- Published on August 8, 2025
- In AI Features
Indian IT is in Denial of AI Layoffs, Big Tech Wants to Call it Out
TCS wants to convince that 12,000 layoffs are not because of AI, while Microsoft attributes its 15,000 to AI.
- By Mohit Pandey
Two major tech giants — one in India and another in the US — are letting people go, but the narratives around those layoffs seem diametrically opposite.
When TCS CEO K Krithivasan addressed the company’s move to lay off 12,000 employees, he blamed “skill mismatch” and “organisational shifts” from waterfall to agile. But anyone paying attention could read between the lines. These are AI layoffs — just not the kind you’re allowed to say out loud in India.
Microsoft, on the other hand, is making no effort to hide it. Layoffs are framed as part of a larger, aggressive push into AI. The message is that redundancy is the price of transformation.
Microsoft basically wants Wall Street to know it’s moving fast and hard on AI, even if that leads to job cuts.
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Mohit Pandey
Mohit writes about AI in simple, explainable, and often funny words. He's especially passionate about chatting with those building AI for Bharat, with the occasional detour into AGI.
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