Tracker Update #
- 2026 Tech Layoffs Tracker (Founder Reports) — Running total as of 2026-08-03: 322 layoff events YTD, 205,832 workers affected (~957/day), 54% of events explicitly citing AI — up from 267 events / 185,894 workers / 56% AI-cited at the last tracker checkpoint (2026-07-03). Worker count and event count both keep climbing while the AI-attribution share holds roughly flat, consistent with the “AI washing” counter-narrative already tracked here rather than accelerating AI-specific causation. Oracle’s 30,000-person cut remains the single largest event.