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A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs

AIMPWAJune 16, 2025

The tech layoff wave is still kicking in 2025. Last year saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 549 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. So far this year, more than 22,000 workers have been the victim of reductions across the tech industry, with a staggering 16,084 cuts taking place in February alone. We’re...

Alta raises $11M to bring ‘Clueless’ fashion tech to life with all-star investors

AIMPWAJune 16, 2025

Throughout her years working in technology, Jenny Wang, 28, always found herself stumbling back to one idea — a personal styling agent to help users decide what to wear and buy based on their budget, lifestyle, weather and calendar. She has tried to build such a product numerous times in the past, “but the AI...

Finland commits EUR 2.5 million to new phase of EIF support for sustainable trade in LDCs

AIMPWAJune 16, 2025

Finland has pledged EUR 2.5 million to the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), providing an important early boost to the initiative’s third phase of activities in support of least developed countries (LDCs), set to begin in October 2025. The contribution builds on over a decade of Finnish commitments, totalling nearly EUR 30 million (over USD 32...

WTO | 2025 Press Releases – Japan gives CHF 105,000 to support trade capacity-building in developing economies

AIMPWAJune 16, 2025

The Global Trust Fund finances trade-related technical assistance in areas such as market access, trade facilitation, services and agriculture. The objective is to help participants better understand WTO agreements and participate more effectively in global trade negotiations. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said: “We are grateful for Japan’s continued partnership, which reflects its longstanding commitment to...