Nike AI layoff details
AI-adjacent restructuringreputable_reporting
Reported layoffs: 1,400
Industry: Other · Geography: Global
CNBC reported Nike would cut about 1,400 roles in global operations, mostly in technology, as part of a turnaround effort centered on technology-team reshaping, supply-chain integration, and operational modernization.
Collectively, these changes will result in a reduction of approximately 1,400 roles in global operations, with the majority in technology.
Added with restrained framing. This is a meaningful include for the tracker because the cuts are concentrated in technology and tied to modernization, integration, and efficiency work, but the available reporting does not support claiming direct generative-AI replacement. Better treated as AI-adjacent restructuring than a clean explicit-AI case.
Sources
- CNBC, 2026-04-23