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Stanford brief separates AI job-loss hype from the actual data
A Stanford policy brief examines what is really happening to jobs, distinguishing AI-driven displacement claims from measured labor-market evidence.
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A Stanford policy brief examines what is really happening to jobs, distinguishing AI-driven displacement claims from measured labor-market evidence.
Prentis, an AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus, is reportedly negotiating a $100M round.
US technology companies shed about 140,000 roles this year even as they poured record capital into AI infrastructure.
The membership platform is cutting a fifth of its staff.
Corgi reportedly raised fresh funding at a $4B valuation — its third round in just eight weeks.
AI chip startup Etched reached a $10.3B valuation in a round backed by big-name investors, defying skeptics.
Indeed Hiring Lab finds the job market increasingly favoring senior, experienced professionals over less-experienced workers.
Indeed Hiring Lab finds entry-level postings increasingly attract and hire experienced candidates, reshaping who competes for these roles.
A developer inspected a take-home interview project and uncovered an organized malware operation targeting job seekers through fake hiring processes.
The Seattle-area job market, long dominated by tech, is seeing a drastic shift toward other industries.
The former Uber CEO's robotics company closed a $1.7B funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz.
The work-management software maker is cutting hundreds of roles as it refocuses the company around AI.
India's IT services industry built the talent pool; its biggest clients are increasingly hiring that talent directly via global capability centers.
California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order aimed at protecting workers from the effects of AI.
Investor Neil Rimer argues capital is starting to flow back out of AI, signaling a shift in startup funding conditions.
Databricks reached a $188B valuation, extending its run as one of the most highly valued companies in AI.
Indian IT services companies are restarting hiring, though a shortage of AI-skilled candidates is holding back the pace of recovery.
Uber's $14.8B acquisition of Delivery Hero would nearly double the company's global footprint.
Forbes argues companies are mishandling AI-driven layoffs, eroding employee trust in the process.
Returning H-1B visa holders encounter a shifted Indian IT hiring landscape with fewer openings and reduced pay compared with prior years.
Beyond software roles, India has around 9,000 open physical-AI and robotics positions while worldwide demand climbs toward 80,000.
Emergent, an Indian AI coding startup, raised a $130M Series C and reached unicorn status.
JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon said AI adoption has reduced headcount by as much as 40 percent in some parts of the bank.
Meta employees allege in a lawsuit that AI, not humans, made layoff decisions, including for workers on parental and medical leave.
Indeed Hiring Lab examines how the AI data center build-out is reshaping hiring demand across roles.
India's top private banks together reduced headcount by over 7,700 in FY26 as technology and automation reshape banking workforces.
Autodesk's 2026 AI Jobs Report finds AI hiring across Design and Make more than doubled, while students face a widening skills gap.
Laid-off Amazon workers report burnout, frustration and heartbreak as they hunt for roles in an oversupplied tech job market.
The chipmaker priced the largest foreign IPO ever on a US exchange and is being urged to build new American fabs.
The startup raised $300M to build a viable quantum computer it says needs only 20,000 qubits.
Layoffs are resurfacing across India's startup ecosystem as AI adoption reshapes hiring plans.
A look at current laws restricting AI-driven layoffs and the regulations that may follow as governments respond.
The Atlantic examines how public anxiety over AI-driven job losses is evolving into a new phase, as the workforce debate keeps shifting.
Mercor is reportedly in talks to raise funding at a $20 billion valuation, per TechCrunch.
Total VC investment hit $392B, but seed-stage funding fell 27%, signaling a K-shaped, increasingly bifurcated startup market, Tech Times reports.
From Agentic AI Developer to GenAI Architect, India Today outlines 10 emerging AI job titles now driving hiring demand in India.
Around 35,000 tech jobs may be quietly eliminated in India this year as the IT sector shifts toward AI, per Times of India.
Recruiters are refocusing on specialized AI hiring to remain relevant as employer demand shifts toward AI-skilled talent.
SambaNova, an AI chip startup, raised a $1 billion funding round that values the company at $11 billion, Reuters reports.
Indeed Hiring Lab finds AI's footprint is no longer confined to tech roles, spreading across job titles throughout the US and Europe.
Indeed Hiring Lab examines whether AI's impact on job postings is moving from eliminating roles toward creating new ones.
AI legal startup Norm closed a $120M round, pushing its valuation past $1B to unicorn status.
The Wall Street Journal's running 2026 layoffs tracker reports a 53% drop in tech job cuts in June.
SK Hynix is pursuing a $28 billion US listing as it looks to ride sustained global demand for AI infrastructure and hardware.
Microsoft cut roughly 5,000 roles spanning its Xbox gaming division and commercial sales organization, part of a wider 2026 wave of tech layoffs.
India saw the world's second-highest tech layoffs even as AI-role hiring surged, exposing a widening skills gap in its talent pipeline.
Even Realities raised $150M in a round led by Meituan and Tencent, valuing the smart-glasses maker at $1 billion.
SAP has frozen almost all external hiring, effective immediately, as it redirects investment toward its push into AI.
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