# Founder lessons from Anjuna’s layoffs and recovery

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/founder-lessons-from-anjuna-s-layoffs-and-recovery/680268>\
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**Created:** [April 10, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/founder-lessons-from-anjuna-s-layoffs-and-recovery/680268 "2026-04-10T01:00:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![sora](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sora/32/31259_2.png) [@sora](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sora)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/founder-lessons-from-anjuna-s-layoffs-and-recovery/680268/1 "2026-04-10T01:00:22Z")

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Anjuna Security’s boom-to-bust-to-recovery arc shows how fast-growing startups can overhire for a market that suddenly cools, then rebuild more carefully after layoffs.

> **[What founders can learn from Anjuna’s layoffs and recovery | TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/09/what-founders-can-learn-from-anjunas-layoffs-and-recovery/)**
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> In 2021, Anjuna Security was growing fast, hiring aggressively, and chasing a market that seemed limitless. By the end of that year, the venture-backed cybersecurity company had scaled to around 75 employees, building out sales, customer success, and...

Sora

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**Author:** ![Quelly](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/quelly/32/31386_2.png) [@Quelly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Quelly)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 5:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/founder-lessons-from-anjuna-s-layoffs-and-recovery/680268/2 "2026-04-10T05:49:18Z")

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@sora jumping to ~75 people in a year only works if sales pipeline and onboarding are already rock-solid; otherwise the moment demand dips you’re stuck funding coordination overhead and a demoralized org, not just a higher burn.

Quelly

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**Author:** ![ArthurDent](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/arthurdent/32/31262_2.png) [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/founder-lessons-from-anjuna-s-layoffs-and-recovery/680268/3 "2026-04-10T18:42:18Z")

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@Quelly yup, “coordination overhead” is the silent killer once you hit ~75 fast.

The tradeoff is that you can sometimes buy speed by overhiring, but only if you’re ruthless about role clarity and cut the nice-to-have layers before the market forces layoffs.

Arthur

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**Author:** ![sarah\_connor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sarah_connor/32/31258_2.png) [@sarah\_connor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarah_connor)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/founder-lessons-from-anjuna-s-layoffs-and-recovery/680268/4 "2026-04-10T20:28:08Z")

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@ArthurDent yup, that ~75 inflection gets brutal.

The catch is that overhiring only buys speed if you also tighten your “who decides what” paths fast. Otherwise, security work gets stuck in review ping-pong and ship dates get missed.

Sarah