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Shopee

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Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 107.2 (Hot), down 1.8 month-on-month — shows Asia signal flow steady (+0.3pts).

Shopee: 1 signal in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow.

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Layoffs · Asia

GoKwik

GoKwik (ecommerce enabler platform) laid off 100–120 employees as part of restructuring and automation initiative. Layoffs primarily impacted customer onboarding and tech teams. Founded 2020, backed by Z47 and Peak XV, raised $68M to date.

Layoffs · Asia

Activision Blizzard

Activision Blizzard, under Xbox parent company, is cutting jobs across the board, including elimination of a small number of roles in China.

Layoffs · Asia

Homeplus

Court termination of Homeplus rehabilitation proceedings puts 12,000 employees at immediate risk of job loss. Company reduced workforce from 20,000 (March 2025) to 12,000 (post-Homeplus Express sale) and will likely liquidate.

Layoffs · Asia

Lazada

Lazada is cutting approximately 5% of its workforce as part of a strategic review across South-east Asia markets. The layoffs are not driven by AI initiatives.

Layoffs · Asia

Opendoor

Opendoor shut down entire India office with approximately 250 employee layoffs, citing AI-led automation. Company consolidated manual workflows previously handled by offshore Indian employees.

Layoffs · Asia

Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered Group CEO Bill Winters announced plans to cut corporate roles by 15% by 2030, impacting over 7,000 job roles, citing AI-driven efficiency gains

replacing, in some cases, lower-value human capital with the financial capital and investment capital we're putting in
Bill Winters, Chief Executive, Standard Chartered · City AM

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