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Squarespace lays off about 19% of staff (~300 people) as AI changes website creation

Squarespace confirmed to TechCrunch, via Jeff Seedman, a restructuring that cuts about 19% of the global workforce — around 300 jobs — to “simplify operations, sharpen priorities and move faster.” TechCrunch ties the moment to the shift toward prompt-based site builders (“vibe coding”), with rivals such as Wix's purchase of Base44 and Google's Stitch. Squarespace itself already has Blueprint AI and announced Forma, a native AI platform on a waitlist. The company was taken private in a $7 billion PE deal in 2024. The statement does not say the layoffs exist “to fund AI.”