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GitLab cuts 14% of staff as it scales its platform to serve AI workloads

Developer platform GitLab has laid off about 14% of its workforce, about 350 employees, as part of a broader restructuring effort it detailed last month.

The company said in May that it was going to reduce its workforce as it exited 22 countries, flattened management layers, and invested in infrastructure to scale its platform and serve increased traffic from AI workflows, with a sharper focus on research and development.

CEO Bill Staples said during a conference call on Tuesday that agentic workloads are stressing developer infrastructure more than it was designed to handle. It isn’t a problem unique to GitLab. The company’s rival GitHub has itself struggled to deal with a massive influx of AI-powered submissions that have affected its uptime.

“Agents work at machine scale, and they’re pushing competitors to the brink. This quarter we began a generational rebuild of git to support the scale and features required for...

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Meta Halts Employee Data Tracking After Sensitive Info Reportedly Exposed

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The Skylight Calendar Is One of My Favorite Products On Sale for Prime Day

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As an avid reader, these are the Kindle Prime Day deals worth buying (accessories, too)

I absolutely love this virtual Criterion Closet, where you can explore the Blu-ray range in 3D from your web browser &mdash; pull out your favorites to take a look at the box art (waxing lyrical about them like you're a famous actor is optional)

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