The tech industry is continuing to experience significant layoffs in 2025, with over 150,000 job cuts reported across 549 companies in 2024, according to Layoffs.fyi. So far this year, more than 22,000 workers have been affected by reductions in the tech industry, with a substantial 16,084 cuts occurring in February alone. To track the trajectory of these cutbacks and understand their impact on innovation, we are maintaining a comprehensive list of known tech layoffs in 2025, which will be updated regularly.
As companies increasingly adopt artificial intelligence and automation, this tracker highlights the human impact of layoffs and the potential consequences of heightened innovation. The list below includes all known tech layoffs that have taken place in 2025 and will be updated as new information becomes available. If you have information about a layoff, you can contact us here, or anonymously here.
June
Intel
Intel has announced plans to lay off 15% to 20% of workers in its Intel Foundry division, starting in July. The division designs, manufactures, and packages semiconductors for external clients. With a total workforce of 108,900 people as of December 2024, this move is expected to have a significant impact.
Playtika
Playtika has announced that it will be letting go of around 90 employees, with 40 in Israel and 50 in Poland. This round of job cuts comes after the Israel-based gaming company laid off 50 employees a few weeks ago.
Airtime
Airtime has confirmed that it has let go of around 25 employees from its 58-person team. The company, founded by Evernote’s founder Phil Libin, launched in 2020 and offers Airtime Creator and Airtime Camera.
Microsoft
Microsoft is laying off more employees, just a few weeks after announcing a job cut of over 6,500 in May. The latest layoffs affect software engineers, product managers, technical program managers, marketers, and legal counsels.
May
Hims & Hers
Hims & Hers plans to downsize its workforce by letting go of 68 employees, approximately 4% of its total staff. The San Francisco telehealth platform stated that its layoffs were unrelated to a U.S. ban on producing large quantities of the weight-loss drug Wegovy.
Amazon
Amazon is reportedly laying off around 100 employees from its devices and services division, which includes businesses like the Alexa voice assistant, Echo smart speakers, Ring video doorbells, and Zoox robotaxis.
Microsoft
Microsoft will cut over 6,500 jobs, affecting 3% of its worldwide workforce. As of June, the Seattle-headquartered company had a total of 228,000 employees globally.
Chegg
Chegg reportedly plans to let go of 248 employees, or about 22% of its workforce, to reduce expenses and improve efficiency. The San Francisco-based edtech startup has seen a drop in web traffic for months as students opt for AI tools instead of traditional edtech platforms.
Match
Match is reducing its workforce by 13% as part of a reorganization that aims to reduce costs, shore up margins, and streamline its organizational structure.
CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike is laying off 5% of its global workforce, or around 500 people. The company stated that the layoffs were part of a strategic plan to evolve its operations and yield greater efficiencies.
General Fusion
General Fusion has cut roughly 25% of its current workforce. The Vancouver-based company, which is developing a technology to generate fusion energy, has raised $440 million from investors.
Deep Instinct
Deep Instinct reduced its headcount by 20 employees, accounting for 10% of its total workforce. In April 2023, the Israeli cybersecurity startup had previously laid off a similar number of employees during a round of layoffs.
Beam
Beam has shut down its operations, months after announcing major expansion plans. The British climate startup has let go of approximately 200 employees.
April
NetApp
NetApp is reportedly eliminating 700 jobs, affecting 6% of its total workforce, as it reorganizes for operational efficiency. The company provides data storage, cloud services, and CloudOps solutions for businesses.
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts is reportedly letting go of approximately 300 to 400 employees, including around 100 at Respawn Entertainment, to focus on its long-term strategic priorities.
Expedia
Expedia is laying off around 3% of its employees as part of its restructuring. The job cuts will mainly affect midlevel positions in the product and technology teams.
Other companies that have laid off employees in April include Cars24, Meta, Intel, GM, Zopper, Turo, GupShup, Forto, Wicresoft, and Five9.
March
Northvolt
Northvolt has laid off 2,800 employees, affecting 62% of its total staff. The layoffs come weeks after the embattled Swedish battery maker filed for bankruptcy.
Block
Block let go of 931 employees, around 8% of its workforce, as part of a reorganization. Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and CEO of the fintech company, stated that the layoffs were not for financial reasons or to replace workers with AI.
Brightcove
Brightcove has laid off 198 employees, who make up about two-thirds of its U.S. workforce. The layoff comes a month after the company was acquired by Bending Spoons, an Italian app developer, for $233 million.
Acxiom
Acxiom has reportedly laid off 130 employees, or 3.5% of its total workforce of 3,700 people. Acxiom is owned by IPG, and the news comes just a day after IPG and Omnicom Group shareholders approved the companies’ potential merger.
Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital plans to close its office in Washington, D.C., and let go of its policy team there by the end of March. Sequoia opened its Washington office five years ago to deepen its relationship with policymakers.
Siemens
Siemens announced plans to let go of approximately 5,600 jobs globally in its automation and electric-vehicle charging businesses as part of efforts to improve competitiveness.
HelloFresh
HelloFresh is reportedly laying off 273 employees, closing its distribution center in Grand Prairie, Texas, and consolidating to another site in Irving to manage the volume in the region.
Otorio
Otorio has cut 45 employees, more than half of its workforce, after being acquired by cybersecurity company Armis for $120 million in March.
ActiveFence
ActiveFence will reportedly reduce 22 employees, representing 7% of its workforce. Most of those affected are based in Israel as the company undergoes a streamlining process.
D-ID
D-ID will cut 22 jobs, affecting nearly a quarter of its total workforce, following the announcement of the AI startup’s strategic partnership with Microsoft.
NASA
NASA announced it will be shutting down several of its offices in accordance with Elon Musk’s DOGE, including its Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy and the DEI branch in the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity.
Zonar Systems
Zonar Systems has reportedly laid off some staff, according to LinkedIn posts from ex-employees. The company has not confirmed the layoffs, and it is currently unknown how many workers were affected.
Wayfair
Wayfair announced plans to let go of 340 employees in its technology division as part of a new restructuring effort.
HPE
HPE will cut 2,500 employees, or 5% of its total staff, in response to its shares sliding 19% in the first fiscal quarter.
TikTok
TikTok will cut up to 300 workers in Dublin, accounting for roughly 10% of the company’s workforce in Ireland.
LiveRamp
LiveRamp announced it will lay off 65 employees, affecting 5% of its total workforce.
Ola Electric
Ola Electric is reportedly set to lay off over 1,000 employees and contractors in a cost-cutting effort. It’s the second round of cuts for the company in just five months.
Rec Room
Rec Room reduced its total headcount by 16% as the gaming startup shifts its focus to be “scrappier” and “more efficient.”
ANS Commerce
ANS Commerce was shut down just three years after it was acquired by Flipkart. It is currently unknown how many employees were affected.
February
HP
HP will cut up to 2,000 jobs as part of its “Future Now” restructuring plan that hopes to save the company $300 million before the end of its fiscal year.
GrubHub
GrubHub announced 500 job cuts after it was sold to Wonder Group for $650 million. The number of cuts affected more than 20% of its previous workforce.
Autodesk
Autodesk announced plans to lay off 1,350 employees, affecting 9% of its total workforce, in an attempt to reshape its GTM model.
Google is planning to cut employees in its People Operations and cloud organizations teams in a new reorganization effort.
Nautilus
Nautilus reduced its headcount by 25 employees, accounting for 16% of its total workforce. The company is planning to release a commercial version of its proteome analysis platform in 2026.
eBay
eBay will reportedly cut a few dozen employees in Israel, potentially affecting 10% of its 250-person workforce in the country.
Starbucks
Starbucks cut 1,100 jobs in a reorganizing effort that affected its tech workers. The coffee chain will now outsource some tech work to third-party employees.
Commercetools
Commercetools laid off dozens of employees over the last few weeks, including around 10% of staff in one day, after failing to meet its sales growth targets.
Dayforce
Dayforce will cut roughly 5% of its current workforce in a new efficiency drive to increase profitability and growth.
Expedia
Expedia laid off more employees in a new effort to cut costs, though the total number is unknown.
Skybox Security
Skybox Security has ceased operations and has laid off its employees after selling its business and technology to Israeli cybersecurity company Tufin.
HerMD
HerMD is shutting down its operations amid “ongoing challenges in healthcare.” It’s unclear the number of employees affected.
Zendesk
Zendesk cut 51 jobs in its San Francisco headquarters, according to state filings with the Employment Development Department.
Vendease
Vendease has cut 120 employees, affecting 44% of its total staff. It’s the Y Combinator-backed Nigerian startup’s second layoff round in just five months.
Logically
Logically reportedly laid off dozens of employees as part of a new cost-cutting effort that aims to ensure “long-term success” in the startup’s mission to curb misinformation online.
Blue Origin
Blue Origin will lay off about 10% of its workforce, affecting more than 1,000 employees. The cuts will largely have an impact on positions in engineering and program management.
Redfin
Redfin announced in an SEC filing that it will cut around 450 positions between February and July 2025, with a complete restructuring set to be completed in the fall, following its new partnership with Zillow.
Sophos
Sophos is laying off 6% of its total workforce, the cybersecurity firm confirmed to TechCr
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