Cutline

2024-08-012026-09-15

Tech cut jobs. AI got the byline. The filings say more.

A two-year ledger of announced tech reductions. Industry totals follow Layoffs.fyi. Each named event is graded for whether AI actually did the work, paid the bill, or just supplied the press quote.

Census totals are not the sum of the table below. Named events are the rounds we could audit. Oracle’s September 2026 wave has no official count and is excluded from sums.

Named events, by month

Sum of disclosed headcount in this view · 186,223 people

How we graded the AI claim

  • 14,485
  • 83,150
  • 41,448
  • 39,140
  • 8,000

Task replacement is the rare grade. Most of the people sit in “funds AI spend” or “efficiency.”

Events

53 rows

Largest named companies in this view

  1. 01Amazon3 events31,110
  2. 02Microsoft4 events22,350
  3. 03Oracle2 events21,000
  4. 04Intel2 events16,255
  5. 05Meta4 events13,700
  6. 06Dell1 event11,000
  7. 07Cisco2 events9,600
  8. 08IBM1 event8,000

Last compiled 15 September 2026. Open any row for geography, roles, and the audit note. Industry year tiles are the census; the table is the docket we checked.