GitLab announced a reduction of approximately 14% of its full-time workforce, about 350 team members, to realign operations around AI and strategic priorities.
SourceA complete DevOps platform delivered as a single application.
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Updated Aug 2, 2026
GitLab Inc. is a public, open-core software company whose GitLab platform unifies software planning, source-code management, CI/CD, security, compliance, deployment, observability, and AI-agent workflows. It began as an open-source project in 2011, was incorporated in 2014, and trades on Nasdaq as GTLB. As of FY2026 it reported $955.2M revenue, more than $1B ARR, more than 50M registered users, and approximately 2,580 team members.
Primary product
GitLab, an intelligent orchestration / DevSecOps platform available as GitLab.com SaaS, GitLab Self-Managed, and GitLab Dedicated, with GitLab Duo Agent Platform for AI-assisted and agentic software delivery.
Founded
2011
Headquarters
No operating headquarters: GitLab states that it is remote-only and does not maintain a headquarters. Its registered office for filings is 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, Delaware 19808.
Team size
Approximately 2,500–2,600 team members; 2,580 in 60 countries as of January 31, 2026.
Work style
189 jobs at GitLab
Remote
Industry
IT services and software
Sub-industry
DevSecOps, software development platforms, developer tools, and AI-assisted software delivery
Business model
Stage
Public company; venture-backed through Series E and IPO
Total raised
$435M
Latest round
Initial public offering · Oct 2021
Latest amount
$758.8M
Oct 2021 · Public markets
Sep 2019 · Goldman Sachs and ICONIQ Capital
Series E [GitLab Blog](https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-series-e-funding)
Sep 2019 · Goldman Sachs, ICONIQ Capital
Dec 2018 · Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (reported)
Dec 2018 · Goldman Sachs Investment Partners
Sep 2018 · ICONIQ Capital
Sep 2018 · ICONIQ Capital
Oct 2017 · GV
Oct 2017 · GV (Google Ventures)
Series B [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/13/gitlab-secures-20-million-series-b)
Sep 2016 · August Capital
Aug 2016 · August Capital
Sep 2015 · Khosla Ventures
Sep 2015 · Khosla Ventures
Jul 2015 · Khosla Ventures
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
Co-founder and Executive Chair of the Board
Chief Financial Officer
Thomas Lloyd
Chief Business and Legal Officer
Manav Khurana
Chief Product and Marketing Officer
Chaim Mazal
Chief Information Security Officer
Godfrey Sullivan
Lead Independent Director
Karen Blasing
Board Member
Matthew Jacobson
Board Member
Sue Bostrom
Board Member
Sunny Bedi
Board Member
David Henshall
Board Member
Founders
Co-founder
Co‑founder; formerly Engineering Fellow (left GitLab Nov 2021) [GitLab Farewell](https://about.gitlab.com/blog/a-special-farewell-from-gitlab-dmitriy-zaporozhets)
Co‑founder; Executive Chair, GitLab Inc. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sijbrandij)
GitLab describes its culture through the values that everyone can contribute, results-driven remote work, transparency, iteration, collaboration, ownership, and impact. The public handbook is the central operating repository, and the company emphasizes asynchronous communication, inclusion, and work-life balance.
Work style
Remote
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
GitLab uses country-specific market data and generally targets the 50th percentile of the software market, with critical technical roles targeted at the 75th percentile. Compensation combines base salary, variable pay where applicable, and equity; ranges became visible to all team members in Workday on May 1, 2026. GitLab generally does not sponsor work visas, with narrow exceptions for certain existing-work-authorization or Netherlands processes.
Benefits
Pricing
Free tier; Premium at $29 per user/month billed annually; Ultimate custom enterprise pricing; GitLab Dedicated and government offerings are sales-led; Duo Agent Platform usage is credit-based at $1 per credit, with add-on compute and storage pricing.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Approximately $900M–$1.0B annually; reported FY2026 revenue was $955.2M.
Estimated monthly visits
16.5M
Traffic estimate as of Aug 2026
GitLab announced a reduction of approximately 14% of its full-time workforce, about 350 team members, to realign operations around AI and strategic priorities.
SourceThe restructuring also plans exits from 22 countries, reducing the geographic footprint by approximately 37%, with estimated pre-tax restructuring charges of $30M–$35M.
SourceTechCrunch reported that management plans to reinvest much of the savings in infrastructure, research and development, and AI workloads; the cuts occurred despite 23% year-over-year quarterly revenue growth.
SourceGitLab Investor Relations · Jul 2026
GitLab 19.2 added or expanded dependency auto-remediation, Security Review Flow, Duo CLI general availability, custom agentic flows, and AI audit reporting.
TechCrunch · Jun 2026
Coverage of the approximately 350-person reduction, the AI-infrastructure rationale, and the planned $30M–$35M restructuring cost.
GitLab Investor Relations · Jun 2026
Revenue reached $264.2M, up 23% year over year; customers above $5,000 ARR reached 10,831. The release also disclosed the planned 14% workforce reduction and exit from 22 countries.
GitLab Investor Relations · May 2026
The release highlighted GitLab Secrets Manager, agentic merge-request workflows, components analytics, SBOM/dependency controls, and self-hosted open-source model support.
PR Newswire · Mar 2026
The GitLab Foundation awarded a $500,000 grant to Making Space to scale fellowship programming and build responsible AI tools that improve employment access for disabled talent, aiming to close the disability employment gap through training, employer systems change, and AI‑enabled matching (Mar 18, 2026) [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gitlab-foundation-awards-500-000-grant-to-making-space-to-expand-workforce-pathways-and-responsible-ai-tools-for-disabled-talent-302714470.html).