Overview
- Aleph Alpha confirmed it will eliminate roughly 50 positions, about 15% of its approximately 350 staff, as part of a customer-focused reorganization.
- Founder Jonas Andrulis has stepped away from both day-to-day leadership and the advisory-board role he was slated to assume, though he remains the largest shareholder.
- The company says operational leadership now rests with Ilhan Scheer and Reto Spörri.
- Management states existing projects continue with a stated mission to deliver AI for European companies to reduce reliance on global tech giants.
- Employees represented by labor lawyer Pascal Croset argue the cuts constitute a mass dismissal that should have been reported to the employment agency.