AI-ontslagen deze week: 31 aug 2026 – 6 sep 2026

De grootste gebeurtenis van de week was Oracle, met 3.000 geschrapte functies (The further round flagged for Oracle's September 1 fiscal-Q2 start (see the 2026-08-25 entry) surfaced as a reported cut of about 3,000 India roles, concentrated in Bangalore engineering. Press linked it to Oracle redirecting capital toward its AI data-centre and cloud buildout; Oracle did not publicly confirm the round and declined to comment. India is estimated to have absorbed more than half of Oracle's ~21,000-role fiscal-2026 decline, which Oracle's annual filing had attributed in part to AI adoption. Logged as AI-linked only with the reported/unconfirmed caveat.). In de loop van de week raakten de ontslagen technologie.

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