A comprehensive list of 2023 tech layoffs

Last year’s techwide reckoning continues. The tech industry has seen more than 240,000 jobs lost in 2023, a total that’s already 50% higher than last year and growing. Earlier this year, mass workforce reductions were driven by the biggest names in tech like Google , Amazon , Microsoft , Yahoo , Meta and Zoom . Startups across many sectors also announced cutbacks through the first half of the year. And while tech layoffs slowed down in the summer and fall, it appears that cuts are ramping up yet again .

Many economists have cautioned against fears of a recession, which would seem like a reason for optimism . But the momentum for a tech sector rebound has been slow to build, resulting in tech companies continuing to cut back on their workforces and pivot from a growth mindset to one based on efficiency in the face of stubborn market conditions.

But tracking these layoffs helps us to understand the impact on innovation, which companies are facing tough pressures and who is available to hire for the businesses lucky to be growing right now. Unfortunately, it also serves as a reminder of the deeply human impact of layoffs and how risk profiles could evolve from here .ÂÂ

Below you’ll find a comprehensive list of all the known layoffs in tech that have occurred in 2023, to be updated monthly. If you have a tip on a layoff, contact us . If you prefer to remain anonymous, you can contact us .

The running total of layoffs for 2023 based on full months to date is 224,503, according to Layoffs.fyi . Tech layoffs conducted to date this year currently exceed the total number of tech layoffs in 2022, according to the data in the tracker.

