Amperity hit with layoffs as AI changes the shape of the customer data startup and how it operates

Amperity co-founders and co-CEOs Kabir Shahani, left, and Derek Slager. Seattle-based customer data startup Amperity conducted layoffs this week, the company confirmed to GeekWire, citing a transformation related to its use of more artificial intelligence. The company did not specify how many jobs were cut, only that “a number of talented people are leaving.” Amperity’s headcount remains over 200 globally in offices across Seattle, New York, the U.K., Australia and Argentina.