The Cuts
Legacy SaaS leaderboard · week of 2026-08-24
Composite decline score — layoff severity (44%), headcount contraction (45%), and at-risk category bonus (11%). Normalized within the cohort weekly.
Cuts cohort · combined headcount
Total employees across all 49 cuts, tracked 3 years3-year change
+12.3%
cohort stability
Aggregate headcount
366.6k
from 326.5k
Contracting >-5% MoM
1 / 49
in this week
The AI Index
Why the cohort is contracting. Not every Cut is the same story. 3 companies announced layoffs in the last 180 days — about 67% cited AI as the reason.
1 under pressure
2 AI efficiency
46 attrition only