TikTok lays off 250 employees, shutters its Nashville office
The social media giant is shuttering an office that housed some members of TikTok’s content-moderation team.
The social media giant is shuttering an office that housed some members of TikTok’s content-moderation team.
In 2021, Anjuna Security was growing fast, hiring aggressively, and chasing a market that seemed limitless. By the end of that year, the venture-backed cybersecurity company had scaled to around 75 employees, building out sales, customer success, and support teams in anticipation of continued hypergrowth. Then 2022 hit.
The company cites advancements in AI for the cuts. CEO Evan Spiegel also wrote that the company is closing more than 300 open roles. Snap had about 5,261 full-time employees as of December 2025.
The company is restructuring some teams to accommodate a booming energy storage business, according to emails viewed by TechCrunch.
According to an internal memo, Meta plans to begin its sweeping layoffs on May 20.
Former Tesla executive Chris Lister is retiring, and at least three other VPs have left Redwood around the recent restructuring, TechCrunch has learned.
The restructuring is aimed at addressing market volatility and increasing the use of AI tools to improve efficiency.
Truecaller’s ad revenue declined by 44%, leading to the layoffs.
Cloudflare announced its first large-scale layoff. CEO Matthew Prince says because of AI efficiency gains, the company doesn’t need as many support roles.
Some found out they didn’t qualify for WARN Act protections like two-months notice because the company had classified them as remote workers.