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The cut

SUSE, the Linux company owned by EQT, is cutting about 10% of its roughly 1,900 staff, chief executive Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen told employees in a memo.

The reason

"Modern tooling is already changing our daily workflows," he wrote, and some roles have "greatly diminished."

What's next

Affected staff will be told by November 4th; a voluntary departure offer in September did not draw enough takers.

Sources and the full story

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SUSE will cut one in ten jobs and names "automation and AI" as the reason

SUSE, the Linux company owned by EQT, is cutting about 10% of its roughly 1,900 staff, chief executive Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen told employees in a memo. "Modern tooling is already changing our daily workflows," he wrote, and some roles have "greatly diminished." Affected staff will be told by November 4th; a voluntary departure offer in September did not draw enough takers. SourcesB

Sources

• BSUSE to cut one in ten employees because of AI (The Register)theregister.com

This story ran in the Morning Brief of November 3rd 2026.