, which had round 5,500 workers in 2024, was valued at $26 billion after a secondary inventory sale in 2024.
March
Northvolt
Has laid off 2,800 workers, affecting 62% of its whole workers. The layoffs come weeks after the embattled Swedish battery maker filed for chapter.
Block
Let go of 931 workers, round 8% of its workforce, as a part of a reorganization, in keeping with an inner e mail seen by TechCrunch. Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and CEO of the fintech firm, wrote within the e mail that the layoffs weren’t for monetary causes or to exchange staff with AI.
Brightcove
Has laid off 198 workers, who make up about two-thirds of its U.S. workforce, per a media report. The layoff comes a month after the corporate was acquired by Bending Spoons, an Italian app developer, for $233 million. Brightcove had 600 workers worldwide, with 300 within the U.S., as of December 2023.
Acxiom
Has reportedly laid off 130 workers, or 3.5% of its whole workforce of three,700 folks. Acxiom is owned by IPG, and the information comes only a day after IPG and Omnicom Group shareholders accepted the businesses’ potential merger.
Sequoia Capital
Plans to shut its workplace in Washington, D.C., and let go of its coverage crew there by the tip of March, TechCrunch has confirmed. Sequoia opened its Washington workplace 5 years in the past to deepen its relationship with policymakers. Three full-time workers are anticipated to be affected, per Forbes.
Siemens
Announced plans to let go of roughly 5,600 jobs globally in its automation and electric-vehicle charging companies as a part of efforts to enhance competitiveness.
HelloFresh
Is reportedly shedding 273 workers, closing its distribution middle in Grand Prairie, Texas, and consolidating to a different website in Irving to handle the quantity within the area.
Otorio
Has reduce 45 workers, greater than half of its workforce, after being acquired by cybersecurity firm Armis for $120 million in March.
ActiveFence
Will reportedly scale back 22 workers, representing 7% of its workforce. Most of these affected are primarily based in Israel as the corporate undergoes a streamlining course of. The New York- and Tel Aviv-headquartered cybersecurity agency has raised $100 million at a valuation of about $500 million in 2021.
D-ID
Will reduce 22 jobs, affecting almost 1 / 4 of its whole workforce, following the announcement of the AI startup’s strategic partnership with Microsoft.
NASA
Announced will probably be shutting down a number of of its workplaces in accordance with Elon Musk’s DOGE, together with its Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy and the DEI department within the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity.
Zonar Systems
Has reportedly laid off some workers, in keeping with LinkedIn posts from ex-employees. The firm has not confirmed the layoffs, and it’s at present unknown what number of staff had been affected.
Wayfair
Announced plans to let go of 340 workers in its know-how division as a part of a brand new restructuring effort.
HPE
Will reduce 2,500 workers, or 5% of its whole workers, in response to its shares sliding 19% within the first fiscal quarter.
TikTok
Will reduce as much as 300 staff in Dublin, accounting for roughly 10% of the corporate’s workforce in Ireland.
LiveRamp
Announced it should lay off 65 workers, affecting 5% of its whole workforce.
Ola Electric
Is reportedly set to put off over 1,000 workers and contractors in a cost-cutting effort. It’s the second spherical of cuts for the corporate in simply 5 months.
Rec Room
Reduced its whole headcount by 16% because the gaming startup shifts its focus to be “scrappier” and “extra environment friendly.”
ANS Commerce
Was shut down simply three years after it was acquired by Flipkart. It is at present unknown what number of workers had been affected.
February
HP
Will reduce as much as 2,000 jobs as a part of its “Future Now” restructuring plan that hopes to save lots of the corporate $300 million earlier than the tip of its fiscal yr.
GrubHub
Announced 500 job cuts after it was bought to Wonder Group for $650 million. The variety of cuts affected greater than 20% of its earlier workforce.
Autodesk
Announced plans to put off 1,350 workers, affecting 9% of its whole workforce, in an try and reshape its GTM mannequin. The firm can be making reductions in its services, although it doesn’t plan to shut any workplaces.
Is planning to chop workers in its People Operations and cloud organizations groups in a brand new reorganization effort. The firm is providing a voluntary exit program to U.S.-based People Operations workers.
Nautilus
Reduced its headcount by 25 workers, accounting for 16% of its whole workforce. The firm is planning to launch a business model of its proteome evaluation platform in 2026.
eBay
Will reportedly reduce a couple of dozen workers in Israel, doubtlessly affecting 10% of its 250-person workforce within the nation.
Starbucks
Cut 1,100 jobs in a reorganizing effort that affected its tech staff. The espresso chain will now outsource some tech work to third-party workers.
Commercetools
Laid off dozens of workers over the previous couple of weeks, together with round 10% of workers in in the future, after failing to fulfill its gross sales progress targets. The “headless commerce” platform raised cash at a $1.9 billion valuation only a few years in the past.
Dayforce
Will reduce roughly 5% of its present workforce in a brand new effectivity drive to extend profitability and progress.
Expedia
Laid off extra workers in a brand new effort to chop prices, although the entire quantity is unknown. Last yr, the journey big reduce about 1,500 roles in its Product & Technology division.
Skybox Security
Has ceased operations and has laid off its workers after promoting its enterprise and know-how to Israeli cybersecurity firm Tufin. The cuts have an effect on roughly 300 folks.
