Major tech employers have accelerated workforce reductions in 2026 through AI-focused restructuring, with trackers reporting 225,000+ cuts year-to-date—already exceeding full-year 2025 totals across multiple sources. Companies including Oracle, Amazon, Meta, and Dell have announced large rounds explicitly tied to shifting resources toward artificial intelligence infrastructure, automation, and efficiency gains, often while borrowing or reallocating capital for data centers and model development. This pattern has sustained elevated daily averages near 800 job losses, supporting the 90.5% market-implied probability for higher annual totals. A sustained slowdown in the final quarter or broader economic stabilization could still moderate the outcome.