Mews Cuts 15% of Staff, Points to AI in Broad Restructuring — Exclusive

Mews is cutting 15% of its roughly 1,350-person staff in its deepest restructuring since the pandemic — founder and CEO Richard Valtr says AI has made the roles obsolete.

“[We’re] looking at the reality of where the industry is shifting to, where we need to be in a few years time, and trying to accelerate that process of transforming ourselves as a company,” Valtr told Skift. “And unfortunately, that does impact a number of different roles built for an era that is ceasing to exist, because of the fact that a singular employee can do so, so much more with AI.”

For years, the company split its work into separate teams by function, with specialists passing projects to one another toward completion. With AI, Valtr said, workers can own more of the work fr