Jerusalem-based Lightricks, primarily often known as the developer of the Facetune content material modifying app, which has greater than 500 workers, is making ready for one more spherical of layoffs, “Globes” has discovered. In accordance with sources aware of the small print, the corporate will make cuts as a part of a broader change in its operations, however it’s presently unclear what the ultimate variety of layoffs will likely be.
The transfer comes within the wake of great modifications the corporate has undergone lately. Lightricks has expanded its actions within the subject of AI and invested in growing superior fashions and instruments for creating content material, in efforts to create new progress engines and turn into a significant participant within the subject. Amongst different issues, the corporate has invested in growing the LTX Studio platform and different AI instruments for creating video and digital content material.
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Not the primary spherical of layoffs
That is one other spherical of cuts for the corporate, which has been making repeated changes to its operational construction lately. In October 2025, Lightricks introduced that some 85 workers have been being laid off, whereas hiring 30 AI specialists. On the time, the corporate defined that it was implementing a complete organizational restructuring to give attention to areas with excessive progress potential and speed up its AI actions. As a part of that transfer, the corporate established a brand new construction based mostly on a devoted division for growing AI fashions and applied sciences alongside actions targeted on its shopper merchandise.
In 2024, the corporate additionally downsized, when about 70 workers have been laid off as a part of one other strategic change. On the similar time, the corporate introduced that it was lowering exercise in a few of its conventional modifying functions and directing assets in direction of growing new AI merchandise. The main target of the transfer at the moment was additionally LTX Studio – the identical platform for creating movies and scenes utilizing textual content instructions, which was marked as one of many firm’s major progress engines.
No response to this report has been forthcoming from Lightricks.
Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on Might 27, 2026.
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