IBM announced earlier this year that it would have layoffs, and that now appears to have occurred. Analyst attributes it to cloud/on-prem rebalancing, not genAI-related. But look for GenAI layoffs in early 2026.
IBM has apparently begun layoffs of as many as 8,000 people — layoffs that were announced back in January. But those layoffs are avoiding the age-related criticisms of IBM’s past and are also too early to reflect the IBM-promised generative artificial intelligence (genAI) layoffs, according to Jason Andersen, a former IBM manager who today serves as VP/principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy.
Källa: IBM has reportedly laid off thousands