Will Vimeo’s Features Be Cut After the Buyout? What You Should Factor Into Your Video Strategy

Vimeo has just gone through the biggest change in its history. In late 2025, Milan-based tech company Bending Spoons acquired Vimeo in an all-cash deal worth about 1.38 billion dollars , and by February 2026 the new owner had already pushed through a second major round of layoffs in less than six months. Reports from employees and media outlets describe a “large portion” or even “most” of the staff being let go, including core video engineering teams and international offices. At the same time, Vimeo is still marketing itself as an AI-powered video platform and shipping new features. Vimeo’s January 2026 product update highlights fresh aspect ratios in the editor, 4K recording, a Google Meet integration, and stricter domain-level embed controls, all aimed at teams that rely on video for marketing, training, and events. Your existing embeds still work. Your library is still online. There is no public roadmap that says specific features are being shut down or that the service will be discontinued. For anyone who depends on Vimeo for business-critical video hosting, that mix of signals is uncomfortable. You are looking at a platform that is simultaneously releasing updates and undergoing heavy restructuring under a private equity-style owner
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