{"id":47403,"date":"2026-03-12T03:41:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T03:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/watch-what-atlassians-ceo-said-in-a-4-minute-video-on-the-companys-ai-induced-layoffs\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T03:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T03:41:28","slug":"watch-what-atlassians-ceo-said-in-a-4-minute-video-on-the-companys-ai-induced-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/watch-what-atlassians-ceo-said-in-a-4-minute-video-on-the-companys-ai-induced-layoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch what Atlassian&#8217;s CEO said in a 4-minute video on the company&#8217;s AI-induced layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69b218e5a96e437d6eb82cde?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Mike Cannon-Brookes\"\/><figcaption>Atlassian&#039;s CEO told staff in a video that AI is reshaping the company&#039;s workforce as it cuts about 1,600 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Brook Mitchell\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Atlassian has cut 1,600 jobs, roughly 10% of its workforce, as it pivots to AI.<\/li>\n<li>CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes addressed employees in a four-minute video explaining the layoffs.<\/li>\n<li>He said he is &quot;deeply sorry for the disruption&quot; the layoff creates in their lives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes addressed employees in a four-minute video explaining why the company is laying off about 1,600 workers \u2014 roughly 10% of its workforce \u2014 as it pivots more aggressively toward AI.<\/p>\n<p>Cannon-Brookes said in a message on the company&#039;s blog that the decision was difficult but necessary as AI reshapes how software companies operate. The shift isn&#039;t simply about cutting costs, he said, but about changing the mix of skills the company needs as it builds products for the AI era.<\/p>\n<p>About 30% of the affected roles are based in Australia. The Australian-American software firm was founded in 2002 by Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar, both of whom are ranked among Australia&#039;s 50 richest people by Forbes.<\/p>\n<p>The layoffs come amid a wider shift across the tech industry as companies restructure for the AI era. Last month, Block slashed nearly half its workforce, citing productivity gains from AI.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Cannon-Brookes&#039; video message to employees here:<\/p>\n<p> Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlassian&#039;s CEO told staff in a video that AI is reshaping the company&#039;s workforce as it cuts about 1,600 jobs. Brook Mitchell\/Getty Images Atlassian has cut 1,600 jobs, roughly 10% of its workforce, as it pivots to AI. CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes addressed employees in a four-minute video explaining the layoffs. He said he is &quot;deeply [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-47403","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}