Layoffs in United States

Kaltura, a corporate video software company, has laid off 10% of its workforce, affecting about 70 employees out of 700, as part of its third round of job cuts since 2022. This streamlining effort, announced in August 2025, aims to reduce operating expenses by $8.5 million to push toward profitability, despite reporting improved revenue and initial AI product sales in its latest earnings. The publicly traded company, with a market capitalization of $262 million, continues to face stock price declines but maintains its sales and marketing budgets for growth.

Israeli-founded e-commerce unicorn Yotpo laid off approximately 200 employees in early August 2025, representing about 34% of its global workforce. This significant reduction is part of a major strategic overhaul where the company is refocusing on its core products—Reviews and Loyalty—and adopting an AI-first approach. As part of the restructuring, Yotpo is shutting down its Email and SMS marketing operations, selling that customer base to Attentive. The layoffs affected staff across its offices in Israel, Bulgaria, Poland, London, New York, and Australia, as the company aims to transform into a more focused and profitable, product-first organization.

In August 2025, just three weeks after acquiring the AI coding startup Windsurf, Cognition AI laid off 30 employees and offered buyouts to the roughly 200 remaining staff. This move, affecting a significant portion of the team, reveals that Cognition's primary interest was Windsurf's intellectual property rather than its talent, despite earlier assurances of retaining employees. The layoffs and stringent buyout conditions, including demands for over 80-hour work weeks, mark another turbulent chapter for Windsurf, which had previously faced a failed acquisition by OpenAI and a major talent exodus to Google.

Amazon is reorganizing its audio entertainment operations, consolidating production between its Wondery and Audible brands. This restructuring, announced in early August 2025, will result in about 100 layoffs. The move aims to streamline audio content across Amazon's vast media footprint, responding to the evolving podcast landscape with a shift toward more video-forward, creator-led content. As part of the changes, Wondery CEO Jen Sargent is exiting. The Wondery brand will continue focusing on celebrity-driven podcasts, while more narrative-driven series will shift to Audible. Amazon, a tech and e-commerce giant, acquired Wondery in 2020.

Israeli fintech unicorn Tipalti laid off dozens of employees in late July 2025, marking its second significant workforce reduction after cutting 123 roles in early 2023. The company, which currently employs about 1,000 people, is reorganizing its sales and development divisions. The sales team is shifting focus to mid-market clients while reducing exposure to smaller customers, and development teams are being streamlined due to a strategic pivot. Tipalti, a high-value startup in the financial technology sector, provides automated payment and financial operations solutions to thousands of businesses globally.

ConsenSys laid off 47 employees representing approximately 7% of its workforce on 2025-07-22.

Social media startup Zeen, formerly known as Landing, is shutting down entirely after failing to achieve sustainable growth, resulting in the layoff of its entire team. The company, which had raised $9 million in venture capital since its founding in 2019, confirmed the closure on July 21, 2025. Co-founder Miri Buckland stated that despite pivoting from a social collage app to a shoppable collage tool for creators, the business could not reach the necessary scale to remain viable as a VC-backed startup. This shutdown highlights the intense challenges faced by social media and creator economy startups in securing long-term profitability and investor support.

In early 2025, Detroit-based Rocket Companies, the parent of Rocket Mortgage, conducted a company-wide layoff affecting roughly 2% of its workforce. This translates to approximately 285 employees from a total of about 14,263. The cuts, which impacted roles in recruiting, product management, and software engineering, were attributed to streamlining efforts following the firm's $1.75 billion all-stock acquisition of real estate brokerage Redfin. The company stated the decision was part of a shift from deal-making to integration, aiming to build a more focused organization. Affected employees were offered a severance package including 12 weeks of base pay plus additional weeks based on tenure, extended health benefits, and career transition support.

Amazon on 2025-07-17.

In July 2025, Ami Colé, a venture-backed beauty brand focused on makeup for darker skin tones, announced it would permanently shut down by September. The company, which had raised over $3 million from investors like G9 Ventures and Greycroft, cited unsustainable market conditions and tensions between founder Diarrha NDiaye-Mbaye and investor expectations. Despite early success and celebrity endorsements, the four-year-old startup struggled with inconsistent retail sales and competition from larger brands. The closure reflects broader challenges for Black-founded startups that surged after 2020, as investor enthusiasm for diversity-focused ventures waned.

