Google Translate Rival DeepL Announces Plans to Cut 25% of Staff
Jarek Kutylowski in Hamburg, on May 6.
Photographer: Tim Groothuis/dpa/AP Photo
DeepL, the German startup building translation tools, announced plans to cut approximately 25% of its workforce, a move its Chief Executive Officer Jarek Kutylowski attributed to the “massive structural shift” from artificial intelligence.
About 250 employees will be cut, subject to legal processes, Kutylowski said in a post on LinkedIn on Thursday. The company, which makes AI software for translations in multiple languages, has slightly more than 1,000 employees. Adapting the company to work effectively with AI “means fewer layers, faster decisions and far less time spent on the back and forth that slows large teams down,” he said.