Sources report Oracle is planning to cut thousands of jobs as soon as March to address a cash crunch from a massive AI data center expansion effort.
rumored 2 articles 2026-03-05 — 2026-03-06
Oracle
Sources: Oracle is planning to cut thousands of jobs as soon as March, among its moves to handle a cash crunch from a massive AI data center expansion effort
Bloomberg · 2026-03-05 · #5
David Luan, head of Amazon's AGI lab, is leaving the company less than two years after joining via an acqui-hire of his startup Adept.
confirmed 2 articles 2026-02-24 — 2026-02-25
David Luan Amazon Amazon AGI lab Adept
David Luan, the head of Amazon's AGI lab, is leaving the company less than two years after he joined through an acqui-hire deal of his startup Adept
CNBC · 2026-02-24 · #26
OpenAI is seeking a new Head of Preparedness, announced by CEO Sam Altman on X.
confirmed 2 articles 2025-12-28 — 2025-12-29
OpenAI Sam Altman Head of Preparedness
Sam Altman says OpenAI is seeking a new Head of Preparedness, noting “the potential impact of models on mental health was something we saw a preview of in 2025”
Engadget · 2025-12-28 · #3
LeCun has reportedly been sidelined at Meta, which is cited as a factor in his reported departure.
rumored 2 articles 2025-11-15 — 2025-11-16
Yann LeCun Meta
A profile of Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun, reportedly leaving after being sidelined, who says LLMs are a dead end for AGI and backs world models instead
Wall Street Journal · 2025-11-15 · #2
Sources report Apple is intensifying CEO succession planning; Tim Cook (65) may step down as early as next year and John Ternus is seen as the likely successor.
rumored 2 articles 2025-11-15 — 2025-11-16
Apple Tim Cook John Ternus
Sources: Apple is intensifying CEO succession planning as Tim Cook, now 65, may step down as early as next year, with John Ternus seen as the likely successor
Financial Times · 2025-11-15 · #1
Yann LeCun is reportedly leaving Meta after being sidelined.
rumored 2 articles 2025-11-15 — 2025-11-16
Yann LeCun Meta
A profile of Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun, reportedly leaving after being sidelined, who says LLMs are a dead end for AGI and backs world models instead
Wall Street Journal · 2025-11-15 · #2
Larry Sanger left Wikipedia in 2002.
confirmed 2 articles 2025-10-25 — 2025-10-26
Larry Sanger Wikipedia
A profile of Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger, who left in 2002 and whose claims that Wikipedia has a liberal bias are fueling the right's campaign against it
Washington Post · 2025-10-25 · #5
Changpeng Zhao is the billionaire co-founder of Binance Holdings Ltd.
confirmed 2 articles 2025-10-25 — 2025-10-26
Changpeng Zhao Binance Holdings Ltd.
How Changpeng Zhao's pardon frees him to refocus on reclaiming ground in the US market, where Binance.US only has a 0.75% share of bitcoin trading volume
Bloomberg · 2025-10-25 · #1
Larry Sanger is a co-founder of Wikipedia.
confirmed 2 articles 2025-10-25 — 2025-10-26
Larry Sanger Wikipedia
A profile of Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger, who left in 2002 and whose claims that Wikipedia has a liberal bias are fueling the right's campaign against it
Washington Post · 2025-10-25 · #5
Experts say TCS' decision to cut 12K jobs signals the start of an AI-fueled trend that could eliminate about 500,000 jobs in India's $283B IT sector within three years.
rumored 2 articles 2025-08-09 — 2025-08-10
Experts India's IT sector
Experts say TCS' decision to cut 12K jobs signals the start of an AI-fueled trend that could eliminate ~500K jobs in India's $283B IT sector within three years
Reuters · 2025-08-09 · #19
TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) decides to cut 12,000 jobs.
confirmed 2 articles 2025-08-09 — 2025-08-10
TCS
Experts say TCS' decision to cut 12K jobs signals the start of an AI-fueled trend that could eliminate ~500K jobs in India's $283B IT sector within three years
Reuters · 2025-08-09 · #19
President Donald Trump fires Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra, removing him from his role at the CFPB.
confirmed 2 articles 2025-02-01 — 2025-02-02
Donald Trump Rohit Chopra Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Donald Trump fires Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra, one of the more important regulators and holdovers from the Biden administration
Associated Press · 2025-02-01 · #6
Google implements layoffs as part of 2024 restructuring and cost actions.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-12-28 — 2024-12-29
Google
A look at Google's pressure-filled 2024 under Sundar Pichai, notching some AI wins with new Gemini models and navigating product mishaps, layoffs, and more
CNBC · 2024-12-28 · #3
Report states ByteDance and Baidu made similar moves splitting app development teams from LLM development teams.
rumored 2 articles 2024-12-21 — 2024-12-22
ByteDance Baidu
Report: Alibaba splits the team developing apps for its AI chatbot Qianwen from the team that builds its LLM, following similar moves by ByteDance and Baidu
South China Morning Post · 2024-12-21 · #23
Report says Alibaba split the team developing apps for its AI chatbot Qianwen from the team building its large language model (LLM).
