--- title: Zillow calls itself “AI-native.” It just cut 500 jobs... description: Zillow laid off more than 500 employees — about 7% of its workforce and its largest cut of the year — one day before reporting quarterly earnings. The move is... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/zillow-calls-itself-ai-native-it-just-cut-500-jobs-and-won-t-say-whether-ai-was-the-reason--faw7lmwyq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Zillow calls itself “AI-native.” It just cut 500 jobs and won’t say whether AI was the reason. | daily.dev og:description: Zillow laid off more than 500 employees — about 7% of its workforce and its largest cut of the year — one day before reporting quarterly earnings. The move is... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/zillow-calls-itself-ai-native-it-just-cut-500-jobs-and-won-t-say-whether-ai-was-the-reason--faw7lmwyq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/faW7lMWyq.png og:image:alt: Zillow calls itself “AI-native.” It just cut 500 jobs and won’t say whether AI was the reason. 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. # Zillow calls itself “AI-native.” It just cut 500 jobs and won’t say whether AI was the reason. **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Zillow laid off more than 500 employees — about 7% of its workforce and its largest cut of the year — one day before reporting quarterly earnings. The move is notable because Zillow has been publicly positioning itself as an 'AI-native' company, yet refuses to say whether AI contributed to the decision. The company is financially healthy, with Q1 revenue up 18% and profit jumping from $8m to $46m year-over-year, making the cuts look more like a cost-squeeze than a rescue. The silence on AI mirrors a broader pattern in tech where companies adopt AI-native branding while avoiding direct attribution of job cuts to automation. Zillow also faces a 47% share price drop, a proposed class action, and an FTC antitrust trial, adding further pressure beyond efficiency goals. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How many jobs did Zillow cut in its 2026 layoffs and why? Zillow laid off more than 500 employees, about 7% of its staff, its largest cut of the year, announced one day before quarterly earnings. CEO Jeremy Wacksman framed it as ensuring a disciplined cost structure and getting more efficient, despite first-quarter revenue rising 18% to $708m and profit jumping to $46m from $8m a year earlier. The company would not say whether AI contributed to the decision. _Track how AI is reshaping hiring and layoff decisions across the industry on daily.dev._ ### Is Zillow's financial performance struggling before its 2026 layoffs? No, Zillow was outperforming the market when it cut over 500 jobs. First-quarter revenue rose 18% to $708m against an industry growing just 2%, and profit jumped to $46m from $8m a year earlier. Despite this, shares had fallen more than 47% over the year, which the finance chief attributed to a temporary market mispricing rather than fundamentals. _Follow how strong earnings and layoffs coexist across tech companies on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The running list: major tech layoffs in 2026 where employers cited AI](https://daily.dev/posts/the-running-list-major-tech-layoffs-in-2026-where-employers-cited-ai-tmvmmr5vc) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AI layoffs to backfire: half quietly rehired at lower pay](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-layoffs-to-backfire-half-quietly-rehired-at-lower-pay-ufskfwnhp) · The Register · 36 upvotes · 8 comments - [LinkedIn becomes the latest name on a 100,000-job tech layoff list](https://daily.dev/posts/linkedin-becomes-the-latest-name-on-a-100-000-job-tech-layoff-list-fm4ftcxze) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The latest tech layoffs have all the hallmarks of AI washing](https://daily.dev/posts/the-latest-tech-layoffs-have-all-the-hallmarks-of-ai-washing-bc52ybhll) · LeadDev · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/zillow-calls-itself-ai-native-it-just-cut-500-jobs-and-won-t-say-whether-ai-was-the-reason--faw7lmwyq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Zillow calls itself “AI-native.” It just cut 500 jobs and won’t say whether AI was the reason.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/zillow-calls-itself-ai-native-it-just-cut-500-jobs-and-won-t-say-whether-ai-was-the-reason--faw7lmwyq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/zillow-calls-itself-ai-native-it-just-cut-500-jobs-and-won-t-say-whether-ai-was-the-reason--faw7lmwyq"},"datePublished":"2026-08-04T18:43:25.095Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:28:39.226Z","description":"Zillow laid off more than 500 employees — about 7% of its workforce and its largest cut of the year — one day before reporting quarterly earnings. 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