{"id":48602,"date":"2026-01-28T16:05:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=48602"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:05:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:05:51","slug":"pinterest-to-cut-less-than-15-of-workforce-as-it-shifts-focus-to-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/28\/pinterest-to-cut-less-than-15-of-workforce-as-it-shifts-focus-to-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinterest to Cut Less Than 15% of Workforce as It Shifts Focus to AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Pinterest said Tuesday it plans to lay off less than 15% of its workforce and reduce office space as it accelerates its adoption of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>In a securities filing, the company said it expects the job cuts to be completed by the end of its third quarter in late September. Pinterest shares fell about 3% in premarket trading.<\/p>\n<p>Pinterest said it is \u201creallocating resources\u201d toward AI-focused teams and prioritizing \u201cAI-powered products and capabilities.\u201d The company also said it is reshaping its sales and marketing strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The platform has been integrating artificial intelligence across its services to deliver more personalized and relevant content to users. In October, Pinterest introduced a \u201cPinterest Assistant\u201d shopping tool.<\/p>\n<p>The company has also rolled out more automated advertising tools for marketers as it faces growing competition from platforms such as TikTok and Meta\u2019s Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Pinterest reported having more than 4,500 employees worldwide as of last April, according to its most recent proxy filing.<\/p>\n<p>The company said it expects to record pretax restructuring charges of about $35 million to $45 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Pinterest #Cut #Workforce #Shifts #Focus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pinterest said Tuesday it plans to lay off less than 15% of its workforce and reduce office space as it&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,11],"tags":[118,5249,9613,2999,6435],"class_list":["post-48602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi","category-world","tag-cut","tag-focus","tag-pinterest","tag-shifts","tag-workforce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48604,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48602\/revisions\/48604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}