SUSE to cut about 10% of staff as CEO cites AI and automation
11/03/2026 — 11/03, 20:19·2 sources (all)·2 reports (all)
Key takeaways
- SUSE plans to cut about 10% of its workforce, roughly 190 roles out of more than 1,900 employees, according to an internal memo seen by The…
Background & analysis
SUSE, the German Linux company founded in 1992, is cutting about 10% of its workforce, according to an internal memo seen by The Register. CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen told staff on Monday, November 3, 2026, that AI and automation are fundamentally changing how software companies operate, adding that demand for some current roles has dropped sharply. The Register's Liam Proven reported the cuts, which were carried over by The Next Web on November 3, 2026. SUSE has more than 1,900 employees, per its owner, the Swedish private equity firm EQT, putting the job losses at roughly 190 people. Affected employees will learn their results on November 4, which is where the story currently stands.
AI-generated from 1 reports · updated 17 hours ago
Latest turnSUSE plans to cut about 10% of its global workforce, roughly 190 jobs, according to an internal memo from CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen reported by cnBeta. He said AI and automation are fundamentally changing how the software industry works and that the company's current structure no longer fits.
- Heat index
- 154
- All sources
- 2
- All reports
- 2
- First seen
- 18 hours ago
Reports on this story headlines open the original
SUSE plans to cut about 10% of its global workforce, roughly 190 jobs, according to an internal memo from CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen reported by cnBeta. He said AI and automation are fundamentally changing how the software industry works and that the company's current structure no longer fits.
cnBetaAI score 53Germany's SUSE is cutting about 10% of its workforce — roughly 190 of its more than 1,900 employees — according to an internal memo seen by The Register. CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen told staff that automation and AI are fundamentally shifting how software companies operate and that demand for some existing roles has greatly diminished.
The Next WebAI score 53
Other stories people are talking about
- Heat index 1185Anthropic revenue retention reaches 900% on over 11,900 high-spending customers19 sources
- Heat index 900RisingMarvell to buy Lumentum for $115B in all-stock deal to integrate chips with optical14 sources
- Heat index 478Meituan released LongCat-2.5 with a million-token context window, now live on the API9 sources
- Heat index 414RisingMusk says Grok Bot costs are unsustainable as users hit weekly limits early7 sources
- Heat index 375RisingReddit rebuilds weight edits that lift Qwen3.5-0.8B to 48.1% on MATH-5005 sources
How is heat calculated?About the methodHide
Heat counts how many independent sources covered a story in the last 48 hours: one source counts once no matter how many posts it published, decaying with a 24-hour half-life. What ranks first is what many people are talking about.
This page aggregates public feeds. Headlines and summaries are machine-organized and remain the property of the original authors; verify important facts at the source. If you believe a headline or summary infringes your rights, email the contact address in the footer with the page URL and basis of your claim, and we will remove or replace it after review.
- Surge
- Discussion rising fast
- New
- First report within 6 hours
- Rising
- Still gathering discussion