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858 Education Tech Firm Chegg Lays Off 45% of Staff as AI Woes Continue

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Kevin McLaughlin @ The Information · 10/27/2025 23:31 EDT

Education Tech Firm Chegg Lays Off 45% of Staff as AI Woes Continue

Online education firm Chegg is laying off 388 employees—around 45% of its workforce—due to the “new realities of AI,” which includes reduced website traffic and revenue stemming from Google’s practices of including AI summaries atop search results. It’s the latest sign of trouble for Chegg, ...

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