Shopee AI layoff details
AI-adjacent restructuringreputable_reporting
Reported layoffs: –
Industry: Technology · Geography: Singapore
The Straits Times, citing Bloomberg, reported that Sea's Shopee cut hundreds of developer jobs globally during a pivot toward AI, affecting about 8% of Shopee's developer workforce.
Sea's Shopee is cutting hundreds of developer jobs globally, joining rivals across the world in slashing staff while they adopt AI in the workplace and develop new services based on the technology.
The article says the move coincided with Sea's AI push but also states it was unclear if the cuts were directly tied to Sea's AI forays, so this is classified as AI-adjacent restructuring rather than explicit AI replacement. The count is reported as hundreds and about 8% of Shopee's developer workforce, so layoffsCount remains null.
Sources
- The Straits Times / Bloomberg, 2026-06-10