In a single week, Cloudflare, DeepL, Freshworks, and Upwork all announced double-digit percentage workforce cuts — while posting revenue growth or beating expectations. The playbook is identical: rebrand as 'AI-native,' declare that smaller teams can do more with agents, and frame mass layoffs as transformation rather than cost-cutting. The AI restructuring wave has moved from early adopters to standard operating procedure, and it arrives when the numbers are good, not when they're bad.