(KRON) -- Amazon will be cutting hundreds of jobs across the Bay Area in the company's latest rounds of layoffs. According to state filings with the Employment Development Department, the e-commerce giant will be cutting 769 jobs locally. Most employees aren’t saving time with AI, even though CEOs think they are, report says The majority of the job cuts -- 666 of them -- will be across several facilities in Santa Clara County, in Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Santa Clara and Palo Alto. The company will be cutting another 103 jobs at two San Francisco offices. All of the job cuts are permanent, according to state filings. Amazon's latest layoffs come just one month into what has already been a tough year for the tech industry. So far in 2026, we've seen job cuts at Autodesk, Pinterest, and Facebook parent company Meta. Amazon has announced plans to cut thousands of jobs at corporate level. In almost every case, the companies behind the layoffs are citing a pivot toward AI as the reason for the downsizing. Rampant layoffs and a decline in tech job postings have led some to speculate that the tech industry is in the midst of a "jobs recession." In addition to the Bay Area layoffs, state filings indicate that Amazon is also cutting 256 jobs in Los Angeles and Orange County. ...read more read less