General Motors has laid off more than 600 salaried IT employees — over 10% of its IT workforce — as part of a deliberate restructuring to replace legacy technology expertise with AI-native capabilities. The company confirmed the cuts, which were first reported by Bloomberg, framing them as preparation for the future rather than simple cost reduction.
GM is actively hiring replacements with skills in AI-native development, data engineering, model training, agent development, prompt engineering, and cloud architecture. Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson, Aurora co-founder hired in May 2025, has been consolidating GM’s disparate technology divisions into a single organisation.
Recent AI-focused hires include Behrad Toghi from Apple as AI lead and Rashed Haq, former head of AI and robotics at Cruise, as vice president of autonomous vehicles. The restructuring signals how large enterprises are rebuilding workforces around AI rather than simply layering tools onto existing teams.
