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EigenLayer Team Slashes 25% of Staff

The layoffs at Eigen Labs follow a $70M token sale to a16z.
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Jul 8, 2025 • 1 min read

EigenLayer laid off 29 employees—25% of its team—to concentrate resources on EigenCloud, a newly launched decentralized computing and verification stack.

What’s the Scoop?

  • Strategic Layoffs: The reduction affected 29 staffers across departments, with impacted employees receiving 3 months’ severance and accelerated token vesting.
  • Focused Investment: Backed by a $70M raise from a16z, the move signals a commitment to building EigenCloud as the core infrastructure for offchain verifiability.
  • Modular Ambitions: EigenCloud includes products like EigenVerify (dispute resolution), EigenDA (data availability), and EigenCompute (verifiable compute).
  • Verifiability Play: The pivot aligns EigenLayer with growing demand for onchain-anchored trust in sectors like AI, finance, and enterprise cloud.

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