The tech layoff trend continues unabated in 2025, with significant job cuts affecting thousands across numerous companies. Last year, over 150,000 layoffs were reported across 549 tech companies, as tracked by Layoffs.fyi. In 2025 alone, more than 22,000 workers have already been affected by layoffs, with February witnessing a staggering 16,084 job cuts.

This tracker serves to highlight the ongoing layoffs within the tech sector, providing insights into the implications for innovation and the workforce. As companies increasingly adopt AI and automation, the human cost of these layoffs remains a critical concern.

The following is a comprehensive list of known tech layoffs that have occurred in 2025, which will be updated regularly. If you have any information regarding layoffs, please reach out to us. Anonymous tips are also welcome.

• December 2025: 300 employees laid off.
• November 2025: 8,932 employees laid off.
• October 2025: 18,510 employees laid off.
• September 2025: 4,152 employees laid off.
• August 2025: 6,302 employees laid off.
• July 2025: 16,327 employees laid off.
• June 2025: 1,606 employees laid off.
• May 2025: 10,397 employees laid off.
• April 2025: Over 24,500 employees laid off.
• March 2025: 8,834 employees laid off.
• February 2025: 16,234 employees laid off.
• January 2025: 2,403 employees laid off.

December 2025

Zebra Technologies

The company is winding down its autonomous mobile robot (AMR) division, which followed its acquisition of Fetch Robotics in 2021. Most layoffs are expected to happen by the end of 2025.

Amazon

Amazon is set to cut 84 jobs in Seattle and Bellevue, affecting various roles in engineering, recruiting, software development, and product management. The layoffs are scheduled between February 2 and February 23, 2026, with affected employees receiving at least 90 days of pay and benefits.

Lusha

Lusha announced an 8% workforce reduction, translating to about 24 employees, as part of a restructuring to focus resources on growth areas rather than broad cost-cutting.

Tenstorrent

The AI chip startup has cut 7.5% of its workforce as it shifts focus from enterprise clients to individual developers, impacting its headcount to about 1,000.

Payoneer

Payoneer will let go of around 30 employees in Israel and a similar number overseas, amounting to approximately 6% of its global workforce.

VSCO

VSCO laid off 24 employees as part of a restructuring to concentrate on professional photographers' tools, following disappointing consumer demand.

Mobileye

Mobileye is reportedly cutting 200 employees, about 4% of its workforce, primarily affecting its Israeli teams.

Inside Inbound Health

The startup has shut down its operations as of December 1, following its raise of over $50 million.

November 2025

Intel

Intel has continued its workforce reduction, eliminating 59 Bay Area jobs by November 30.

HP

HP has announced plans to cut 4,000 to 6,000 jobs globally by 2028 to streamline operations and leverage AI for efficiency.

Apple

Apple has cut several sales positions related to business and school accounts as it seeks to optimize its sales approach.

Monarch Tractor

The company warned of potential layoffs affecting more than 100 employees or possible shutdowns due to recent staff cuts.

Playtika

Playtika is planning to lay off about 20% of its workforce, approximately 700 to 800 employees, marking its fifth round of cuts since 2022.

Pipe

Pipe has laid off around 200 employees, about half its workforce, as part of a move towards profitability.

Synopsys

Synopsys plans to cut about 10% of its workforce in a restructuring linked to its acquisition of Ansys, affecting approximately 2,000 employees.

Deepwatch

Deepwatch has laid off between 60 and 80 employees, citing AI as a contributing factor.

Axonius

Axonius is cutting about 10% of its workforce, notifying roughly 100 of its 900 employees.

MyBambu

MyBambu will cease local operations, laying off all 141 employees in two phases.

Hewlett-Packard

Hewlett-Packard is cutting 52 positions at its San Jose campus amid an ongoing restructuring.

October 2025

Amazon

Amazon has laid off 660 employees, with more cuts expected as part of a broader plan to eliminate up to 30,000 corporate jobs.

Rivian

Rivian is cutting 600 jobs as part of a strategy to address challenges in the EV market.

Meta

Meta has laid off around 600 employees in its AI infrastructure units, including the FAIR team.

Applied Materials

Applied Materials plans to cut about 4% of its workforce as part of a response to tighter U.S. semiconductor export controls.

Handshake

Handshake laid off about 100 employees, affecting various roles in its recruiting business.

Smartsheet

Smartsheet has laid off over 120 employees amid a leadership transition.

Google

Google has cut over 100 design roles in its cloud division as part of a strategic shift towards AI investments.

