Emin Gün Sirer Cuts 12 Percent of Ava Labs Staff

Emin Gün Sirer confirmed the cuts on November 7, 2023. Ava Labs had parted ways with 12 percent of its staff, he wrote on X, in a move that would let the company “reallocate resources to double down on the growth of our firm and the Avalanche ecosystem.” Decrypt had already reported the layoffs a day earlier, on November 6, after multiple employees said on social media that they had lost their jobs. Sirer's post left departments and individuals unnamed. Ava Labs' vice president of growth and strategy, Garrison Yang , had filled in one piece in a post on November 6: the cuts had reached "many people" in the marketing division.