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**🤖 Structural Pivot to AI Agents**
Crypto data giant **Dune Analytics** has laid off **25%** of its workforce in a major structural overhaul, citing a hard pivot toward automated AI and institutional data products.
**⚡ The Highlights**
* **The Pivot:** Co-founder and CEO Fredrik Haga confirmed the cuts are not due to financial distress, but a strategic decision to go "all-in" on two core market shifts: **AI automation** and **institutions coming on-chain**.
* **The Tech:** The downsizing is heavily driven by the launch of **Dune MCP** (Model Context Protocol). The tool allows automated AI agents and institutional teams to build data dashboards and query live feeds across 100+ blockchains without needing to write SQL or manage data infrastructure.
* **The Macro Wave:** Dune remains well-capitalized, but joins a broader 2026 industry trend where platforms like Coinbase, Block, and Gemini have scaled back human headcount to reallocate resources toward native AI efficiency.