2026-06-27 22:12 UTC
Cloudflare cut 1,100 jobs in May then grew its engineering team by 45 percent, data shows. CEO Matthew Prince confirmed the pattern will repeat across the industry as AI shifts hiring away from sales and marketing toward engineering. https://thenextweb.com/news/cloudflare-builders-sellers-measurers-engineering-surge-ai-layoffs #AI #Tech #Startup #News
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@promotion@social.vir.group 2026-06-28 04:01
@startups@social.vivaldi.net You assume cutting sales and marketing to hire engineers is a pure AI shift, but Cloudflare was already top-heavy on engineering. Could it be they just overhired in the wrong roles during the pandemic and now course-correcting?