January: 89,554 employees laid off — see all January 2023 Tech Layoffs February: 40,021 employees laid off — see all February 2023 Tech Layoffs March: 37,823 employees laid off — see all March 2023 Tech Layoffs April: 20,014 employees laid off — see all April 2023 Tech Layoffs May: 14,928 employees laid off — see all May 2023 Tech Layoffs June: 10,958 employees laid off — see all June 2023 Tech Layoffs July: 10,589 employees laid off — see all July 2023 Tech Layoffs August: 9,545 employees laid off — see all August 2023 Tech Layoffs September: 4,632 employees laid off — see all September 2023 Tech Layoffs October: 7,331 employees laid off — see all October 2023 Tech Layoffs Data visualization by November 2023 Virgin Galactic Said in a memo to staff November 8 it is cutting costs and reducing staff. The number of employees impacted is currently unknown. Ubisoft Montreal Confirmed November 7 it will cut 98 roles in business administration and IT. Ubisoft said 124 positions will be eliminated overall across Canada, including reductions in its global IT team and its VFX studio, Hybride. Nextdoor Revealed in its Q3 earnings that it is reducing its workforce by 25%. Beyond Meat Announced cuts November 6 affecting around 19% of its non-production employees. The plant-based meat company says it will also review its entire global operations for cost-cutting opportunities. Ava Labs Is cutting 12% of its workforce, CEO Emin Gün Sirer confirmed November 6. OpenSea Laid off about 50% of its staff, the company confirmed November 3. CEO Devin Finzer posted a statement on X saying the NFT marketplace is now focused on “OpenSea 2.0.” Starz Is laying off more than 10% of its staff ahead of the company spinning out from Lionsgate, CEO Jeffrey Hirsch announced November 3. The network and streaming app will also exit Australia and the U.K. Faire Laid off about 250 people November 3 as part of restructuring. The wholesale marketplace raised a $416 million extension at a $12.6 billion valuation last year. Niu Confirmed to TechCrunch November 3 that it is issuing a round of layoffs affecting about 10% of their workforce, citing “fierce competition.” 100 Thieves Is reducing its workforce by 20%, CEO John Robinson announced November 2. The esports brand is spinning out its game studio as well as its energy drink brand, Juvee. OpenSpace Conducted a round of layoffs, CEO Jeevan Kalanithi announced November 2. The number of employees impacted by the layoffs has yet to be reported. Informatica Is laying off 10% of its global workforce, the cloud data management company announced in its Q3 results November 1. Splunk Is set to cut around 500 employees CEO Gary Steele said in a message to employees November 1 ahead of its planned acquisition by Cisco. October 2023 Bungie Is laying off about 100 employees, CEO Pete Parsons announced 10/30. The Sony-owned game studio is also delaying two of its upcoming titles as a result. Karat Reportedly cut an estimated 10% of its workforce October 27 after the financial startup for creators raised a $70 million Series B round earlier this year. Hippo Plans to eliminate 120 roles, the company said in an SEC filing October 30. Liberty Mutual Plans to cut 850 members of its staff, the insurance company confirmed October 27. Salsify Cut 110 jobs and are moving some roles abroad, CEO and co-founder Jason Purcell announced October 25. Slync Is shutting down, months after its former CEO Chris Kirchner was arrested on fraud charges and sued the company to pay for his legal bills. Shipt Announced October 24 in a company statement that it laid off 3.5% of their workforce and will close many open roles. Pebble The X alternative previously known as T2 announced October 24 that it is shutting down its operations. Nokia Announced October 19 that it will cut up to 14,000 jobs, or 16% of its workforce, following a sizable dip in Q3. Roblox China Cut 15 roles on October 24, two years after the joint effort with Tencent abruptly paused its service. Tropic Eliminated 26 roles, CEO David Campbell confirmed in a LinkedIn post October 21. Convoy Is halting operations due to a “massive freight recession,” CEO Dan Lewis announced in a memo October 19, a week after laying off 20% of its workforce. LegalZoom Plans to lay off more than 100 workers in its sales division, the company disclosed in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act letter. Plume Laid off more than two dozen workers, TechCrunch learned October 18, about a year after the trans healthcare startup raised a $24 million Series B. Google Eliminated at least 40 roles in its news division, Google confirmed October 18. Expedia Group Cut around 100 jobs, Skift reports, in its second round of layoffs in recent months. The cuts reportedly impacted employees across data and AI. Stack Overflow Laid off 28% of its staff, more than likely impacting 100 people, the Prosus-owned company announced October 16. Bandcamp Eliminated 50% of its staff on October 16 after ownership changed from video game company Epic to music licensing platform Songtradr. LinkedIn Confirmed October 16 that it will cut 668 more jobs, bringing the total to nearly 1,400 this year, with the bulk of the most recent cuts impacting those with R&D roles. Flexport On October 13 began laying off 20% of its workers, about 600 people, as it prepares for restructuring, and continues a cost-cutting campaign that began with rescinding offers and working to lease office space. Qualcomm Is cutting 1,258 jobs in two of its California offices. According to a filing with the California Employment Development Department, the semiconductor company plans to make the reductions in December. Blue Origin Laid off 40 people October 10, including software engineers and program managers, according to The Information. Stitch Fix Will lay off 558 employees after the personal styling subscription service closes a distribution center in Dallas. Synapse Confirmed October 6 that it had laid off 86 people, about 40% of the a16z-backed fintech company. Earlier in the year, Synapse laid off 18% of its employees after its growth slowed. Bird Issued a new round of layoffs after acquiring Spin, according to an email interim CEO Michael Washinushi sent to the company. The layoffs came one week after the company was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange, and the exact number remains unknown. Qualtrics Announced on October 4 that 780 roles are being eliminated and that “several hundred” roles are changing or moving locations in 2024. Hopper Is reducing its full-time staff by 30%, amounting to 250 job cuts, the company announced October 3. Chainalysis Announced October 2 that it is laying off around 15% of its workforce, affecting approximately 