The technology industry has faced a persistent wave of layoffs throughout 2025, building on the massive job cuts seen in previous years. According to independent tracker Layoffs.fyi, more than 150,000 workers lost their jobs across 549 companies in 2024 alone. In 2025, the trend continues, with over 22,000 employees affected so far, including a staggering 16,084 cuts in February. This article provides a comprehensive, month-by-month account of known tech layoffs in 2025, highlighting the companies and the scale of reductions.

As businesses continue to embrace artificial intelligence and automation, this tracker serves as a reminder of the human impact of layoffs and what could be at stake with increased innovation. Below is a detailed list of all known tech layoffs in 2025, updated regularly.

December

Zebra Technologies

Zebra Technologies is winding down its autonomous mobile robot (AMR) business, which was built after acquiring Fetch Robotics in 2021. The Illinois-based company is considering selling the AMR unit or shutting it down, with most employees expected to leave by the end of 2025.

Amazon

Amazon is cutting 84 jobs in Seattle and Bellevue in its latest round of layoffs. The reductions affect roles across engineering, recruiting, software development, and product management. Affected employees will receive at least 90 days of pay, benefits, and transition assistance.

Lusha

Lusha is laying off 8% of its workforce, about 24 employees, as part of a restructuring to reallocate resources toward new growth areas. The Israeli sales intelligence startup will continue hiring for key roles while focusing on future market needs.

Tenstorrent

Tenstorrent has cut 7.5% of its workforce, reducing headcount to about 1,000. The AI chip startup is shifting focus from enterprise customers to individual developers while continuing work on its chiplet-based roadmap.

Payoneer

Payoneer will let go of about 30 employees in Israel and a similar number overseas, bringing the total reduction to roughly 6% of its global workforce.

VSCO

VSCO laid off 24 employees as part of a restructuring to refocus on tools for professional photographers. CEO Eric Wittman stated that consumer demand fell short and recent expansion efforts hadn't delivered as hoped.

Mobileye

Mobileye is cutting 200 employees, about 4% of its global workforce. With over 3,000 of its 4,300 employees based in Israel, most cuts will affect local teams.

Inside Inbound Health

Inside Inbound Health shut down on December 1. The hospital-at-home startup had raised more than $50 million.

November

Intel

Intel continued its plan to cut a significant amount of its workforce, eliminating 59 Bay Area jobs effective November 30.

HP

HP is set to cut 4,000 to 6,000 jobs worldwide by 2028 as it aims to streamline operations and leverage AI to boost efficiency.

Apple

Apple is cutting several sales positions handling accounts ranging from business and schools to government agencies as it moves to streamline its sales operations.

Monarch Tractor

Monarch Tractor told employees it may lay off more than 100 workers or shut down entirely, following weeks of staff cuts across its California offices and teams in India and Singapore.

Playtika

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

Pipe

Pipe has laid off about 200 employees, roughly half its workforce, as part of its push toward profitability and greater operational efficiency.

Synopsys

Synopsys plans to cut roughly 10% of its workforce, about 2,000 employees, and close several sites as part of a restructuring tied to its acquisition of Ansys.

Deepwatch

Deepwatch laid off between 60 and 80 employees, citing artificial intelligence as a factor behind the decision. The cybersecurity firm employs roughly 250 people.

Axonius

Axonius is cutting roughly 10% of its staff, about 100 employees, to streamline operations.

MyBambu

MyBambu is set to permanently close its local operations, laying off all 141 employees in two waves.

Hewlett-Packard

HP is removing 52 positions at its San Jose campus, affecting cloud development, engineering, and product management roles.

October

Amazon

Amazon announced an overall reduction of approximately 14,000 corporate roles. Since that news, Amazon has laid off 660 employees across multiple New York City offices.

Rivian

Rivian is cutting 600 jobs, about 4% of its workforce, amid an EV market pullback, marking its third layoff this year.

Meta

Meta laid off approximately 600 employees across its AI infrastructure units, including the FAIR team and other product-related roles.

Applied Materials

Applied Materials plans to cut about 4% of its workforce, roughly 1,400 jobs, to streamline operations amid tighter U.S. semiconductor export controls.

Handshake

Handshake laid off around 100 employees, about 15% of its U.S. workforce, affecting various roles across its recruiting business.

Smartsheet

Smartsheet has laid off over 120 employees amid a leadership transition following CEO Mark Mader's retirement. The company was acquired for $8.4 billion by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners.

