67,651
Worldwide verified job cuts ▼ 55% vs Q2 2026
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
353
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 1% of the total
AI or automation named as a cause, in the company’s own words.
Every figure below is a live link: click any number, company or industry to open the exact rows and sources behind it, filtered to this period.
Across 615 separate verified layoff events in 15 countries · 2,606 AI-attributed including announced plans.
AI, in the employer’s own words 2 attributions this period, each with its source
This is the receipt behind the number above. Every cut we count as AI carries the company’s own statement, quoted verbatim, and a link to where they said it. Nothing here is inferred.
- Sprout Social, Inc. AI named among the causes
“including its ongoing investments in AI-powered social intelligence”
See the source → - Patreon AI named among the causes
“Shifts to AI-First Strategy”
See the source →
Biggest single cuts
| Ideal US Talent Systems Worker OpCo LLC · RI | 9,891 |
| LAUSD · CA | 6,000 |
| Porsche · Germany | 5,000 |
| Microsoft Xbox | 3,200 |
| Xbox | 3,200 |