Well, first of all, stop lying. These people aren't leaving the company. They were fired. They were removed. Leaving sounds voluntary.

Then, this might be a cultural thing, but I don't want niceties and flowery language. Give it to me straight. It's not "we're rebuilding". We're not rebuilding anything. We're broke. If you're broke just say that.

> How would you as a leader would announce this in a way that better reduces bad feelings?

Step 1, stop using AI as an excuse?