AI-ontslagen deze week: 5 okt 2026 – 11 okt 2026

De grootste gebeurtenis van de week was HubSpot, met 660 geschrapte functies (HubSpot said on October 6 it would cut about 660 roles (~7% of staff), a restructuring its board approved on October 1 (SEC 8-K), with $65-75m in charges and completion by end of Q1 2027. The company framed it as flattening the organization and reorganizing product teams around 'AI customer outcomes' as it pushes into AI customer agents, and most coverage cast it as an AI pivot. But CEO Yamini Rangan told staff 'this is not driven by AI-related efficiencies', and some outlets flagged 'AI washing'. Logged reported and disputed, low confidence.). In de loop van de week raakten de ontslagen financiën, technologie.

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