CROSS-CATEGORY: AI Layoffs Hit SaaS Support, IT Services, and Enterprise Simultaneously — Three Sectors, One Week
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In a single week, AI-driven layoffs hit three distinct enterprise software sectors: Freshworks (SaaS/customer support, 500 cuts), Cognizant (IT services, 12K–15K planned), and Oracle (enterprise database/on-prem, 30K previously announced). The pattern: companies are simultaneously using AI internally for productivity AND citing AI as the reason for headcount reduction. This convergence across unrelated SaaS verticals confirms AI displacement is structural, not sector-specific.