150 employees. September 2023 IronNet In a regulatory filing published September 29, the cybersecurity startup Is reportedly cutting at least 25 contract developers, two sources familiar with the situation told Kotaku. Epic Games Announced on September 28 that the in less than 14 months. Byju’s Announced on September 26, the company in its talent acquisition organization. No other teams are impacted. Divvy Homes Announced on September 11 that it is out of the 270+ at the company, including C-suite executives. Roku Announced September 6 that it plans to August 2023 Malwarebytes Announced on August 31 that it of its workforce. SecureWorks Announced on August 14 that it will . NCC Group globally. Mobile Premier League Announced on August 8 that it is since the beginning of the quarter. Discord . Tekion Announced on August 2 by Inc42, the startup laid off around 300 employees or 10% of its workforce. Of the 300 employees being let go, about 200 were from Tekion’s India office. Planet Announced on August 1 that it is laying off July 2023 Dunzo Announced July 19 that it is postponing employee salaries for a month and plans a new . Skill-Lync Announced on July 13 that the Indian startup has on July 9 that the company is . These layoffs are in addition to the , about 90 people. June 2023 Niantic Announced June 29 that it it laid off around 90 employees. Plex Announced June 29 that it , or 11% of its staff. Olx Group Announced on June 20 that it has , a majority of the workforce. Tada Operated by Korean ride-sharing company Socar’s subsidiary VCNC announced on June 15 that it , it is not clear how many people were impacted. Ursa Major At least , leading to a workforce reduction of 2%. This comes just a few months after the company announced a May 2023 Taxfix Announced on May 30 that it has . In total, about 21,000 people have lost their jobs at Meta since November. JioMart Reliance Retail’s online shopping platform . In April, the firm had 18 employees including the founders. On May 18, the site shows only 14 team members. TuSimple Announced May 18 that it is across the company. LinkedIn Announced May 8 that it is less than . This comes after its first round of layoffs, which eliminated 150 roles about a year ago. Shopify Announced May 4 that it is . It’s also selling its logistics business to Flexport for roughly 13% in stock. Bishop Fox Announced May 3 that it by the move. April 2023 Clubhouse Announced April 27 that it has that Clubhouse had close to 100 employees. Dropbox Announced April 27 that it , among other divisions. The layoffs are part of the , this brings the total to 27,000 job cuts or 8% of Amazon’s corporate workforce this year. Rapid Announced on April 25, Rapid, previously known as RapidAPI, . Lyft Announced on April 21 that , or about 1,072 people as promised on April 27. Meta Announced April 18th that it is expected to . Redfin Announced April 13th that it has on its corporate retail teams. March 2023 Netflix Announced on March 31, Netflix confirms a “handful of layoffs,” . The company had — just over four months after cutting about 350 roles in November. Shift Technologies Announced March 29 that it , to be completed by the end of Q2 2023. GitHub Announced on March 28 that it has to cut roughly 10% of its workforce by end of Q1 2023. Disney On March 27 in an internal memo to employees, . Salesforce On March 24, Bloomberg reported that ongoing job cutting at the CRM leader and in tech in general. If the layoffs happen, it would come on top of the 10% cut in January. Accenture Announced March 23 that it . Roofstock Announced March 22 that it has laid off. Amazon Announced March 20 another round of substantial layoffs, . Course Hero Announced March 16 that it has . Microsoft As a part of its recent announcement to layoff 10,000 people,Microsoft laid off 559 workers from its Bellevue and Redmond operations. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed rumors March 14 that the company will be . Salesforce…continued Salesforce first announced that it was laying off 10% of the workforce in . SiriusXM Announced on March 6, the , leaving about 800 employees at the startup. Cerebral Announced March 1, the company is . Combined with the — approximately 500 employees. February 2023 Twitter Announced on February 26, the , primarily in the U.S. The company employs roughly 800+ employees. Green Labs We do not have an exact figure of how many Green Labs plans to lay off its staff. . Evernote On February 17 the , in Q4 of 2022. Convoy Announced on February 16 that it is . iRobot Announced on February 13 that it will Announced on February 13 that it will through the end of the company’s fiscal year. Before this announcement, which was first reported by Fortune, GitHub had about 3,000 employees. Yahoo Announced on February 9, . The round of redundancies will impact around 114 people, though that specific figure is dependent on its actual headcount as of February 9. Affirm Announced on February 8 that it is on February 7. VinFast VinFast has not shared how many employees have been cut, but a LinkedIn post from a former employee said Announced February 6, . Pinterest Announced February 2, within weeks of the first round in December 2022. Rivian Announced on February 1, January 2023 SoFi Technologies Announced on January 31, reported by The Wall Street Journal. NetApp Announced on January 31, Impacting . Impossible Foods Reportedly Bloomberg reported first. PayPal Announced on January 30, . Waymo The self-driving technology unit under Alphabet The Information and several posts on LinkedIn and Blind. It’s not yet clear how many of Waymo’s staff will be affected. Spotify Announced on January 23, , equating to 12,000 employees. These cuts impact divisions such as Fandom The entertainment company announced an unspecified number of employees impacted across multiple properties on January 20. According to a report by Variety, the Announced plans to . Microsoft As announced on January 18, Announced on January 17, Announced on January 15, ShareChat . SmartNews Announced on January 12 a Alphabet’s robot software firm, Intrinsic, is of 485 employees. Career Karma Learning navigation platform Career Karma laid off . DirectTV Announced on January 12 globally. Carta Announced on January 11, the equity management platform . Coinbase To , which eliminated 18% of its workforce, or nearly 1,100 jobs last June. SuperRare The NFT marketplace is Amazon Announced on January 5, round of layoffs in November of 2022. On January 19, the company announced it would end Salesforce Announced on January 4 that it’s had just found out they were also a part of the 10% layoff announcement. Vimeo Announced on January 4, cutting

Based on reporting by techcrunch.com.