"that same technology that's going to put tremendous pressure on our industry in the short term, it will become an enabler" — 21 people laid off (<1% of staff) over the weeks before the 2026-07-14 Globe article; company declined to give a reason ('said without further comment'). New CEO Wael Mohamed (took over June 2026) made the quoted remark about AI pressure on the industry generally — not an explicit attribution of these cuts to AI, so AI framing is press-side. Location of cuts not specified in article; company is Boston-based. Same article reports separate Snyk cuts of ~90.