# SUSE to cut one in ten employees because of… AI

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/suse-to-cut-one-in-ten-employees-because-of-ai/
- Published: 2026-11-02T15:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T16:21:18+00:00
- Original publisher: The Register
- Original article: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/11/02/suse-to-cut-one-in-ten-employees-because-of-ai/5306950
- Topics: AI, Business, Companies, Technology

## Key points

- SUSE plans to cut about 10 per cent of its workforce.
- The company attributes the changes partly to automation and AI.
- Staff are due to hear by 4 November.

## Summary

SUSE plans to cut about 10 per cent of its global workforce, citing automation and advances in AI as reasons to redesign the business. The decision matters because it signals how the company expects new tools to change its operations and the roles it needs, while affecting staff and the open-source community.

CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen told SUSE’s roughly 1,900 employees that those affected would be informed by 4 November, with individual meetings starting the following week. The company has not specified which roles are at risk; it says some roles are diminishing while others will evolve, and that it is investing in priority areas. SUSE’s fiscal 2027 strategy is due to be shared on 16 November, amid reports that owner EQT may consider selling the company.

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