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Amperity co-founders and co-CEOs Kabir Shahani, left, and Derek Slager. (Amperity photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seattle-based customer data startup Amperity<\/a> conducted layoffs this week, the company confirmed to GeekWire, citing a transformation related to its use of more artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

The company did not specify how many jobs were cut, only that \u201ca number of talented people are leaving.\u201d Amperity\u2019s headcount remains over 200 globally in offices across Seattle, New York, the U.K., Australia and Argentina.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmperity is transforming how it operates as a company, building AI into how we work across the organization,\u201d a spokesperson said in an emailed statement. \u201cThat shift changes where we\u2019re investing and the shape of the team we need going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

The layoffs come two weeks after Amperity announced<\/a> that co-founders\u00a0Derek Slager<\/a>\u00a0and Kabir Shahani<\/a> were taking charge of the company as co-CEOs. <\/p>\n

That move replaced Tony Alika Owens<\/a> \u2014 a former Salesforce executive recruited as CEO in 2024 \u2014 in what Amperity called a planned \u201cmutual transition.\u201d Longtime CFO Amy Kelleran Pelly<\/a> also took on added responsibilities and became president while retaining her CFO role.<\/p>\n

Slager and Shahani said at the time that the rise of AI created a major opportunity for the company. And Thursday\u2019s statement about layoffs reiterated that view.<\/p>\n