The company said the layoffs are part of a restructuring, coming weeks after it disclosed employees had used up its 2026 AI tools budget in four months.
Uber has laid off 23% of roles in its HR division as part of a restructuring, saying the cuts were not related to AI. The move follows comments made weeks earlier that employees had exhausted the company’s 2026 AI tools budget in just four months, linking the workforce changes to a broader period of internal cost and resource scrutiny.