Sources report Flexport has roughly 2,600 employees after cutting about 20% of staff in October.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-27
Flexport
Sources: Flexport plans to lay off ~20% of workforce, its third round of cut in just over a year; it has ~2600 employees after cutting 20% of staff in October
The Information · 2024-01-27 · #28
Sources report Flexport plans to lay off about 20% of its workforce, representing a third round of cuts in just over a year.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-27
Flexport
Sources: Flexport plans to lay off ~20% of workforce, its third round of cut in just over a year; it has ~2600 employees after cutting 20% of staff in October
The Information · 2024-01-27 · #28
NBC Bay Area publishes advice that a simple strategy (taking less than five minutes) can help people cope with anxiety about layoffs.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-27
NBC Bay Area
Layoffs.fyi: so far in January, around 23,670 workers have been laid off from 85 tech companies, the most since March 2023 when ~38,000 people were laid off
CNBC · 2024-01-27 · #24
Reports indicate tech industry layoffs have topped 25,000 during the current wave referenced alongside these articles.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-27
Tech sector
Layoffs.fyi: so far in January, around 23,670 workers have been laid off from 85 tech companies, the most since March 2023 when ~38,000 people were laid off
CNBC · 2024-01-27 · #24
Salesforce plans to lay off about 700 employees, roughly 1% of its workforce.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-26
Salesforce
Source: Salesforce plans to lay off ~700 employees, or ~1% of its staff, after cutting 10% of its workforce in January 2023; the company has 1,000 open jobs
Wall Street Journal · 2024-01-26 · #13
Bhavish Aggarwal, CEO of Ola Group, is the founder/owner of Krutrim.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-26
Bhavish Aggarwal Krutrim
Ola Group CEO Bhavish Aggarwal's Krutrim, which is building a multilingual LLM, raised a $50M “first round” led by Matrix Partners India at a $1B valuation
TechCrunch · 2024-01-26 · #33
Bret Taylor is a co-founder of Sierra.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-26
Bret Taylor Sierra
Source: Sierra, an enterprise-focused AI startup co-founded by Bret Taylor, plans to raise $85M led by Sequoia at a ~$1B valuation; Taylor is on OpenAI's board
Bloomberg · 2024-01-26 · #35
Bret Taylor serves on the board of OpenAI.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-26
Bret Taylor OpenAI
Source: Sierra, an enterprise-focused AI startup co-founded by Bret Taylor, plans to raise $85M led by Sequoia at a ~$1B valuation; Taylor is on OpenAI's board
Bloomberg · 2024-01-26 · #35
Salesforce cut approximately 10% of its workforce in January 2023.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-26
Salesforce
Source: Salesforce plans to lay off ~700 employees, or ~1% of its staff, after cutting 10% of its workforce in January 2023; the company has 1,000 open jobs
Wall Street Journal · 2024-01-26 · #13
Salesforce currently has about 1,000 open jobs.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-26
Salesforce
Source: Salesforce plans to lay off ~700 employees, or ~1% of its staff, after cutting 10% of its workforce in January 2023; the company has 1,000 open jobs
Wall Street Journal · 2024-01-26 · #13
Anomalo's co-founders left Instacart in 2018 and aimed to apply machine learning to solve data-quality problems in large datasets.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-25
Anomalo's co-founders Instacart
eBay plans to cut about 1,000 full-time jobs (roughly 9% of its workforce) and scale back the number of contracts in its alternate workforce over the coming months.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-25
eBay ~1,000 full-time jobs ~9% of workforce alternate workforce contracts
Microsoft plans to lay off about 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox — roughly 8% of its Microsoft Gaming workforce — this week.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-25
Microsoft Activision Blizzard Xbox Microsoft Gaming workforce
Internal memo: Microsoft plans to lay off ~1,900 staff at Activision Blizzard and Xbox, or ~8% of its Microsoft Gaming workforce, this week
The Verge · 2024-01-25 · #1
Rario plans to close operations on January 29, 2024.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-25
Rario
Indian cricket NFT startup Rario plans to close on January 29 and relaunch in March 2024, leaving users with losses; Rario raised a $120M Series A in April 2022
The Economic Times · 2024-01-25 · #27
Ruwiki is led by an ex-Wikimedia Russia director.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-24
