Crunchbase Tech Layoffs Tracker: Who's Cutting and How Many

Crunchbase is actively tracking layoffs across U.S.-based and U.S.-present tech companies, updated bi-weekly. The tracker covers both startups and public tech firms, pulling data from media reports, social posts, and crowdsourced databases. Here's what you need to know about the methodology behind the numbers.

What the Tracker Covers

Crunchbase maintains a running layoffs tracker updated at least bi-weekly, focused on U.S.-based companies or those with a significant U.S. workforce presence. Coverage spans both early-stage startups and publicly traded, tech-heavy firms.

International companies with substantial U.S. teams — such as Klarna — are also included, even when the exact share of U.S.-based cuts remains unclear.

How the Data Is Sourced

Layoff and workforce figures are best estimates compiled from multiple sources:

Media reports and Crunchbase's own journalism
Social media posts from affected employees
Layoffs.fyi, a crowdsourced database tracking tech job cuts

When employee headcount cannot be independently verified, entries are marked as "unclear" rather than left blank or estimated without disclosure.

Recent Methodology Update

Crunchbase recently revised the tracker to reflect only the most recent round of layoffs per company. This change improves the accuracy of trend tracking and explains why some previously reported figures may have shifted in the latest version.

The goal is a cleaner, more current signal on where the tech industry is cutting — rather than a cumulative historical sum that can obscure recent momentum.