--- title: Mobile publisher Playtika cutting 15 percent of global... description: Playtika is laying off 15% of its workforce (approximately 450 employees from a 3,000+ person company) and restructuring around AI-powered automation. CEO... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mobile-publisher-playtika-cutting-15-percent-of-global-workforce-anaetmqml twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Mobile publisher Playtika cutting 15 percent of global workforce | daily.dev og:description: Playtika is laying off 15% of its workforce (approximately 450 employees from a 3,000+ person company) and restructuring around AI-powered automation. CEO... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mobile-publisher-playtika-cutting-15-percent-of-global-workforce-anaetmqml og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/AnaETMqmL.png og:image:alt: Mobile publisher Playtika cutting 15 percent of global workforce og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Mobile publisher Playtika cutting 15 percent of global workforce **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Playtika is laying off 15% of its workforce (approximately 450 employees from a 3,000+ person company) and restructuring around AI-powered automation. CEO Robert Antokol stated the cuts will enable investment in growth titles and create leaner teams, with restructuring costs estimated at $12-15 million. This marks the third major round of layoffs since December 2022, when the mobile publisher previously cut 600 workers, followed by 300-400 layoffs in early 2024. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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