GoKawiilSquarespace lays off 19% of staff, about 300 employees, in restructuring
Squarespace is cutting 19% of its workforce, roughly 300 jobs, with product and engineering teams hit hardest. CEO Anthony Casalena said the move reflects a need for smaller teams, more player-coaches and a simpler organizational structure, not a push to hit a financial target. He said the technology underlying the business has changed dramatically in the past year.
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Casalena stopped short of blaming AI directly, but his comments about rapidly changing technology echo a pattern seen at other companies restructuring around AI tools that can now generate websites and code with minimal human input. Squarespace already sells its own AI site-builder, Blueprint AI, suggesting the company may be reshaping its workforce around automation it helped popularize. The cuts also follow Permira's roughly $7.2 billion buyout of Squarespace in 2024, which could be adding pressure to streamline operations under private ownership.
- Squarespace is cutting about 300 jobs, 19% of its workforce, mostly in product and engineering.
- CEO Anthony Casalena cited the need for smaller teams and a simplified structure rather than a financial target.
- The move follows Permira's $7.2 billion acquisition of Squarespace and the company's 2024 launch of its Blueprint AI website builder.
Source: techspot.com — Rob Thubron, 2026-11-03
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