Oracle Cuts 10,000 Jobs in India, Shedding 20% of Its Indian Workforce in AI Pivot

Oracle Corp. has laid off approximately 10,000 employees in India, representing roughly 20% of its Indian workforce, as the company accelerates a strategic shift toward artificial intelligence infrastructure and cloud services, according to sources cited by the Economic Times. The reductions are concentrated in legacy enterprise software support and IT services roles that Oracle has historically maintained a large India footprint to service. As Oracle migrates customers to cloud-based systems and deploys AI to automate support and implementation workflows, the company has determined it requires fewer employees in these functions. India has been one of Oracle's largest global employee bases, with the company operating major development and support centers in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pune. The scale of the current reduction is among the largest Oracle has undertaken in the country. The cuts follow Oracle's announced intention to invest heavily in AI data center infrastructure. The company has committed to spending tens of billions of dollars on AI compute capacity and has positioned its cloud business as a primary vehicle for capturing enterprise AI demand. That investment is being funded in part by reducing operational headcount in areas where AI tooling can substitute for human labor. Oracle did not respond to a request for comment. The company's most recent annual report listed approximately 164,000 global employees, meaning the India reduction represents a meaningful fraction of total global headcount. The layoffs add to a wave of technology sector workforce reductions globally as companies restructure around AI capabilities, often eliminating roles in software maintenance, QA, and customer support that are seen as automatable.