DevOps A robotic hand interacts with a code display, illustrating AI-assisted software development. Code hosting biz is trimming its global footprint and flattening its management layer GitLab has opened the voluntary separation window and hopes an unspecified number of employees will exit the busniess to help it become "the trusted enterprise platform for software creation in the AI era." According to CEO Bill Staples, the company's effort to trim its workforce differs from other AI-related layoffs . "This restructure process is not like others you may be seeing in the news," wrote Staples in a blog post . "Of course AI is changing the way we work and is part of our transformation plan, but this is not an AI optimization or cost cutting exercise." What is it then? Well, according to Staples, GitLab plans to use most of the money it saves by sacking staff to invest in its business.…