While not daily, this Crunchbase Tech Layoffs Tracker is updated weekly, if not more frequently, with the latest job cuts at U.S. tech employers. 

Layoffs declined in 2024 compared to the previous year, but are expected to continue into 2025, although likely not at the level seen in 2023. Startups that need to preserve cash to extend their runways are more likely to conduct layoffs.

Tech layoffs will likely slow when venture capital funding increases and the startup economy stabilizes, as well as when market conditions improve and more startups gain liquidity via IPOs.

Startups that raised capital during the venture funding heyday at inflated valuations in 2021 are more likely to need to conduct layoffs if they’re not able to sustain their previous valuations or growth projections.

Yes, more layoffs are likely coming. While there are signs that the volume of layoffs is tapering, experts we talked to expect job cuts in the tech sector to continue for the foreseeable future as large tech companies and startups continue to battle economic headwinds.

Seed and early-stage startups in particular may continue to conduct layoffs in an attempt to extend their cash runways in a difficult venture funding environment.

Tech layoffs noticeably increased at the start of 2022, ramped up in 2023, waned somewhat in 2024 and have continued in 2025.