Feb 6 (Reuters) – The start of the year has seen massive layoffs across U.S. companies as they streamline operations amid rising adoption of artificial intelligence tools. Tech giant Amazon said last week it was cutting 16,000 roles worldwide in the second major round of job cuts at the company in three months. Here are some of the U.S. companies that have announced job cuts so far in 2026: Sector Date of Company Job Cuts % of Total Notes Announceme Workforce nt Technology January Pinterest Less than Reallocating 780 Less than 15% resources to artificial intelligence-focu sed roles and strategy January Autodesk Roughly 7% Aiming to About 1,000 redirect spending to cloud platform and artificial intelligence efforts January * Meta Unknown Shifting focus to 10% of wearables from employees some virtual in Reality reality products Labs division January Amazon Target of Part Roughly 30,000 jobs of broader goal 16,000 represents nea of trimming some rly 10% of 30,000 corporate corporate workers workforce January Angi Roughly Unknown AI-driven 350 efficiency improvements A Shrinking news February Unknown third coverage Washingto n Post About 2% February Workday Unknown Realigning resources towards top priorities Consumer and Retail January Home Unknown Part of its goal Depot 800 to improve efficiency January ** Nike Unknown Consolidating 775 operations footprint Resources January Dow 13% Restructuring 4,500 aimed at lifting profitability by at least $2 billion January Tronox 550 in Unknown Fuzhou pigment China plant closure due to weak Chinese domestic demand and increasing costs Manufacturing January FedEx Unknown Overhauling Up to France operations 500 in and trimming France station footprint January United Unknown Reducing Parcel Up to low-margin Amazon Service 30,000 delivery volumes Cost cuts amid January Peloton Unknown 11% turnaround Interacti efforts ve Finance January *** Unknown Part Citigroup About 1,000 of previously announced plan to shed 20,000 jobs by 2026 January Mastercar Unknown Refocusing d About 4% investments in other areas February About 25% Winding down some Gemini Up to 200 international Space operations to Station support path to profitability * Meta plans to cut around 10% of the employees in its Reality Labs division who work on products including the metaverse, according to a New York Times report ** Nike is laying off 775 employees, primarily impacting distribution center roles in Tennessee and Mississippi, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters *** Citigroup will cut about 1,000 jobs as part of a plan announced two years ago to reduce the workforce by 20,000, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters (Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru, additional reporting by Angela Christy M; Editing by Sahal Muhammed)
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