2025 has been the year of mega layoffs, which credit AI as one of the main reasons, if not the sole reason. Be it giants like Amazon, Microsoft, and TCS or small-time firms, companies have let go of their human workforces in big numbers in 2025 after replacing them with AI tools. The global technology industry has been hit by a massive wave of layoffs, with over 112,000 employees losing their jobs across approximately 218 tech brands, according to industry trackers.

Major tech giants, including Amazon, Intel, and Google, are leading the chart with the largest number of reductions, with most of them citing reasons as reallocating capital and talent toward core AI development and cloud computing infrastructure.

Here are some of the biggest names involved in the mega layoff spree in 2025.

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