Amazon cuts 14,000 jobs as spending on AI accelerates
Business Standard
|October 29, 2025
Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on artificial intelligence while trimming spending.
The move suggests Amazon is still trying to get the size of its workforce right
In June CEO Andy Jassy, who has aggressively sought to cut costs since becoming CEO in 2021, said that he anticipated generative AI would reduce Amazon's corporate workforce in the next few years.
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