According to CoinMeta, Microsoft ($MSFT) plans to offer buyout options to approximately 60,000 employees, as reported by Business Insider and Bloomberg. This move marks Microsoft's latest effort to cut costs and restructure its workforce to adapt to the development of artificial intelligence. Eligible employees include those at the vice president level and below from teams in the United States, Canada, India, and the United Kingdom, but some employees, such as those in data centers, sales, and marketing departments, will be excluded.