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59 in Seattle/Bellevue, 74 in San Francisco. The same tracker lists Google reducing engineering, design and recruiting headcount across Kirkland, Redmond, Seattle and remote staff in September and October, TikTok closing its Nashville office with 250 roles, Etsy cutting about 220, and ClimateAI shutting down entirely. Crunchbase None of the August entries cite AI as the stated reason, and Etsy's CEO explicitly denied it. The gap between the external pitch and the WARN filing is its own signal.
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