India, May 17 -- Healthtech unicorn Innovaccer has carried out a fresh round of layoffs as it moves towards an AI-native structure. A screenshot of Innovaccer CEO Abhinav Shashank's email to staff is being widely circulated on social media, in which he confirmed AI as the reason behind the layoffs.

According to an Inc42 report, this is the startup's third round of layoffs in the four years. Sources told the news outlet that 340 employees in the United States and India will be impacted by the layoffs.

Abhinav Shashank, the Indian-American CEO of Innovaccer, called it a "difficult day" for the company as he informed staff of the layoffs.

"Today is a difficult day for us at Innovaccer, and I want to name that plainly before anything else,...