CEO Who Fired Nearly 80% of Staff Over AI Says He’d Do It Again

Jan 15, 2026

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C-Suite Perspectives On AI: Eric Vaughan of IgniteTech On Where to Use AI and Where to Rely Only on… | IgniteTech

A tech CEO who slashed nearly 80% of his workforce amid an AI push says he’d repeat the move. According to Yahoo Finance citing Fortune, IgniteTech CEO Eric Vaughan told staff their jobs hinged on adopting artificial intelligence and when most wouldn’t, he cut them.

The decision in early 2023 raised eyebrows then and still does now as the AI debate inte…

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