Ruwiki ex-Wikimedia Russia director
As Wikimedia Russia shuts down, a look at the Kremlin-compliant Wikipedia alternative Ruwiki, which recently went live, led by an ex-Wikimedia Russia director
Bloomberg · 2024-01-24 · #19
Plural is led by well-known European startup founders including Khaled Helioui, Ian Hogarth, Taavet Hinrikus and Carina Namih.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-24
Plural Khaled Helioui Ian Hogarth Taavet Hinrikus Carina Namih
Kai-Fu Lee is the founder of the startup 01.AI.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-24
Kai-Fu Lee 01.AI
A profile of Kai-Fu Lee, an AI expert who helped Microsoft and Google get established in China and whose startup 01.AI is leading the open source AI race
Wired · 2024-01-24 · #12
The gaming industry is experiencing deep layoffs.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-24
gaming industry
A look at some long-term issues facing the gaming industry, including deep layoffs, weak revenue growth, and declining VC investments
MatthewBall.co · 2024-01-24 · #11
eBay will scale back the number of contracts within its alternate workforce over the coming months.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-24
eBay alternate workforce contracts
eBay plans to cut ~1,000 full-time jobs, or ~9% of its workforce, and scale back the number of contracts within its “alternate workforce” over the coming months
CNBC · 2024-01-24 · #4
eBay plans to cut about 1,000 full-time jobs, roughly 9% of its workforce.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-24
eBay
eBay plans to cut ~1,000 full-time jobs, or ~9% of its workforce, and scale back the number of contracts within its “alternate workforce” over the coming months
CNBC · 2024-01-24 · #4
Apple's job postings indicate hiring for AI-related roles.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-24
Apple AI job postings
Apple's acquisitions, job postings, and academic papers detail the company's AI plans; PitchBook says Apple acquired 21 AI startups since the start of 2017
Financial Times · 2024-01-24 · #3
SAP says its overall headcount should remain the same despite the planned buyouts and job changes.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-24
SAP headcount
SAP plans voluntary buyouts or job changes for 8,000 employees as part of a 2024 restructuring program but says its headcount should remain the same
CNBC · 2024-01-24 · #40
SAP plans voluntary buyouts or job changes affecting 8,000 employees as part of a 2024 restructuring program.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-24
SAP 8,000 employees 2024 restructuring program
SAP plans voluntary buyouts or job changes for 8,000 employees as part of a 2024 restructuring program but says its headcount should remain the same
CNBC · 2024-01-24 · #40
Kate Connolly left Google DeepMind to join Plural.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-24
Kate Connolly Plural
Sources say Figma is offering buyouts (reportedly three months' pay) to any employees who wish to depart.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-23
Figma employees
Sources report Figma is refreshing employee equity packages for its staff.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-23
Figma employee equity packages
Jesse Lyu is the founder and CEO of Rabbit (rabbit_hmi).
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-23
Jesse Lyu Rabbit (rabbit_hmi)
An interview with Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu about the R1's design, collaborating with Teenage Engineering, why he didn't want to make a phone or an app, and more
Fast Company · 2024-01-23 · #12
Riot Games, owned by Tencent, plans to lay off about 530 employees globally—roughly 11% of its workforce—saying its headcount more than doubled in recent years.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-23
Riot Games Tencent 530 employees ≈11% of staff
Tencent-owned Riot Games plans to lay off 530 employees globally, or ~11% of its staff, saying Riot had “more than doubled in headcount” over the past few years
Bloomberg · 2024-01-23 · #11
Social networks are shuttering election integrity teams.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-23
Social networks election integrity teams
Social networks' reduction in moderation, like a hands off approach to 2020 election lies and shuttering election integrity teams, is risky as AI content booms
Bloomberg · 2024-01-23 · #34
Figure was founded by Mike Cagney, the former CEO of SoFi.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-23
Figure Mike Cagney
Filing: Figure, a blockchain and lending startup founded by ex-SoFi CEO Mike Cagney, seeks approval from US regulators to issue an interest-bearing stablecoin
Bloomberg · 2024-01-23 · #31