The Redmond giant has laid off over 15,000 people in 2025, and a report claims it's all in the name of freeing up spending money to invest more heavily in AI infrastructure, as Microsoft closes in on NVIDIA as most valuable company.

American tech giant Microsoft will lay off nearly 9,000 employees, about 4 per cent of its workforce -- in what is its third round of job cuts in recent months, the company confirmed on Wednesday (local time),

Microsoft is laying off just under 4% of its workforce in a new round of job cuts, the company said Wednesday.

Microsoft says it is laying off about 9,000 workers, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years.

While some other European gaming offices are also cutting, US units are reportedly being informed later Wednesday. Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming, sent an email to all Microsoft Gaming employees regarding the layoffs,

The tech giant intends to reduce organizational layers by having fewer managers and streamlining its products, procedures and roles, Microsoft said Wednesday.

Microsoft is cutting more than 9,000 jobs -- 4% of its global workforce -- and as a result, Everwild and the Perfect Dark reboot have been put out to pasture.

The cuts represent less than 4% of the company’s global workforce and come on top of about 6,000 roles it eliminated in May.