AI & Jobs Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince's WSJ Op-Ed Names the Layoff Math: Builders Stay, Sellers Stay, 「Measurers」 Get Replaced; 1,100 Cuts (20%) Were 「Mostly Measurers」, Record Q1 Revenue $639.8M up 34%, Stock Down ~24% on Earnings — May 20, 2026
Matthew Prince's WSJ op-ed gives the 2026 AI layoff cycle its cleanest taxonomy yet: builders and sellers stay, 「measurers」 — middle management, finance, legal, internal audit — get the LLM. The math is what makes it ugly.