GitLab cuts 14% of staff as it scales its platform to serve AI workloads (techcrunch.com) AI

GitLab cut about 14% of its staff (around 350 employees) as part of a restructuring tied to exiting 22 countries and scaling its developer platform for increased AI workloads, including agentic use cases that strain infrastructure. CEO Bill Staples said the company is rebuilding parts of its git to support larger-scale “agentic” demand, partnering with an unspecified AI lab on infrastructure, and adding APIs and orchestration/context and governance features for AI agents. The company reported first-quarter revenue of $264 million and expects $30 million to $35 million in restructuring expenses.