MARA Cuts About 15% of Staff as It Shifts Toward AI and HPC

The claim is strongly supported by the fetched Blockspace report, which directly says MARA cut roughly 15% of its workforce and includes a spokesperson statement framing the move as part of MARA's strategic evolution into an energy and digital infrastructure company. The same Blockspace article places the layoffs in early April and links the shift to Exaion and Starwood AI/HPC initiatives. The fetched Yahoo Finance article independently corroborates the same points: about 15% staff cuts, confirmation via Fred Thiel's memo, sale of 15,133 BTC for about $1.1 billion, and a roughly 30% reduction in outstanding convertible debt. The fetched filing-summary page for MARA's 8-K supports the AI/HPC and digital-infrastructure pivot via the Starwood and Exaion initiatives. One wording nuance: the source text more often says 'energy and digital infrastructure' than exactly 'AI and digital infrastructure,' but AI/HPC is explicitly part of that transition. Overall, the substance of the statement matches the evidence from Blockspace, Yahoo Finance, and the MARA filing-related page.