Navigating The AI Workforce Shift

The current workforce transformation represents a pivotal phase in the broader AI Economic Supercycle, specifically the "Workforce Shift" stage identified in the AI Horizontal Enabling Layer framework I’ve talked about last year.

With over 52,000 tech jobs cut by mid-2025 while the "Big Four" tech companies simultaneously invested $320 billion in AI infrastructure, we are witnessing a strategic resource reallocation rather than simple cost-cutting.

This report analyzes the workforce shift pattern as a natural progression in the AI-driven economic transformation cycle, examining its causes, patterns, and strategic implications for businesses and policymakers.

And in the end, a focused analysis on how to start the reskilling process as a professional, to thrive in a market, which is quite challenging for many at the moment.

We’re all navigating this together, so I hope this piece can help you make sense on what to do next.

Understanding the AI Economic Supercycle