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title: "GitLab cuts 7% of staff in 'agentic era' restructuring"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/gitlab-cuts-7-of-staff-in-agentic-era-restructuring-jneg4l6rt
source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/gitlab-cuts-7-of-workforce-and-flattens-management-in-sweeping-agentic-era-restructuring
type: article
source: "The Next Web"
published: 2026-05-19T23:04:36.751Z
updated: 2026-05-19T23:07:26.779Z
tags: ["devops", "ai-agents", "gitlab", "agentic-ai"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 0
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# GitLab cuts 7% of staff in 'agentic era' restructuring

**[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

GitLab is cutting approximately 7% of its workforce (around 180 employees), reducing its country presence by up to 30%, and flattening up to three layers of management. CEO Bill Staples frames the restructuring as preparation for the 'agentic era,' where AI agents handle software development tasks. R&D will be reorganized into 60 autonomous teams, and AI agents will be deployed internally to automate reviews and approvals. GitLab's stock dropped ~8% after-hours following the announcement, continuing a 12-month decline from $52 to ~$26. Critics question whether the 'agentic AI' framing is genuine strategy or AI-washed cost-cutting, a pattern seen across the tech sector with over 95,000 job losses in 2026. The company reaffirmed its FY27 financial guidance ahead of a June 2 earnings call.

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