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Sama layoffs

We've tracked 2 rounds of Sama layoffs between Jan 2023 and Apr 2026, affecting 1,308 people in total. None of these cuts were publicly blamed on AI. Headcounts are what was reported at the time, and some may have changed since.

People affected

1K

Across tracked announcements

Announcements

2

Jan 2023 → Apr 2026

AI-attributed

0%

Of affected people

Every tracked announcement

  1. −1,108

    Data labelling firm issued redundancy notices in Nairobi after Meta ended a major content and annotation contract.

    Source: TechCabal

  2. −200(3% of workforce)

    Outsourcing firm ended its content moderation work for Meta in Nairobi to focus on data annotation.

    Source: TechCrunch

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