Google

Google has cut over 100 design roles in its cloud division, hitting U.S.-based teams especially hard, as the company shifts focus toward AI investments.

Paycom

Paycom is laying off over 500 employees due to AI and automation improving back-office efficiencies.

September

Just Eat

Just Eat will eliminate around 450 jobs as part of a cost and operations review, with layoffs spanning multiple functions and countries.

Fiverr

Fiverr plans to cut around 250 jobs, approximately 30% of its workforce, as part of a push to become an AI-focused company.

ZipRecruiter

ZipRecruiter is closing its Tel Aviv development center, cutting about 80 jobs, as it trims costs amid a challenging labor market.

GupShup

GupShup has laid off at least 100 employees, months after cutting nearly 200 jobs. The conversational AI company is preparing for an IPO.

xAI

xAI laid off about a third of its data annotation team, cutting roughly 500 jobs, as it shifts focus from generalist AI tutors to specialist roles.

Rivian

Rivian laid off about 200 workers, or 1.5% of its staff, as it braces for the end of federal EV tax credits.

Oracle

Oracle cut another 101 jobs in Seattle and 254 in San Francisco, following a wave of August layoffs.

Salesforce

Salesforce is trimming another 262 jobs at its San Francisco headquarters, set to take effect November 3.

August

Cisco

Cisco eliminated 221 positions across its Milpitas and San Francisco offices as part of its broader workforce-reduction strategy.

Restaurant365

Restaurant365 laid off about 100 employees, around 9% of its workforce, after falling short of ambitious growth targets.

Oracle

Oracle set to cut 101 jobs at its Santa Clara location, along with 161 employees in Seattle.

F5

F5 cut 106 positions in Seattle and Liberty Lake, Washington, as part of a global workforce reduction.

Peloton

Peloton cut 6% of its workforce in its sixth layoff in just over a year.

Kaltura

Kaltura cut 10% of its workforce, about 70 employees, as part of a cost-saving effort.

Yotpo

Yotpo laid off about 200 employees, roughly 34% of its global workforce, as it shuts down its email and SMS marketing operations.

Windsurf

Windsurf laid off 30 employees and offered buyouts to the remaining 200 after being acquired by Cognition.

Wondery

Wondery cut 100 jobs and CEO Jen Sargent departed as Amazon reorganizes its audio operations.

July

Atlassian

Atlassian cut 150 roles in customer service and support following enhancements to its platform.

Consensys

Consensys cut about 7% of its workforce, or 47 employees, as part of a push toward profitability.

Zeen

Zeen shut down operations, highlighting challenges social media startups face.

Scale AI

Scale AI laid off around 200 employees, roughly 14% of its workforce, and severed ties with 500 global contractors.

Lenovo

Lenovo plans to cut more than 100 U.S. full-time jobs, about 3% of its workforce.

Intel

Intel reportedly laid off nearly 2,400 workers in Oregon.

Indeed + Glassdoor

Indeed and Glassdoor eliminated approximately 1,300 jobs combined as part of a larger restructuring.

Eigen Lab

Eigen Lab laid off 29 employees, affecting 25% of its workforce.

Microsoft

Microsoft cut 9,000 employees, less than 4% of its global workforce.

ByteDance

ByteDance laid off 65 employees in Bellevue, Washington.

June

TomTom

TomTom cut 300 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, amid the AI shift.

Rivian

Rivian reduced headcount by approximately 140 employees.

Bumble

Bumble cut approximately 240 jobs, or 30% of its workforce.

Klue

Klue laid off 85 employees, about 40% of its workforce.

Google

Google downsized its smart TV division by 25% of its 300-member team.

Intel

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

Playtika

Playtika let go of around 90 employees.

Airtime

Airtime let go of around 25 employees.

Microsoft

Microsoft laid off more employees after a job cut of over 6,500 in May.

May

Hims & Hers

Hims & Hers downsized its workforce by 68 employees.

Amazon

Amazon laid off around 100 employees from its devices and services division.

Microsoft

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

Chegg

Chegg let go of 248 employees, about 22% of its workforce.

Match

Match reduced its workforce by 13%.

CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike laid off 5% of its global workforce, around 500 people.

General Fusion

General Fusion cut roughly 25% of its workforce.

Deep Instinct

Deep Instinct reduced headcount by 20 employees.

Beam

Beam shut down operations, letting go of approximately 200 employees.

April

NetApp

NetApp eliminated 700 jobs, affecting 6% of its workforce.

Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts let go of approximately 300 to 400 employees.