HerMD
Is shutting down its operations amid “ongoing challenges in healthcare.” It’s unclear the variety of workers affected. In 2023, the ladies’s healthcare startup raised $18 million to fund its growth.
Zendesk
Cut 51 jobs in its San Francisco headquarters, in keeping with state filings with the Employment Development Department. The Cloud Software startup beforehand decreased its headcount by 8% in 2023.
Vendease
Has reduce 120 workers, affecting 44% of its whole workers. It’s the Y Combinator-backed Nigerian startup’s second layoff spherical in simply 5 months.
Logically
Reportedly laid off dozens of workers as a part of a brand new cost-cutting effort that goals to make sure “long-term success” within the startup’s mission to curb misinformation on-line.
Blue Origin
Will lay off about 10% of its workforce, affecting greater than 1,000 workers. According to an e mail to workers obtained by CNN, the cuts will largely have an effect on positions in engineering and program administration.
Redfin
Announced in an SEC submitting that it’s going to reduce round 450 positions between February and July 2025, with an entire restructuring set to be accomplished within the fall, following its new partnership with Zillow.
Sophos
Is shedding 6% of its whole workforce, the cybersecurity agency confirmed to TechCrunch. The cuts come lower than two weeks after Sophos acquired Secureworks for $859 million.
Zepz
Will reduce almost 200 workers because it introduces redundancy measures and closes down its operations in Poland and Kenya.
Unity
Reportedly performed one other spherical of layoffs. It’s unknown what number of workers had been affected.
JustWorks
Cut almost 200 workers, CEO Mike Seckler introduced in a notice to workers, citing “potential antagonistic occasions” like a recession or rising rates of interest.
Bird
Cut 120 jobs, affecting roughly one-third of its whole workforce, TechCrunch solely discovered. The transfer comes only a yr after the Dutch startup reduce 90 workers following its rebrand.
Sprinklr
Laid off about 500 workers, affecting 15% of its workforce, citing poor enterprise efficiency. The new cuts comply with two earlier layoff rounds for the corporate that affected roughly 200 workers.
Sonos
Reportedly let go of roughly 200 workers, in keeping with The Verge. The firm beforehand reduce 100 workers as a part of a layoff spherical in August 2024.
Workday
Laid off 1,750 workers, as initially reported by Bloomberg and confirmed independently by TechCrunch. The cuts have an effect on roughly 8.5% of the enterprise HR platform’s whole headcount.
Okta
Laid off 180 workers, the corporate confirmed to TechCrunch. The cuts come simply over one yr after the entry and id administration big let go of 400 staff.
Cruise
Is shedding 50% of its workforce, together with CEO Marc Whitten and a number of other different prime executives, because it prepares to close down operations. What stays of the autonomous automobile firm will transfer beneath General Motors.
Salesforce
Is reportedly eliminating greater than 1,000 jobs. The cuts come as the large is actively recruiting and hiring staff to promote new AI merchandise.
January
Cushion
Has shut down operations, CEO Paul Kesserwani introduced on LinkedIn. The fintech startup’s post-money valuation in 2022 was $82.4 million, in keeping with PitchBook.
Placer.ai
Laid off 150 workers primarily based within the U.S., affecting roughly 18% of its whole workforce, in an effort to succeed in profitability.
Amazon
Laid off dozens of staff in its communications division with a view to assist the corporate “transfer sooner, enhance possession, strengthen our tradition, and produce groups nearer to prospects.”
Stripe
Is shedding 300 folks, in keeping with a leaked memo reported by Business Insider. However, in keeping with the memo, the fintech big is planning to develop its whole headcount by 17%.
Textio
Laid off 15 workers because the augmented writing startup undergoes a restructuring effort.
Pocket FM
Is chopping 75 workers in an effort to “make sure the long-term sustainability and success” of the corporate. The audio firm final reduce 200 writers in July 2024 months after partnering with ElevenLabs.
Aurora Solar
Is planning to chop 58 workers in response to an “ongoing macroeconomic challenges and continued uncertainty within the photo voltaic business.”
Meta
Announced in an inner memo that it’s going to reduce 5% of its workers concentrating on “low performers” as the corporate prepares for “an intense yr.” As of its newest quarterly report, Meta at present has greater than 72,000 workers.
Wayfair
Will reduce as much as 730 jobs, affecting 3% of its whole workforce, because it plans to exit operations in Germany and concentrate on bodily retailers.
Pandion
Is shutting down its operations, affecting 63 workers. The supply startup mentioned workers will likely be paid by way of January 15 with out severance.
Icon
Is shedding 114 workers as a part of a crew realignment, per a brand new WARN discover submitting, focusing its efforts on a robotic printing system.
Altruist
Eliminated 37 jobs, affecting roughly 10% of its whole workforce, whilst the corporate pursues “aggressive” hiring.
Aqua Security
Is chopping dozens of workers throughout its international markets as a part of a strategic reorganization to extend profitability.
SolarEdge Technologies
Plans to put off 400 workers globally. It’s the corporate’s fourth layoff spherical since January 2024 because the photo voltaic business as an entire faces a downturn.
Level
The fintech startup, based in 2018, abruptly shut down earlier this yr. Per an e mail from CEO Paul Aaron, the closure follows an unsuccessful try and discover a purchaser, although Employer.com has a brand new supply into account to amass the corporate post-shutdown.
This record updates commonly.
On April 24, 2025, we corrected the variety of layoffs that occurred in March.
