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Pankaj Bisht
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The Layoffs Aren’t About AI Replacing You. They’re About Funding It.

Silicon Valley is firing its future customers. Tech companies have cut 113,000 jobs in 2026 to fund AI infrastructure, betting that the rest of the economy will keep paying salaries so people still exist to buy what AI produces. Each company's logic works independently. However, the aggregate is where it falls apart.

This blog post covers the subject in detail - https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/the-layoffs-arent-about-ai-replacing-you-they-re-about-funding-it-847ec36b58cd

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