Job cuts reshaped the technology industry in 2025, reaching semiconductor manufacturers, cloud businesses, e-commerce companies and startups. Companies cited different reasons, including cost reductions, management changes, mergers, and shifting investment priorities. Artificial intelligence appeared in some restructuring plans, but it wasn’t the established cause of every layoff.
Layoffs affected 122,606 workers at 278 companies across 333 layoff events in 2025, according to figures checked on October 24, 2026. Those figures reflect the tracker’s coverage and methodology, not an exhaustive count of all technology-sector job losses. Major announcements during the year included Intel restructuring, Microsoft job cuts, and Amazon’s October plan to eliminate about 14,000 corporate roles.
The TechAmerica.ai Tech Layoffs 2025 archive brings together reporting, including company announcements, disclosed workforce reductions and changes in the industry’s hiring priorities. Read our 2025 technology layoffs overview alongside individual stories for additional context. Announcements and employees’ actual departure dates can fall in different periods, so check dates and estimates against their original sources.
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Payoneer planned approximately 30 layoffs in Israel and a similar number overseas in December 2025, according to CTech. The payments company confirmed changes to its product and technology teams as part of a broader restructuring.
Tenstorrent reduced its workforce by 7.5% in December 2025 as CEO Jim Keller shifted its sales strategy toward developers and smaller businesses. The company denied that financial pressure…
Zebra Technologies began exiting its Fetch Robotics-based autonomous mobile robot business in December 2025, prompting reported employee departures. The company later sold the unit to Skild…
Israeli sales intelligence startup Lusha announced plans to cut approximately 24 jobs, or 8% of its workforce, in December 2025. The company said the restructuring would redirect resources…
Amazon disclosed plans to eliminate 84 jobs across Seattle, Bellevue and remote positions in Washington state. Amazon scheduled the February 2026 separations separately from its broader…
The 2025 tech layoffs affected major technology companies and smaller startups across the industry. Intel, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta announced workforce reductions as they reorganized…
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