# Open Letter To Our Community, Customers, And Partners > Source: > Published: 2026-08-14 12:33:20+00:00 To our community, customers, and partners: Yesterday, Anaconda eliminated approximately 14% of roles across all functions of the company. To the people who left Anaconda, I want to thank you. You helped build who we are and that is not lost on any of us. And to our broader community, nothing changes our commitment to you. The foundation you build on, and our care for it, remains. And finally to our customers and partners, we are looking forward to deepening our relationship so you can achieve all of your goals and initiatives. This is one of the hardest decisions the leadership team and I have made, and we did not make it quickly or lightly. This decision came out of a deliberate, intentional look at what Anaconda needs to meet you where you are and help you on your AI-native journey. This includes a deeper focus on our company strategy as well as a deeper focus on customer obsession. As the CEO of Anaconda, I want to avoid any confusion as to why this happened. This is a restructuring of how we work. First, as Anaconda has grown, we identified overlap between teams that was slowing us down, causing team members to get blocked from acting with urgency. We need everyone to be clear on what they own and faster at delivering value for you as our broader community of users. Second, the efficiencies AI provides us are real, and not just in Engineering. We are seeing acceleration across every team, and I expect we will see more. Third, we are deepening our focus on where our company strategy and customer obsession actually meet. You have moved from counting packages to having deeper conversations with us about securing the AI software supply chain and AI agents as well as how Python is the language of AI. These changes reflect our renewed strategy. To deliver the best outcomes for you, I am asking all of Anaconda to work differently: closer to you, own outcomes with a bias for action, and operate with urgency. That is how a company Anaconda’s size moves quickly and how we build trust with you. Our ambition requires the level of commitment from our teams that you have in us. One of the parts of our restructuring is ensuring our team members can share in Anaconda’s success regardless of what function they are a part of. We are reworking how we reward team members so that strong results pay off for them too. The signal I trust most is you. You have validated our vision, increased your investment, and deepened your trust in us. That tells me the direction we set earlier this year is the right one. We are becoming the AI-native development platform you need to innovate at the speed of your imagination. Now the onus is on us to deliver it. So what’s next? This restructure organizes Anaconda around our three offerings: - Our foundation – the artifacts, including secure packages and curated AI models, that you rely on every day; - Our platform – the AI-native experience we have been building, now together with Outerbounds, Kilo, and Enkrypt; and - Our growing partnerships – how we bring Anaconda to you via its integration into the tools you use every day. Today is day zero of our next chapter. Thank you for your trust today and in the future. I look forward to building the future with all of you to ensure you can meet and exceed your goals. Best, David