Outbrain Layoffs

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3
Layoff rounds
328
Employees laid off
Post-IPO
Funding stage
$394M
Total raised

Outbrain has 3 publicly reported layoff rounds on record between July 26, 2022 and February 5, 2025. A total of about 328 employees were affected across these rounds.

Layoff history

February 5, 2025
Outbrain cut 200 employees
200 laid off Location New York City

About 200 Outbrain employees were let go in early February 2025, the majority outside Israel, as the combined Outbrain-Teads company moved to eliminate duplicate roles following the close of their merger. The $625 million deal brought together Israeli ad-tech firm Outbrain and French digital advertising company Teads, creating a combined entity targeting $65-75 million in annual cost savings by 2026. David Kostman, Outbrain's CEO, leads the merged business, which now operates under the Teads brand, employs around 2,000 people, serves 20,000 advertisers, and reaches approximately 2 billion consumers monthly. Combined 2024 revenues were projected at $623 million. No specific severance terms or affected team names were disclosed.

Reason: Post-merger elimination of duplicate roles

Source: calcalistech.com

June 1, 2023
Outbrain cut 90 employees (10% of staff)
90 laid off 10% of workforce Location New York City

Outbrain disclosed a workforce reduction affecting its New York City operations in June 1, 2023. Approximately 90 roles were eliminated.

Source: calcalistech.com

July 26, 2022
Outbrain cut 38 employees (3% of staff)
38 laid off 3% of workforce Location New York City

Outbrain disclosed a workforce reduction affecting its New York City operations in July 26, 2022. Approximately 38 roles were eliminated.

Source: en.globes.co.il

Data for Outbrain is compiled from public WARN Act filings and reporting linked above. See our methodology.