Israeli telehealth startup TytoCare is laying off approximately 35 employees, representing about 20% of its 160-person workforce, as part of a restructuring announced in July 2025. This marks the company's second round of layoffs since 2023. The move aims to streamline operations and redirect investment toward advancing its FDA-approved, AI-driven diagnostic capabilities. Concurrently, CEO and co-founder Dedi Gilad will transition to the chairman role, focusing on long-term strategy, while co-founder Ofer Tzadik will oversee daily operations. The company, which has raised $205 million, is also adjusting its sales model to focus its home-use product in the U.S. via partners.

Scale AI is laying off 200 employees, approximately 14% of its staff, and cutting ties with 500 global contractors. The layoffs are largely in its core data-labeling business, as the company pivots to focus on enterprise and government sales units, following Meta's investment and the departure of its CEO.

Lenovo laid off 100 employees representing approximately 3% of its workforce on 2025-07-16.

Jamf laid off 166 employees representing approximately 6% of its workforce on 2025-07-15.

Intel, the major semiconductor company, has significantly expanded its layoffs, now exceeding 5,000 employees across the United States as of mid-July 2025. This downsizing, part of a broader restructuring to reduce costs and simplify operations, more than doubled initial estimates in key locations. The cuts are concentrated in California and Oregon, affecting over 1,900 workers in Santa Clara and Folsom, and nearly 2,400 in Hillsboro. Additional layoffs occurred in Arizona and Texas. The company, aiming to become leaner and more efficient, began implementing these workforce reductions in July 2025.

TripleLift, a supply-side platform in the ad tech industry, laid off a double-digit percentage of its workforce, estimated at less than 20%, on Friday, July 11, 2025. The company, which had over 450 employees as of April, is undergoing restructuring under new CEO Dave Helmreich, who took over in February. This marks the third round of layoffs in five years, with pressure from majority shareholder Vista Equity Partners likely driving cost-cutting measures to boost profitability. The timing aligns with past leadership transitions, similar to cuts made under the previous CEO in early 2023.

Israeli industrial AI unicorn Augury is laying off about 60 employees, representing 18% of its global workforce of 345, as announced in July 2025. This marks the company's third round of layoffs, following previous cuts affecting around 100 staff. Despite raising $75 million in a Series F round just months earlier in February, which valued the company at over $1 billion, Augury stated the restructuring is intended to sharpen its focus and fuel its next growth phase. The Haifa-based company, which provides AI-driven machine health monitoring solutions to manufacturing plants, has seen significant revenue growth and customer expansion but is now adjusting its organizational structure to prioritize new roles and maintain its market leadership trajectory.

Indeed + Glassdoor laid off 1,300 employees on 2025-07-10.

Eigen Labs laid off 29 employees representing approximately 25% of its workforce on 2025-07-08.

Microsoft announced layoffs affecting approximately 9,000 employees on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, marking another significant workforce reduction for the tech giant. This cut represents less than 4% of its global workforce, which stood at 228,000 people as of June 2024. The move is part of ongoing organizational changes aimed at streamlining management layers and positioning the company for success in a dynamic marketplace, particularly within its gaming division. This follows several previous rounds of layoffs in recent years, including a cut of over 6,000 jobs in May 2025. Despite these reductions, Microsoft remains highly profitable, having reported strong quarterly earnings and record stock prices, as it continues to focus on growth areas like Azure cloud services.

Rivian, the electric vehicle manufacturer, has laid off approximately 140 employees, representing about 1% of its workforce, as part of ongoing efforts to improve operational efficiency ahead of the 2026 launch of its more affordable R2 SUV. The cuts, confirmed in late June 2025, primarily affected the manufacturing team, with the company citing the elimination of roles that created process inefficiencies. This follows previous workforce reductions in recent years. Rivian, which began 2025 with over 14,800 employees in North America and Europe, is encouraging affected staff to apply for other open positions within the company.

Bumble, the dating app company, is laying off approximately 240 employees, which represents 30% of its workforce. This significant restructuring, announced in a securities filing, is part of an effort to reconfigure its operating structure and optimize strategic priorities. The move is expected to result in $13 million to $18 million in charges this year but will save the company about $40 million annually. These savings are intended to be reinvested into new product and technology development. The announcement comes as Bumble's market value has sharply declined since its 2021 IPO, and follows the return of founder Whitney Wolfe Herd to the CEO role earlier this year. The layoffs were disclosed alongside an updated, slightly improved revenue forecast for the current quarter.

