GoKawiilSUSE to cut 10% of workforce, CEO cites AI and automation
Enterprise Linux provider SUSE plans to lay off about one in ten of its roughly 2,000 employees, according to reporting from The Register. CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen told staff in an email that AI's rapid advancement means the company's current organizational structure and cost base can no longer sustain its future growth.
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The cuts add SUSE to a growing list of tech firms, including Salesforce and GitLab, attributing layoffs partly to AI and automation, though the actual link between AI capability and job elimination varies by case. Analysts cited in coverage suggest AI's financial benefits so far are concentrated in boosting revenue per employee at large tech firms rather than broadly transforming other industries, which could mean these layoffs reflect cost-cutting pressures as much as genuine automation gains.
- SUSE will lay off roughly 10% of its nearly 2,000-person workforce.
- CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen cited AI and automation as reasons for restructuring.
- The move follows similar AI-linked layoffs at companies like Microsoft, Salesforce, Uber and GitLab.
Source: zdnet.com — Radhika Rajkumar, 2026-11-03
Published there as: “SUSE lays off 1 in 10 workers – citing AI and automation”
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