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Lilium lays off 1,000 employees — December 23, 2024

Lilium, a aerospace company based in Germany, laid off 1,000 employees on December 23, 2024. At the time, the company was at the Post-IPO stage. The layoff was reported by this source.

Company
Lilium
Employees laid off
1,000
Date
December 23, 2024
Industry
Aerospace
Country
Germany
Company stage
Post-IPO
Total raised (pre-layoff)
$1400M

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/23/electric-aircraft-startup-lilium-ceases-operations-1000-workers-laid-off/

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