Chipmaker Broadcom lays off employees in sales, accounting, and multiple other departments days after announcing $100B+ OpenAI partnership

Chip giant Broadcom laid off employees this week in sales, customer success, account management, and solutions roles, according to LinkedIn posts and sources cited by Business Insider. The cuts come just days after the $1.65 trillion company announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI to deploy 10 gigawatts of custom AI accelerators. The layoffs affected an undisclosed number of workers, with the reductions appearing to target customer-facing departments rather than technical roles. Broadcom did not respond to requests for comment on the workforce reductions. The timing of the cuts follows Broadcom's October 13 announcement of its collaboration with OpenAI, which will see the chip designer develop and deploy custom AI processors starting in the second half of 2026. The deal, whic