AI layoffs this week: Jul 21, 2025 – Jul 27, 2025

The largest event of the week was Tata Consultancy Services, with 12,200 roles cut (~12,200 jobs (2% of 613k workforce, mostly mid/senior grades) cut in FY26, India's largest-ever IT layoff. Company framed it as becoming a 'future-ready organisation' while 'deploying AI at scale'; CEO then explicitly denied AI productivity gains were the driver, blaming skill mismatch and redeployment limits.). Across the week, cuts touched technology.

At least one event this week was later walked back. Walk-backs stay in the ledger, flagged, so the record is honest about reversals.

Every figure below links to its company timeline and public source. Attribution labels follow the methodology.