Flipkart Layoffs

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Flipkart, the Walmart-owned Indian e-commerce giant, is shutting down its Israeli R&D center in Tel Aviv, laying off its entire team of approximately 40 employees. This represents 100% of the staff at that location. The closure is part of a broader global restructuring and cost-cutting initiative as Flipkart prepares for a planned IPO in 2026, which has already included reducing 25–30% of its global workforce. The decision, announced in November 2025, is also attributed to the security situation in Israel. The Tel Aviv center, established after Flipkart's 2018 acquisition of Upstream Commerce, specialized in AI, dynamic pricing algorithms, and competitive data analysis. While the local team is being let go, Flipkart stated the systems developed there remain critical, and up to 40% of the staff will stay temporarily to ensure a knowledge transfer to teams in India.

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