Microsoft on 2025-06-24.

Intel on 2025-06-24.

Google laid off 75 employees on 2025-06-24.

Pluralsight, a Utah-based online education technology company formerly valued as a "unicorn," is relocating its headquarters to Texas following another round of layoffs. The move comes amid a series of leadership changes, including the recent departure of its CEO, and follows a recapitalization under new ownership. While exact layoff figures for this round are not specified, the company's exit from Utah marks a significant shift for the once-prominent local tech firm, reflecting broader challenges in the tech industry and internal restructuring efforts.

Khoros laid off 116 employees on 2025-06-20.

Intel is preparing to lay off up to 20% of its global factory workforce, a sweeping restructuring within its foundry division that marks one of the deepest cuts in the company's history. The layoffs, largely effective in July 2025, are driven by affordability challenges and a strategic shift under CEO Lip-Bu Tan to create a leaner, more focused company. This move signals a dramatic rethinking of Intel's manufacturing footprint, impacting hundreds of employees at its critical Kiryat Gat plant in Israel, which employs around 4,000 people. The semiconductor giant, which employs 9,350 people in Israel overall, is undertaking this difficult action to address its current financial position and future competitiveness.

Airtime, a video startup founded by Evernote's Phil Libin, laid off 25 employees from its 58-person team in early June 2025, reducing its workforce by approximately 43%. The company framed the cuts as part of its established "seasonal" employment model, where staff are evaluated roughly every six months. However, sources indicated surprise, as many employees believed the startup was planning to raise funds and had been told no layoffs were imminent. Operating in the video communication software industry, Airtime, which rebranded from mmhmm, introduced this seasonal structure in late 2022 after earlier layoffs, aiming to provide more predictable transitions. Despite this intention, the recent reduction was described as larger than usual, reflecting ongoing challenges in achieving product-market fit.

Microsoft laid off 305 employees representing approximately 3% of its workforce on 2025-06-02.

Hims & Hers laid off 68 employees representing approximately 4% of its workforce on 2025-05-30.

Business Insider, the digital media company owned by Axel Springer, laid off 21% of its staff on Thursday. The restructuring, which affects every department, is a response to significant declines in online traffic, which historically accounted for about 70% of its business. CEO Barbara Peng stated the move is a tough but necessary decision to transform the publisher for a future media landscape reshaped by artificial intelligence and fewer readers, aiming to build a more sustainable model. The exact number of employees impacted was not disclosed.

Banking and mortgage technology company nCino has laid off approximately 7% of its global workforce, affecting about 132 employees out of a total of 1,880 as of January 31. The reduction, announced via email by CEO Sean Desmond ahead of the company's quarterly earnings call, is part of a strategic shift to transition nCino into a high-performing business focused on long-term, sustainable growth. Based in North Carolina and operating in the fintech industry, nCino cited the need to eliminate overage, redundancies, and bureaucracy to move faster and capitalize on the vertical AI opportunity. The layoffs, which notably impacted engineering roles, come as the company continues to integrate its 2021 acquisition of SimpleNexus and recently unveiled new AI-powered solutions at its nSight conference.

Lidar technology company Luminar initiated a new round of layoffs beginning May 15, 2025, as part of a restructuring effort. While the exact number of employees affected in this latest round was not disclosed, it follows significant workforce reductions in 2024, where the company laid off 212 employees, representing about 30% of its workforce. This ongoing restructuring comes amid major leadership turmoil, including the sudden resignation and replacement of founder and CEO Austin Russell following an ethics inquiry. The layoffs are expected to incur additional cash charges of $4 million to $5 million. Luminar, which went public via a SPAC merger in 2021, operates in the autonomous vehicle and transportation technology industry.

Blink Charging, a leading global electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure company, announced a strategic workforce reduction on May 19, 2025, as part of its BlinkForward initiative. The company is laying off approximately 20% of its global workforce to streamline operations, enhance agility, and achieve annualized savings exceeding $11 million. This restructuring aims to strengthen its market position and align resources with long-term growth priorities in the competitive EV industry. The reduction is expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter of 2025, with the company providing severance and support to affected employees.

