What counts
An entry is a layoff or workforce reduction announced in 2025 or 2026 that a company, or a credible outlet reporting on it, explicitly tied to artificial intelligence or automation. "AI is the future" in a press release with no link to the cuts doesn't qualify.
Sources we use
- SEC filings: 8-K "Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities" reports, 10-Qs, 10-Ks, and exhibits.
- State WARN notices: the advance layoff notices U.S. employers have to file.
- Company statements: press releases, CEO memos the company published, shareholder letters, and earnings calls.
- Major outlets: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg, WSJ, CNBC, BBC, and the like.
- Aggregate data: Challenger, Gray & Christmas monthly job-cut reports, for context only. They aren't company entries.
Other trackers can point us to a story, but we only publish what we can trace back to a primary or major-outlet source. We don't copy anyone else's dataset.
Confidence levels
Confirmed The company itself cited AI, automation, or an AI-driven restructuring as a reason, in a filing, official statement, or executive remarks on the record.
Reported Credible outlets tied the cuts to AI, or the company cited AI only as background, gave mixed reasons, or later played down the AI connection. These are worth tracking, but read the notes.
Types of AI link
- AI/automation replacing work: the company says AI or automation now does work that people did.
- Cuts to fund AI: jobs cut so the money can go into AI products or infrastructure.
- AI disrupted the business: AI products from other companies hurt demand, as with Chegg.
- AI cited as context: AI mentioned as background to a broader restructuring.
Numbers
- We never make up or estimate a headcount. If a company gives only a percentage, the count is marked Undisclosed.
- When a company gives a range, the total uses the low end. When it gives only an upper bound ("fewer than 4,000"), the entry isn't counted in the total.
- Multi-year plans, such as "by 2030," are counted when announced, with a note.
- A drop in a company's headcount isn't treated as a layoff count.
What we don't do
We don't predict that a particular company will cut jobs. Our upcoming Risk Signals feature will show public warning signs and the reasons behind them. It won't make forecasts.
Corrections
Found an error? Use the tip form. Every entry shows the date it was last verified in the downloadable data. We fix mistakes quickly and say so publicly.
Data: CSV 路 JSON. Last updated Oct 18, 2026.