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Austin, August 19: Eric Vaughan, CEO of IgniteTech, took a bold decision to lay off 80% of the company’s employees because there were not adoption AI fast enough. The IgniteTech layoffs is considered to be the most radical step taken by CEO Eric Vaughan in its career. The job cuts replaced hundreds of employees with artificial intelligence, leaving only 20% of the workforce operational.
Eric Vaughan replaced 80% of the IgniteTech staff since 2023 to the first quarter of 2024. However, he refused to make the numbers of the affected employees public. In a report published by Fortune, Vaughan shared more details about the IgniteTech layoffs implemented over many months. The announcement of massive workforce reduction has sent shockwaves to the tech industry.
IgniteTech Layoffs; Why Eric Vaughan Reduced 80% of Company’s Workforce?
“That was not our goal”, IngniteTech CEO Eric Vaughan said in an interview saying that the decision was extremely difficult for him. According to the report, he convinced that that GenAI was “transformative” and he looked at the team members and found out that they were not “fully onboard”. Eric Vaughan said that he replaced hundreds of IgniteTech employees with artificial intelligence between 2023 to Q1 2024. He mentioned, “It was extremely difficult…But changing minds was harder than adding skills.”
(The above story first appeared on Fresh Headline on Aug 19, 2025 04:42 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website freshheadline.com).
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