{
  "study": "The AI layoff ledger: what companies tell the press vs. what their WARN filings show",
  "url": "https://provenbrief.com/story/the-ai-layoff-ledger-what-companies-tell-the-press-vs-what-their-warn-filings-sh",
  "publisher": "ProvenBrief",
  "contentUpdatedAt": "2026-09-19T23:39:06.025Z",
  "terms": "Free to use with attribution to ProvenBrief and a link to the source page.",
  "tables": [
    {
      "key": "announced-ai-layoff-claims",
      "title": "Announced job cuts publicly linked to AI, by company",
      "measure": "Job cuts a company publicly announced or disclosed with an AI link, where the company or its tracker stated a count",
      "unit": "jobs",
      "rows": [
        {
          "key": "cisco",
          "label": "Cisco",
          "value": 4000,
          "note": "Company said fewer than 4,000 jobs would go as it reorganizes around AI",
          "source": "https://www.businessinsider.com/list-companies-replacing-human-employees-with-ai-layoffs-workforce-reductions"
        },
        {
          "key": "oracle",
          "label": "Oracle",
          "value": 21000,
          "note": "Net fiscal-year headcount decline, not an announced layoff count; filing says AI contributed to reductions",
          "source": "https://www.businessinsider.com/list-companies-replacing-human-employees-with-ai-layoffs-workforce-reductions"
        },
        {
          "key": "wisetech",
          "label": "Wisetech",
          "value": 2000,
          "note": "30 percent of staff, attributed by the CEO to AI-led efficiency",
          "source": "https://www.businessinsider.com/list-companies-replacing-human-employees-with-ai-layoffs-workforce-reductions"
        },
        {
          "key": "atlassian",
          "label": "Atlassian",
          "value": 1600,
          "note": "About 10 percent of the workforce, to reposition for the AI era",
          "source": "https://www.businessinsider.com/list-companies-replacing-human-employees-with-ai-layoffs-workforce-reductions"
        },
        {
          "key": "snap",
          "label": "Snap",
          "value": 1000,
          "note": "About 16 percent of the workforce; the company said it would cut 1,000 jobs, citing rapid advances in AI",
          "source": "https://www.businessinsider.com/list-companies-replacing-human-employees-with-ai-layoffs-workforce-reductions"
        },
        {
          "key": "cloudflare",
          "label": "Cloudflare",
          "value": 1100,
          "note": "More than 1,100 roles, about 20 percent of the company",
          "source": "https://www.businessinsider.com/list-companies-replacing-human-employees-with-ai-layoffs-workforce-reductions"
        },
        {
          "key": "salesforce",
          "label": "Salesforce",
          "value": 1000,
          "note": "Fewer than 1,000 workers; CEO says AI agents took support from 9,000 people to about 5,000",
          "source": "https://www.businessinsider.com/list-companies-replacing-human-employees-with-ai-layoffs-workforce-reductions"
        },
        {
          "key": "coinbase",
          "label": "Coinbase",
          "value": 700,
          "note": "The company said it would cut about 700 workers, 14 percent, citing market volatility and AI",
          "source": "https://www.businessinsider.com/list-companies-replacing-human-employees-with-ai-layoffs-workforce-reductions"
        },
        {
          "key": "angi",
          "label": "Angi",
          "value": 350,
          "note": "In part on AI-driven efficiency improvements",
          "source": "https://www.businessinsider.com/list-companies-replacing-human-employees-with-ai-layoffs-workforce-reductions"
        },
        {
          "key": "gitlab",
          "label": "GitLab",
          "value": 350,
          "note": "About 14 percent; company said jobs would go in an agentic-era restructuring, scope set on a June 2 call",
          "source": "https://www.businessinsider.com/list-companies-replacing-human-employees-with-ai-layoffs-workforce-reductions"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "key": "claims-vs-warn-year-one",
      "title": "The two sides: public AI-layoff claims versus New York WARN filings",
      "measure": "Count of companies on each side of the ledger: public claims versus New York WARN filings since the AI question went live in March 2025",
      "unit": "companies",
      "rows": [
        {
          "key": "public-claims",
          "label": "Companies with public AI-linked layoff claims (Business Insider tracker)",
          "value": 17,
          "note": "Tracker count as of its July 2026 update",
          "source": "https://www.businessinsider.com/list-companies-replacing-human-employees-with-ai-layoffs-workforce-reductions"
        },
        {
          "key": "ny-warn-filers",
          "label": "Companies that filed New York WARN notices since the AI question went live",
          "value": 160,
          "note": "More than 160, as of the May 2026 law-firm review",
          "source": "https://www.hunton.com/hunton-employment-labor-perspectives/new-york-warn-act-no-ai-related-layoffs-reported-in-first-year-of-adding-ai-related-disclosure-to-the-system"
        },
        {
          "key": "ny-warn-ai-filers",
          "label": "New York WARN filers that named AI or automation",
          "value": 0,
          "note": "Not a single notice attributed layoffs to AI technology or automation",
          "source": "https://www.hunton.com/hunton-employment-labor-perspectives/new-york-warn-act-no-ai-related-layoffs-reported-in-first-year-of-adding-ai-related-disclosure-to-the-system"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}