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        "stage": "Post-IPO",
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        "date": "2026-05-28",
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        "country": "Canada",
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        "date": "2026-05-07",
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        "stage": "Post-IPO",
        "source": "https://www.bill.com/blog/a-message-to-bill-employees"
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        "date": "2026-05-14",
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        "industry": "Crypto",
        "country": "Norway",
        "stage": "Series B",
        "source": "https://x.com/hagaetc/status/2054937771811192837?s=20"
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-05-26",
        "company": "Groupon",
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        "percentage_laid_off": 0.25,
        "industry": "Retail",
        "country": "United States",
        "stage": "Post-IPO",
        "source": "https://www.wsj.com/business/groupon-to-cut-nearly-a-quarter-of-workforce-in-restructuring-a286bcd5"
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-05-06",
        "company": "reAlpha",
        "num_laid_off": null,
        "percentage_laid_off": 0.25,
        "industry": "Real Estate",
        "country": "United States",
        "stage": "Post-IPO",
        "source": "https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/realpha-reduces-workforce-by-approximately-25-and-consolidates-vendor-spend-targeting-2-million-in-annualized-savings-as-ai-advancements-drive-organizational-efficiency-1036115751"
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-05-05",
        "company": "0G",
        "num_laid_off": null,
        "percentage_laid_off": 0.25,
        "industry": "Crypto",
        "country": "United States",
        "stage": "Unknown",
        "source": "https://www.businessinsider.com/0g-labs-layoffs-ai-integration-2026-5"
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  },
  "insights": [
    "2026-05 includes 50 public layoff events and 29,002 reported layoffs.",
    "The largest company contributor is Meta with 8,000 reported layoffs.",
    "The leading named industry is Finance with 8,586 reported layoffs.",
    "9 events report a layoff percentage of 25% or higher."
  ],
  "methodology_notes": [
    "Rows with invalid dates are excluded from period reports.",
    "Rows without num_laid_off count as events but are excluded from headcount totals.",
    "Layoff percentage, funding stage, and funds raised fields are incomplete in source data."
  ]
}