Paycom

Paycom is laying off over 500 employees due to improvements in automation and AI.

September 2025

Just Eat

Just Eat will eliminate around 450 jobs as part of a cost and operations review.

Fiverr

Fiverr plans to cut around 250 jobs as part of a push towards becoming a leaner, AI-focused company.

ZipRecruiter

ZipRecruiter is closing its Tel Aviv development center, resulting in about 80 job cuts.

GupShup

GupShup has laid off at least 100 employees amid preparation for an IPO.

xAI

xAI laid off about 500 jobs as it refocuses its strategy.

Rivian

Rivian has reportedly laid off about 200 workers due to policy changes affecting EV tax credits.

Oracle

Oracle has cut another 355 jobs in its Seattle and San Francisco offices.

Salesforce

Salesforce is trimming another 262 jobs at its San Francisco headquarters.

August 2025

Cisco

Cisco will eliminate 221 positions as part of its broader workforce-reduction strategy.

Restaurant365

Restaurant365 laid off about 100 employees, around 9% of its workforce.

Oracle

Oracle is cutting additional jobs across its U.S. offices.

F5

F5 is cutting 106 positions as part of a global workforce reduction.

Peloton

Peloton will cut 6% of its workforce as part of a business health improvement strategy.

Kaltura

Kaltura is cutting 10% of its workforce as part of a cost-saving effort.

Yotpo

Yotpo is laying off about 200 employees while shutting down its email and SMS marketing operations.

Windsurf

Windsurf laid off 30 employees and is offering buyouts to the remaining staff.

Wondery

Wondery is cutting 100 jobs as Amazon reorganizes its audio operations.

July 2025

Atlassian

Atlassian has cut 150 roles in customer service and support.

Consensys

Consensys is cutting about 7% of its workforce as part of a profitability push.

Zeen

Zeen has shut down operations after raising $9 million in funding.

Scale AI

Scale AI is laying off around 200 employees and severing ties with 500 contractors.

Lenovo

Lenovo plans to cut more than 100 U.S. full-time jobs.

Intel

Intel plans to lay off nearly 2,400 workers in Oregon amid restructuring.

Indeed + Glassdoor

These companies plan to eliminate approximately 1,300 jobs as part of a restructuring effort.

Eigen Lab

Eigen Lab has laid off 29 employees amid reorganization.

Microsoft

Microsoft is laying off 9,000 employees as part of a broader restructuring.

ByteDance

ByteDance is laying off 65 employees in Bellevue, Washington.

June 2025

TomTom

TomTom has announced plans to cut 300 jobs as part of its organizational restructuring.

Rivian

Rivian has reduced its headcount by approximately 140 employees.

Bumble

Bumble is cutting approximately 240 jobs to enhance operational efficiency.

Klue

Klue has laid off 85 employees as part of its workforce reduction.

Google

Google has downsized its smart TV division by 25% to adjust its strategy.

Intel

Intel is planning to lay off 15% to 20% of workers in its Intel Foundry division.

Playtika

Playtika announced layoffs affecting around 90 employees.

Airtime

Airtime has laid off around 25 employees.

Microsoft

Microsoft is laying off more employees following previous cuts.

May 2025

Hims & Hers

Hims & Hers is downsizing its workforce by letting go of 68 employees.

Amazon

Amazon is reportedly laying off around 100 employees from its devices and services division.

Microsoft

Microsoft will cut over 6,500 jobs, affecting 3% of its global workforce.

Chegg

Chegg plans to let go of 248 employees to reduce expenses.

Match

Match is reducing its workforce by 13% as part of a reorganization.

CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike is laying off 5% of its workforce.

General Fusion

General Fusion has cut roughly 25% of its current workforce.

Deep Instinct

Deep Instinct has reduced its headcount by 20 employees.

Beam

Beam has shut down its operations.

April 2025

NetApp

NetApp is reportedly eliminating 700 jobs as part of a reorganization.

Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts is reportedly letting go of approximately 300 to 400 employees.

Expedia

Expedia is laying off around 3% of its employees.

Cars24

Cars24 has reduced its workforce by about 200 employees.

Meta

Meta is letting go of over 100 employees in its Reality Labs division.

Intel

Intel announced its plan to lay off more than 21,000 employees.

GM

GM is laying off 200 people amid the EV slowdown.

Zopper

Zopper has reportedly let go of around 100 employees this year.

Turo

Turo will reduce its workforce by 150 positions.

GupShup

GupShup laid off approximately 200 employees.

