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Stack Overflow layoffs

We've tracked one Stack Overflow layoff, in Oct 2023, affecting 100 people. 100% of them lost their jobs in cuts that Stack Overflow or credible reporting tied to AI. Headcounts are what was reported at the time, and some may have changed since.

People affected

100

Across tracked announcements

Announcements

1

Oct 2023 → Oct 2023

AI-attributed

100%

Of affected people

Every tracked announcement

  1. −100(28% of workforce)AI · likely

    Traffic and revenue fell as developers shifted questions to AI assistants, a business model directly disrupted by LLMs.

    Source: The Verge

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Part of the WorkforceSignal tech layoff tracker , every event curated from public reporting with conservative AI attribution. See methodology.