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The AI layoff wave is becoming a powder keg

TechCrunch AI Connie Loizos June 15, 2026
The AI layoff wave is becoming a powder keg
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# The AI Wealth Gap is Growing Fast Thousands of AI workers are losing their jobs right now, but the small group of AI executives and early investors at the top are making enormous amounts of money—creating a growing tension between those being laid off and those getting rich from the industry.

What makes this combustible: at the very moment that tens of thousands of workers are being shown the door, a small cohort of AI insiders is becoming wealthy on a scale that's hard to comprehend.

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