Gig economy platform Fiverr is laying off 250 employees as it pivots to being an “AI-first company,” CEO Micha Kaufman data-i13n=”cpos:1;pos:1″ href=”https://x.com/michakaufman/status/1967624550020985069″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:shared in an essay on X;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>shared in an essay on X. The move affects around 30 percent of the company’s staff, data-i13n=”cpos:2;pos:1″ href=”https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/16/fiverr_ai_layoff/” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:The Register writes;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>The Register writes, and it’s not uncommon among tech companies in 2025. Duolingo announced similar plans to become data-i13n=”cpos:3;pos:1″ href=”https://www.engadget.com/ai/duolingo-will-replace-contract-workers-with-ai-for-content-creation-123058970.html” data-ylk=”slk:"AI-first";cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>”AI-first” in April.
Kaufman describes this process as returning to “startup mode” and writes that his ultimate goal is to turn Fiverr into “an AI-first company that’s leaner, faster, with a…