Expedia

Expedia laid off around 3% of its employees.

Cars24

Cars24 reduced its workforce by about 200 employees.

Meta

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

Intel

Intel laid off more than 21,000 employees, roughly 20% of its workforce.

GM

GM laid off 200 people at its Factory Zero in Detroit.

Zopper

Zopper let go of around 100 employees since the start of 2025.

Turo

Turo reduced its workforce by 150 positions.

GupShup

GupShup laid off roughly 200 employees.

Forto

Forto eliminated 200 jobs.

Wicresoft

Wicresoft stopped operations in China, affecting around 2,000 employees.

Five9

Five9 cut 123 jobs.

Google

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

Microsoft

Microsoft contemplated additional layoffs.

Automattic

Automattic laid off 16% of its workforce.

Canva

Canva let go of 10 to 12 technical writers.

March

Northvolt

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

Block

Block let go of 931 employees, around 8% of its workforce.

Brightcove

Brightcove laid off 198 employees, two-thirds of its U.S. workforce.

Acxiom

Acxiom laid off 130 employees.

Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital closed its Washington, D.C., office and let go of its policy team.

Siemens

Siemens let go of approximately 5,600 jobs globally.

HelloFresh

HelloFresh laid off 273 employees.

Otorio

Otorio cut 45 employees after being acquired.

ActiveFence

ActiveFence reduced 22 employees.

D-ID

D-ID cut 22 jobs.

NASA

NASA shut down several offices.

Zonar Systems

Zonar Systems laid off some staff.

Wayfair

Wayfair let go of 340 employees in its technology division.

HPE

HPE cut 2,500 employees.

TikTok

TikTok cut up to 300 workers in Dublin.

LiveRamp

LiveRamp laid off 65 employees.

Ola Electric

Ola Electric laid off over 1,000 employees and contractors.

Rec Room

Rec Room reduced headcount by 16%.

ANS Commerce

ANS Commerce was shut down.

February

HP

HP cut up to 2,000 jobs.

GrubHub

GrubHub announced 500 job cuts.

Autodesk

Autodesk laid off 1,350 employees.

Google

Google cut employees in People Operations and cloud teams.

Nautilus

Nautilus reduced headcount by 25 employees.

eBay

eBay cut a few dozen employees in Israel.

Starbucks

Starbucks cut 1,100 jobs affecting tech workers.

Commercetools

Commercetools laid off dozens of employees.

Dayforce

Dayforce cut roughly 5% of its workforce.

Expedia

Expedia laid off more employees.

Skybox Security

Skybox Security ceased operations, laying off roughly 300 people.

HerMD

HerMD shut down operations.

Zendesk

Zendesk cut 51 jobs in San Francisco.

Vendease

Vendease cut 120 employees.

Logically

Logically laid off dozens of employees.

Blue Origin

Blue Origin laid off about 10% of its workforce, more than 1,000 employees.

Redfin

Redfin cut around 450 positions.

Sophos

Sophos laid off 6% of its workforce.

Zepz

Zepz cut nearly 200 employees.

Unity

Unity conducted another round of layoffs.

JustWorks

JustWorks cut nearly 200 employees.

Bird

Bird cut 120 jobs, roughly one-third of its workforce.

Sprinklr

Sprinklr laid off about 500 employees.

Sonos

Sonos let go of approximately 200 employees.

Workday

Workday laid off 1,750 employees.

Okta

Okta laid off 180 employees.

Cruise

Cruise laid off 50% of its workforce, including CEO Marc Whitten.

Salesforce

Salesforce eliminated more than 1,000 jobs.

January

Cushion

Cushion shut down operations.

Placer.ai

Placer.ai laid off 150 employees.

Amazon

Amazon laid off dozens of workers in its communications department.

Stripe

Stripe laid off 300 people.

Textio

Textio laid off 15 employees.

Pocket FM

Pocket FM cut 75 employees.

Aurora Solar

Aurora Solar cut 58 employees.

Meta

Meta cut 5% of its staff targeting low performers.

Wayfair

Wayfair cut up to 730 jobs.

Pandion

Pandion shut down operations, affecting 63 employees.

Icon

Icon laid off 114 employees.

Altruist

Altruist eliminated 37 jobs.

Aqua Security

Aqua Security cut dozens of employees.

SolarEdge Technologies

SolarEdge laid off 400 employees.

Level

Level fintech startup shut down.

This list updates regularly. On April 24, 2025, we corrected the number of layoffs that happened in March.

Source: TechCrunch News