GitLab cutting 14% of staff, exiting ops in 22 countries amid AI restructuring?
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GitLab cutting 14% of staff, exiting ops in 22 countries amid AI restructuring? 350 jobs lost as company rebuilds platform for agentic workloads Developer platform GitLab has laid off about 14 per cent of its workforce, equal to roughly 350 employees, as part of a major restructuring. The public technology company, that provides a comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform, is exiting operations in 22 countries, reducing management layers, and investing heavily in infrastructure to handle the surge in AI-driven workloads. Bill Staples, CEO, GitLab, explained that new agent-based AI systems are putting huge pressure on developer platforms, requiring a complete rebuild of GitLab's core systems. This challenge is not unique to GitLab - competitors such as GitHub have also struggled with the flood of AI-powered submissions. To address this, GitLab has partnered with an AI lab to redesign its infrastructure, build APIs optimised for AI agents, and develop orchestration tools that coordinate work between human developers and AI systems. The layoffs come at a time when many tech companies - including Intuit, Amazon, Cisco, Cloudflare, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle - are cutting staff while reporting strong revenues. More than 100,000 tech jobs have already been eliminated this year, with AI cited as both the driver of growth and the reason for workforce reductions. GitLab's...
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