IgniteTech CEO on AI
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This CEO laid off nearly 80% of his staff because they refused to adopt AI fast enough. 2 years later, he says he’d do it again
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ceo-laid-off-nearly-80-185033733.html
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That headline is rather misleading:
replacing nearly 80% of staff within a year, according to headcount figures reviewed by Fortune.
In the months since, Vaughan told Fortune in an early 2026 statement, the company has only kept growing its headcount, recruiting globally for AI Innovation Specialists across every function, from marketing to sales to finance to engineering to support.
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I didn't find it misleading. He did fire 80 percent of his staff - that's the headline. In the body of the article they say that he replaced those folks, and then added some.
I could see if you thought the article was about one of those companies who fired people and replaced them with AI, that it could be confusing.
