“Klarna's headcount will fall from about 3,000 to under 2,000 by 2030 as AI scales across operations: "I want to be honest about the fact that I do think there's going to be a very big shift... it's going to be a lot of turmoil in this."”
Co-founder and CEO, Klarna
Said Feb 2026Deadline Dec 31, 2030V2C podcast, February 2026 (reported by Fast Company and Business Chief)
Resolves on Klarna's reported headcount at end-2030; the company has already gone from roughly 7,000 to about 3,000 employees through cuts and unreplaced attrition.