Google Cloud Cuts Staff Over 2 Weeks, Hitting Threat Unit as It Reinvests in AI
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Updated · Business Insider · Jun 4
Google Cloud Cuts Staff Over 2 Weeks, Hitting Threat Unit as It Reinvests in AI
3 articles · Updated · Business Insider · Jun 4
Summary
Google Cloud has cut employees over the past two weeks, including staff in Google’s Threat Intelligence Group, one of its best-known security research teams.
The layoffs also hit other parts of Mandiant and Google Cloud, with one person saying Google justified at least one cut as a move to reinvest in growth areas such as AI.
Google did not disclose how many jobs were eliminated, saying only that it regularly reviews its structure to meet changing customer and industry demands.
The cuts extend a broader tech pattern of trimming headcount while funding AI, after Meta cut 10% of staff last month and Cloudflare eliminated more than 1,100 jobs.