Bengaluru-based SaaS startup Whatfix has laid off 6% of its workforce, affecting an estimated 60-80 employees, as a part of a strategic realignment to strengthen its deal with long-term and environment friendly development.

That is the primary layoff train on the startup since its inception and comes at a time when enterprise software program corporations are recalibrating their value constructions amid altering demand patterns and the fast adoption of AI.

The startup stated the restructuring was supposed to align its go-to-market technique with rising traction in its AI-first product traces.

A spokesperson stated, “Whatfix undertook a strategic realignment to sharpen its deal with long-term, sustainable, and environment friendly development in a quickly altering market. As a part of this shift, roughly 6% of our present headcount was impacted, together with round 4% in our GTM groups, to higher align our go-to-market with the sturdy traction we’re seeing in our AI-first product traces.”

The spokesperson added that the agency would help impacted staff and guarantee continuity for purchasers.

Based in 2014 by Khadim Batti and Vara Kumar, Whatfix offers digital adoption instruments, in-app steerage and efficiency help for enterprise software program. Its platform consists of simulated environments for coaching and no-code analytics utilized by world shoppers to enhance productiveness and course of compliance.

The startup raised $125 million in a Series E funding spherical final 12 months led by Warburg Pincus, with participation from SoftBank Imaginative and prescient Fund 2. Early buyers Helion Enterprise Companions and Eight Roads Ventures partially exited within the spherical. Following the fundraise, Whatfix launched a $58 million ESOP liquidity programme, its fourth buyback for workers and shareholders.

Whereas Whatfix has not disclosed its FY25 financials, its working income rose 49% to about Rs 425 crore in FY24, up from Rs 285 crore within the earlier 12 months. Losses declined 20% to round Rs 263 crore. The US stays its largest market, contributing greater than 70% of whole income.