rumored 2 articles 2024-12-21 — 2024-12-22
Alibaba team developing apps for Qianwen team building its LLM
Report: Alibaba splits the team developing apps for its AI chatbot Qianwen from the team that builds its LLM, following similar moves by ByteDance and Baidu
South China Morning Post · 2024-12-21 · #23
Peloton has a new CEO.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-11-03 — 2024-11-04
Peloton
Sources: iOS 18.2 may arrive during the week of December 2; thoughts on the Mac mini as a gaming device, the Pixelmator deal, Q4 earnings, and Peloton's new CEO
Bloomberg · 2024-11-03 · #1
Crypto exchange Kraken announces job cuts.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-11-02 — 2024-11-03
Kraken
Bitcoin's 2024 price rally masks a bleaker picture in the wider crypto industry, with crypto VC investment remaining a far way off the 2021 bull market and more
Bloomberg · 2024-11-02 · #17
Amazon hires three of Covariant's founders and roughly 25% of Covariant's staff, bringing talent from the industrial robotics startup into Amazon.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-31 — 2024-09-01
Amazon Covariant three founders ≈25% of staff
Amazon hires the founders of industrial robot maker Covariant and ~25% of its staff, and signs a non-exclusive license to Covariant's robotic foundation models
GeekWire · 2024-08-31 · #6
LandingAI names former COO Dan Maloney as its new CEO.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-24 — 2024-08-25
LandingAI Dan Maloney
Andrew Ng steps down as CEO of LandingAI, the computer vision startup he founded in 2017, and transitions to executive chairman; ex-COO Dan Maloney is named CEO
TechCrunch · 2024-08-24 · #19
Andrew Ng steps down as CEO of LandingAI and transitions to executive chairman.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-24 — 2024-08-25
Andrew Ng LandingAI
Andrew Ng steps down as CEO of LandingAI, the computer vision startup he founded in 2017, and transitions to executive chairman; ex-COO Dan Maloney is named CEO
TechCrunch · 2024-08-24 · #19
Dan Maloney served as COO of LandingAI prior to being named CEO.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-24 — 2024-08-25
Dan Maloney COO of LandingAI
Andrew Ng steps down as CEO of LandingAI, the computer vision startup he founded in 2017, and transitions to executive chairman; ex-COO Dan Maloney is named CEO
TechCrunch · 2024-08-24 · #19
Andrew Ng founded the computer vision startup LandingAI in 2017.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-24 — 2024-08-25
Andrew Ng LandingAI
Andrew Ng steps down as CEO of LandingAI, the computer vision startup he founded in 2017, and transitions to executive chairman; ex-COO Dan Maloney is named CEO
TechCrunch · 2024-08-24 · #19
DroneUp cuts 70 employees, about 17% of its staff.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-16 — 2024-08-17
DroneUp
Walmart and DroneUp end drone delivery in all 18 Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Tampa hubs to focus on Dallas-Fort Worth; DroneUp cuts 70, or ~17% of its staff
Axios · 2024-08-16 · #10
Susan Wojcicki served as CEO of YouTube.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-10 — 2024-08-11
Susan Wojcicki YouTube
Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and a key figure in Google's creation, dies at age 56, after two years of living with cancer
9to5Google · 2024-08-10 · #1
Susan Wojcicki had been living with cancer for two years prior to her death.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-10 — 2024-08-11
Susan Wojcicki cancer
Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and a key figure in Google's creation, dies at age 56, after two years of living with cancer
9to5Google · 2024-08-10 · #1
Susan Wojcicki dies at age 56.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-10 — 2024-08-11
Susan Wojcicki
Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and a key figure in Google's creation, dies at age 56, after two years of living with cancer
9to5Google · 2024-08-10 · #1
Susan Wojcicki joined Google in 1999 as its 16th employee and first marketing manager.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-10 — 2024-08-11
Susan Wojcicki Google
Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and a key figure in Google's creation, dies at age 56, after two years of living with cancer
9to5Google · 2024-08-10 · #1
Noam Shazeer, Daniel De Freitas, and several Character.AI employees are joining Google.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-03 — 2024-08-04
Google Noam Shazeer Daniel De Freitas some Character.AI employees
Character.AI co-founders Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, and some employees, are joining Google; Google has signed a non-exclusive agreement to use its tech
TechCrunch · 2024-08-03 · #3
Character.AI co-founder and CEO Noam Shazeer is returning to Google after leaving in October 2021 to found Character.AI.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-03 — 2024-08-04
Noam Shazeer Google
Character.AI co-founders Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, and some employees, are joining Google; Google has signed a non-exclusive agreement to use its tech
TechCrunch · 2024-08-03 · #3
Google has hired Character.AI's CEO and several key team members.
confirmed 2 articles 2024-08-03 — 2024-08-04
Google Character.AI CEO Character.AI team members
Character.AI told staff that investors will be bought out at a valuation of ~2.5x its $1B 2023 valuation, and it plans to adopt open-source models for products
The Information · 2024-08-03 · #4