Almost All of Vimeo Staff Laid Off After Acquisition by Bending Spoons
Vimeo cut over 1,000 global jobs four months after its $1.38 billion acquisition by Milan-based Bending Spoons amid efforts to reduce costs and centralize operations.
- Vimeo announced on January 20, 2026 that layoffs affected more than 1,000 employees worldwide, four months after its $1.38 billion acquisition by Bending Spoons.
- Bending Spoons' acquisition playbook has centralized operations and trimmed headcount, cutting 75% of WeTransfer's staff and firing all 22 Filmic members shortly after purchase.
- Bending Spoons confirmed layoffs to TechCrunch but refused to disclose numbers, while ex‑Vimeo engineer Derek Buitenhuis posted `Sucks to see something I built killed by private equity in a technology company skin suit`, attributing his reaction to the layoffs.
- Filmmakers and archivists warn the cuts threaten Vimeo's two-decade archive and creator services, while observers note remaining Vimeo staff may soon dwindle further, deepening platform uncertainty.
- Bending Spoons appears to be recouping its $1.38 billion Vimeo purchase rapidly by cutting staff, while recently adding AOL and Eventbrite to its portfolio.
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Vimeo Layoffs Eliminate Majority of Staff Just Four Months After $1.38B Acquisition
Just four months after Italian tech firm Bending Spoons completed its $1.38 billion acquisition of the pioneering video platform, as we were fearing just over a week ago, Vimeo has laid off what former employees describe as “almost everyone” at the company, including the entire video engineering team. The move follows a familiar pattern from Bending Spoons, which previously gutted the teams behind Filmic Pro, WeTransfer, and Evernote. For filmma…
Vimeo just lost most of its staff, including open source contributors
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