India, May 24 -- Zeb Evans, the founder and CEO of productivity platform ClickUp, announced layoffs on May 21. The workforce reduction will affect 22% of the total staff, with Evans blaming it on the way artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing the way businesses operate.

In a post shared on X, California-based Evans insisted that the decision to lay off 22% of the company's total strength was not driven by financial troubles. In fact, he claimed that business is the "strongest it has ever been".

"Today we reduced headcount by 22%. The business is the strongest it's ever been. So I think it's important to be direct about what I'm seeing and why," he wrote.

Evans said he personally took responsibility for the layoffs, arguing t...