Different company, similar strategy. Recent layoff announcements from tech firms Atlassian , Block, and now Snap signal that the tech industry is converging on an approach to shaking up business: Move early, cut deeply, and proceed with fewer people and more AI. The companies tend to cast the reductions as preventive measures — a way to reset the business before AI forces the issue. "We have already witnessed small squads leveraging AI tools to drive meaningful progress across several important