Though layoffs have roiled tech giants over the last year, there's one area where tech talent, especially developers, remains in high demand – yup, artificial intelligence. To review: In 2022, tech layoffs made headlines, as the sector's biggest names, from Alphabet ( GOOG, GOOGL ) to Amazon ( AMZN ) to Meta ( META ), began sending employees packing by the thousands. Layoffs have continued to pile up. Now, halfway into 2023, we've seen more tech employees laid off this year – 216,910 – than all of last year, 164,709, according to Layoffs.fyi data.