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Emergent Minds | paddo.dev · Jun 21, 2026

Cutting While Winning

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GitLab laid off 14% of its workforce and branded it the 'agentic era': agents now handle review, approvals, and handoffs, so fewer humans sit in those loops. It did this while beating earnings, revenue up 23%. I've argued AI is usually a scapegoat for cuts companies already wanted. GitLab is the case that complicates it - either the first honest agentic layoff, or the most fluent AI-washing yet.

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