GoKwik laid off around 120 people over the weeks leading up to July 11, 2026, when Inc42 broke the story. Customer onboarding and tech teams were hit hardest as the company automates more of its operations with AI. GoKwik runs checkout, payments, and returns tooling for direct-to-consumer brands in India, and it raised $13 million led by RTP Global about a year before the cuts, bringing total funding to roughly $68 million. The company had not confirmed the layoffs publicly as of publication.
The 120 figure and the 20% share are estimates. GoKwik has not disclosed exact numbers, and employee-data platforms put its pre-cut headcount between roughly 570 and 610. The tracker uses 600 as the workforce baseline, our average best guess from those sources.