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Salesforce laid off 93 employees from its Seattle and Bellevue offices in late August, as part of a broader trend of tech industry workforce reductions. This cut represents a small fraction of its global workforce, which numbers in the tens of thousands. The layoffs occurred amid a company-wide push to adopt artificial intelligence, with CEO Marc Benioff stating that AI automation had already reduced support roles by 4,000. While Salesforce did not directly link these specific layoffs to AI, the move aligns with industry-wide cost-cutting and efficiency drives, as companies like Microsoft and Amazon also streamline operations, often citing economic pressures and strategic shifts toward AI. The software industry continues to see significant restructuring following pandemic-era hiring surges.

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