GroundGame Health laid off 97 employees on 2025-05-15.

Amazon laid off 100 employees on 2025-05-14.

Microsoft laid off 6,000 employees representing approximately 3% of its workforce on 2025-05-13.

Chegg laid off 248 employees representing approximately 22% of its workforce on 2025-05-12.

Match Group laid off 325 employees representing approximately 13% of its workforce on 2025-05-08.

CrowdStrike laid off 500 employees representing approximately 5% of its workforce on 2025-05-07.

Bench, the accounting and tax fintech startup, conducted a significant round of layoffs in late April or early May 2025, affecting dozens of positions. This represents a substantial portion of its approximately 300-person workforce, with departments like client success and tax services directly impacted, including most of the U.S.-based tax advisory team. The layoffs were implemented by Employer.com, the San Francisco HR tech company that acquired Bench in a $9 million fire sale in December 2024 after the startup burned through over $160 million in funding and shut down. Employer.com cited the difficult realities of turning the business around and addressing legacy issues as the reason for the cuts. The company, which had re-hired most of Bench's staff after the acquisition, had also kept a majority of the workforce on temporary, month-to-month independent contractor agreements while planning to base most operations outside North America.

NetApp, a data storage and management company, is laying off approximately 700 employees, representing about 6% of its global workforce, as part of a strategic reorganization. This move, announced in late April 2025, aims to optimize costs and streamline operations in response to a shifting commercial environment, including the rapid rise of AI and market uncertainties. The company had previously indicated workforce reductions of at least 4% in its fiscal reports, citing sales deal slippage and a need to redirect resources. Facing a slight slackening in revenue growth, NetApp is taking these steps to improve operational efficiency and position itself for long-term sustainability in the competitive tech industry.

Electronic Arts laid off 300 employees on 2025-04-29.

Stem, Inc., a company in the energy storage and software industry, has undergone a significant internal reorganization. While the provided article does not explicitly state a layoff event, it details CEO Arun Narayanan's announcement of a restructuring in Q1 2025. The company is being reorganized into four distinct, financially accountable business units: Software, Professional Services, Managed Services, and OEM Hardware. This strategic shift to enforce strict EBITDA and cash flow accountability for each unit is a common corporate measure that can often lead to workforce reductions to streamline operations and improve profitability, though specific layoff numbers, percentages, or total employee counts were not disclosed in this summary.

Amazon-backed creator startup Spotter has laid off an unspecified number of employees this week, impacting teams across the company. This marks the second round of layoffs for the firm in the last six months, following cuts made in November. The company, which works with top YouTube creators like MrBeast and is also backed by SoftBank, cited the evolving macroeconomic environment and a strategic push to accelerate its path to profitability by year-end as reasons for the restructuring. Founded in 2019, Spotter operates in the creator economy, offering content licensing, AI tools for creators, and an advertising business. The layoffs did not affect its advertising sales team. The move reflects broader challenges in the creator services sector, where some startups have struggled to meet growth expectations.

The consumer hardware startup Tomorrow has permanently shut down, resulting in the layoff of its entire workforce. The company, which was developing an AI-powered refrigerator designed to extend the shelf life of fresh produce, cited an extremely difficult funding environment and headwinds from tariff uncertainty as the primary reasons for its closure. Founder Andrew Kinzer announced the decision in late April 2025, explaining that capital-intensive, science-forward consumer hardware products have become a particularly tough sell for investors. The shutdown reflects the broader challenges within the hardware startup sector, where high costs and complex supply chains, exacerbated by trade policies, can stifle innovation even for ambitious ventures.

Expedia Group is laying off approximately 3% of its workforce as part of a restructuring focused on its product, technology, and finance teams, with most cuts occurring in product and technology. This move, following a similar restructuring of the marketing team in early March, aims to streamline operations and accelerate performance. The job reductions primarily affect mid-level employees, and no leadership changes are associated with this round. As a major player in the online travel industry, Expedia is adjusting its workforce to better align with strategic goals while continuing to hire in other areas.

SambaNova laid off 77 employees representing approximately 15% of its workforce on 2025-04-25.

Meta laid off 100 employees on 2025-04-24.