The $100 Million Secret: Why Tech Layoffs Are Actually Funding the AI Gold Rush

While headlines fixate on job cuts, a coordinated, multi-hundred-million-dollar effort is quietly re-platforming the American economy for an AI-native future.

While the tech industry continues to grapple with a steady drumbeat of layoffs in 2025, a parallel story is unfolding that changes the entire narrative. It’s a story not of reduction, but of radical reallocation. While one hand cuts, the other is writing nine-figure checks to build the fundamental infrastructure for the next 50 years of economic growth.…