Forto

Forto has reportedly eliminated 200 jobs.

Wicresoft

Wicresoft will stop its operations in China, affecting around 2,000 employees.

Five9

Five9 plans to cut 123 jobs.

Google

Google has laid off hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices division.

Microsoft

Microsoft is contemplating additional layoffs.

Automattic

Automattic is laying off 16% of its workforce.

Canva

Canva has laid off 10 to 12 technical writers.

March 2025

Northvolt

Northvolt has laid off 2,800 employees, affecting 62% of its total staff.

Block

Block let go of 931 employees as part of a reorganization.

Brightcove

Brightcove has laid off 198 employees.

Acxiom

Acxiom has reportedly laid off 130 employees.

Sequoia Capital

Sequoia plans to close its Washington, D.C. office.

Siemens

Siemens announced plans to let go of approximately 5,600 jobs globally.

HelloFresh

HelloFresh is reportedly laying off 273 employees.

Otorio

Otorio has cut 45 employees.

ActiveFence

ActiveFence will reportedly reduce 22 employees.

D-ID

D-ID will cut 22 jobs.

NASA

NASA announced it will be shutting down several of its offices.

Zonar Systems

Zonar Systems has reportedly laid off some staff, but details are unclear.

Wayfair

Wayfair announced plans to let go of 340 employees.

HPE

HPE will cut 2,500 employees.

TikTok

TikTok will cut up to 300 workers in Dublin.

LiveRamp

LiveRamp announced it will lay off 65 employees.

Ola Electric

Ola Electric is reportedly set to lay off over 1,000 employees.

Rec Room

Rec Room reduced its total headcount by 16%.

ANS Commerce

ANS Commerce was shut down.

February 2025

HP

HP will cut up to 2,000 jobs as part of its restructuring plan.

GrubHub

GrubHub announced 500 job cuts post-acquisition.

Autodesk

Autodesk announced plans to lay off 1,350 employees.

Google

Google is planning to cut employees in its People Operations and cloud organizations.

Nautilus

Nautilus reduced its headcount by 25 employees.

eBay

eBay will reportedly cut a few dozen employees in Israel.

Starbucks

Starbucks cut 1,100 jobs in a reorganizing effort.

Commercetools

Commercetools laid off dozens of employees due to unmet sales targets.

Dayforce

Dayforce will cut roughly 5% of its workforce.

Expedia

Expedia laid off more employees.

Skybox Security

Skybox Security has ceased operations, affecting about 300 people.

HerMD

HerMD is shutting down operations.

Zendesk

Zendesk cut 51 jobs in San Francisco.

Vendease

Vendease has cut 120 employees.

Logically

Logically laid off dozens of employees.

Blue Origin

Blue Origin will lay off about 10% of its workforce.

Redfin

Redfin announced it will cut around 450 positions.

Sophos

Sophos is laying off 6% of its workforce.

Zepz

Zepz will cut nearly 200 employees.

Unity

Unity reportedly conducted another round of layoffs.

JustWorks

JustWorks cut nearly 200 employees.

Bird

Bird cut 120 jobs.

Sprinklr

Sprinklr laid off about 500 employees.

Sonos

Sonos reportedly let go of approximately 200 employees.

Workday

Workday laid off 1,750 employees.

Okta

Okta laid off 180 employees.

Cruise

Cruise is laying off 50% of its workforce.

Salesforce

Salesforce is reportedly eliminating more than 1,000 jobs.

January 2025

Cushion

Cushion has shut down operations.

Placer.ai

Placer.ai laid off 150 employees.

Amazon

Amazon laid off dozens of workers in its communications department.

Stripe

Stripe is laying off 300 people.

Textio

Textio laid off 15 employees.

Pocket FM

Pocket FM is cutting 75 employees.

Aurora Solar

Aurora Solar is planning to cut 58 employees.

Meta

Meta announced it will cut 5% of its staff.

Wayfair

Wayfair will cut up to 730 jobs.

Pandion

Pandion is shutting down its operations.

Icon

Icon is laying off 114 employees.

Altruist

Altruist eliminated 37 jobs.

Aqua Security

Aqua Security is cutting dozens of employees.

SolarEdge Technologies

SolarEdge Technologies plans to lay off 400 employees.

Level

The fintech startup has shut down earlier this year.

This list will continue to be updated regularly as new information becomes available. The ongoing shifts in the tech industry highlight the challenges that companies face as they adapt to evolving market conditions and the increasing influence of AI.

Source: TechCrunch News