佐霍创始人斯里达尔·文布表示，由于人工智能相关成本上升、商业前景不确定以及地缘政治挑战，公司今年暂停了年度加薪并削减了市场预算。他在X平台的一篇帖子中写道，人工智能导致数据中心所需服务器价格出现“巨大的四倍增长”，而人工智能的日益普及也使软件公司的支出增加。“软件的商业前景不确定，人工智能大幅提升了成本，”文布写道，他将服务器价格上涨和人工智能使用快速增长列为公司面临的主要挑战之一。
Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu has said the company has put annual salary increases on hold this year and cut its marketing budget amid rising costs linked to artificial intelligence , an uncertain business outlook and geopolitical challenges. In a post on X, Vembu said AI had driven a “massive 4-fold increase in server prices” needed for data centres, while the growing use of AI was also leading to higher expenses for the software company.“The business outlook for software is uncertain and AI has raised costs dramatically,” Vembu wrote, listing higher server prices and rapidly increasing AI usage among the key challenges facing the company.“We have cut down on our marketing budget. We have also told our employees that we cannot have our usual pay increase this year. I have apologised for not being able to avoid this”SRIDHAR VEMBU, FOUNDER, ZOHO Vembu also flagged a difficult outlook for employment in the software industry, while saying Zoho would work to avoid large-scale job cuts.“We will work hard to avoid mass layoffs but the outlook for software jobs in general is grim,” he wrote.SRIDHAR VEMBUThe business outlook for software is uncertain and AI has raised costs dramatically with a) massive 4-fold increase in server prices which we need for data centers b) AI usage increasing rapidly, leading to much higher expenses, which we are trying to control.
“我们削减了市场预算。我们还告诉员工，今年无法进行通常的加薪。我为无法避免这一情况而道歉。”斯里达尔·文布，佐霍创始人。文布还指出，软件行业的就业前景艰难，但表示佐霍将努力避免大规模裁员。“我们将努力避免大规模裁员，但软件行业整体的就业前景令人担忧，”他写道。斯里达尔·文布。软件的商业前景不确定，人工智能大幅提升了成本，原因包括：a) 数据中心所需服务器价格巨幅增长四倍；b) 人工智能使用快速增加，导致支出大幅上升，我们正试图加以控制。
On top of that is the challenging geopolitical backdrop. We have cut down on our marketing budget.
除此之外，还有严峻的地缘政治形势。我们削减了市场预算。我们还告诉员工，今年无法进行通常的加薪。我为无法避免这一情况而道歉。我们将努力避免大规模裁员，但软件行业整体的就业前景令人担忧。我们目前已有18个月未增加员工人数。大多数员工理解当前形势。我对他们心存感激。我们正处于自我重塑的过程中。未来3至5年将决定我们的重塑成效。
We have also told our employees that we cannot have our usual pay increase this year. I have apolgized for not being able to avoid this. We will work hard to avoid mass layoffs but the outlook for software jobs in general is grim. We have not been growing our employee count for 18 months now. Most of our employees understand the situation. I am thankful to them. We are in the middle of reinventing ourselves. The next 3-5 years will decide how our reinvention has worked.
请大家为我们祈祷吧？？？——斯里达尔·韦姆布 2026年10月12日这位佐霍公司的创始人还提到，过去18个月里公司并未增加员工人数。“大多数员工都理解当前的处境，对此我深表感激，”他说。佐霍正处于转型关键期韦姆布表示，佐霍正在经历一场自我革新，未来三到五年将决定这次转型的成败。“我们正处于自我革新的过程中，接下来的三到五年将决定转型是否成功。请大家为我们祈祷吧，”他写道。
Please pray for us ????— Sridhar Vembu October 12, 2026The Zoho founder added that the company had not increased its employee headcount for the past 18 months.“Most of our employees understand the situation. I am thankful to them,” he said. Zoho in the middle of a reinventionVembu said Zoho was in the process of reinventing itself, with the coming years likely to determine how successful the transition would be.“We are in the middle of reinventing ourselves. The next 3-5 years will decide how our reinvention has worked. Please pray for us,” he wrote.