Eran Zinman
Co-founder and co-chief executive of Monday.com.
Co-founder and co-chief executive of Monday.com who told staff on 22 July 2026 that the company's 630 job cuts were not made to replace people with AI.
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Told staff in writing the cut was not made to replace people with AI
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Eran Zinman is co-founder and co-chief executive of Monday.com, the Israeli work-management software company he helped build from an early project-tracking tool into a Nasdaq-listed enterprise software business.
He shares the chief executive role in a co-leadership structure unusual among listed software firms, and has generally taken a public, hands-on role in explaining major company decisions to staff and press rather than delegating that to communications teams.
His direct denial of AI as a driver of layoffs in July 2026 was consistent with that hands-on communication style.
Zinman denies AI drove the cuts
Eran Zinman told Monday.com staff in writing on 22 July 2026 that the 630 job cuts, about 20% of the workforce, were 'not made to reduce costs or replace people with AI' .
His statement put him directly at odds with trade press, which counted the Monday.com reduction among 2026's AI-attributed layoffs regardless of the company's own account. As co-founder speaking for leadership rather than as a spokesperson, Zinman's denial carries more weight than a standard corporate line, and sets him apart from executives elsewhere who have used AI as the explicit justification for cuts.
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