Hundreds of fresh Bay Area layoffs jolt tech and biotech firms at year’s end

(Google Maps) Argo AI logo is visible outside of the tech company’s Silicon Valley office at 1450 Page Mill Road in Palo Alto.

PALO ALTO — Hundreds of job cuts jolted the wobbly tech and biotech sectors in a fresh round of layoffs affecting Bay Area workers, according to new official filings that have just been received by the state’s labor agency.

Argo AI, Global Foundries and Abcam Milpitas have decided to jettison a combined total of more than 400 jobs, WARN notices sent to the state Employment Development Department show.

At least 9,000 tech or biotech jobs are being cut in the

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