The Cuts
Legacy SaaS leaderboard · week of 2026-06-08
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
+10.5%
cohort stability
Aggregate headcount
353.7k
from 320.2k
Contracting >-5% MoM
0 / 49
in this week
The AI Index
Why the cohort is contracting. Not every Cut is the same story. 1 companies announced layoffs in the last 180 days — about 100% cited AI as the reason.
0 under pressure
1 AI efficiency
48 attrition only