Ring founder Jamie Siminoff returns to Amazon after experiencing burnout.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-18
Jamie Siminoff Amazon
Q&A with Ring founder Jamie Siminoff on returning to Amazon post-burnout, his goal to “zero out crime”, privacy and the “surveillance panopticon”, and more
The Verge · 2025-11-18 · #42
Jamie Siminoff experienced burnout prior to returning to Amazon.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-18
Jamie Siminoff
Q&A with Ring founder Jamie Siminoff on returning to Amazon post-burnout, his goal to “zero out crime”, privacy and the “surveillance panopticon”, and more
The Verge · 2025-11-18 · #42
Larry Summers served as U.S. Treasury Secretary during the Clinton administration.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-18
Larry Summers U.S. Treasury Secretary (Clinton administration)
Larry Summers steps back from public commitments after his Jeffrey Epstein emails were released; OpenAI still lists Summers as a board member and didn't comment
NBC News · 2025-11-18 · #15
Mira Murati co-founded Thinking Machines Lab.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-18
Mira Murati Thinking Machines Lab
Sources: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is in talks with potential investors to raise about $5B and is aiming for a valuation of at least $50B
The Information · 2025-11-18 · #29
Mira Murati is the former Chief Technology Officer at OpenAI.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-18
Mira Murati OpenAI
Sources: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is in talks with potential investors to raise about $5B and is aiming for a valuation of at least $50B
The Information · 2025-11-18 · #29
Clara Shih, who joined Meta in November 2024 to lead its Business AI unit, is exiting the company.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-18
Meta Clara Shih Business AI unit lead
Meta Chief Revenue Officer John Hegeman is leaving, after 17 years at Meta; Clara Shih, who joined in November 2024 to lead its Business AI unit, is exiting
Bloomberg · 2025-11-18 · #27
An internal memo indicates CISA will increase hiring efforts in 2026 to rebuild after prior cuts and to prepare for a potential US conflict with China.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-18
CISA
Internal memo: CISA will increase its hiring efforts in 2026 to rebuild after the Trump administration's cuts and prepare for a potential US conflict with China
Cybersecurity Dive · 2025-11-18 · #47
Claude 4.1 Opus leads the AA-Omniscience results in the domains of Law, Software Engineering, and Humanities & Social Sciences.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-18
Claude 4.1 Opus Law Software Engineering Humanities & Social Sciences
Artificial Analysis announces AA-Omniscience, a benchmark for knowledge and hallucination across 40+ topics; Claude 4.1 Opus takes first place in its key metric
@artificialanlys · 2025-11-18 · #44
The Trump administration enacted staffing cuts at CISA, which the agency aims to rebuild from with expanded 2026 hiring.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-18
Trump administration CISA
Internal memo: CISA will increase its hiring efforts in 2026 to rebuild after the Trump administration's cuts and prepare for a potential US conflict with China
Cybersecurity Dive · 2025-11-18 · #47
Eugen Rochko steps down as CEO of Mastodon.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-18
Eugen Rochko Mastodon
Mastodon founder and CEO Eugen Rochko steps down from the decentralized social network as part of its transition to a nonprofit structure governed by a board
TechCrunch · 2025-11-18 · #16
Mastodon is transitioning to a nonprofit structure governed by a board.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-18
Mastodon nonprofit structure board
Mastodon founder and CEO Eugen Rochko steps down from the decentralized social network as part of its transition to a nonprofit structure governed by a board
TechCrunch · 2025-11-18 · #16
Sources report Jeff Bezos is serving as co-CEO of Project Prometheus, his first operational role since leaving Amazon in July 2021.
rumored 1 article 2025-11-17
Jeff Bezos Project Prometheus
Sources: AI startup Project Prometheus raised $6.2B, including from Jeff Bezos, who is its co-CEO, his first operational role since leaving Amazon in July 2021
New York Times · 2025-11-17 · #1
The FT story suggests Tim Cook might retire as Apple's CEO after the company's strong Q1 earnings; this is speculative and presented as a possible outcome.
rumored 1 article 2025-11-17
Tim Cook Apple
The FT's Tim Cook retirement story could be a “trial balloon” from people close to him, if Cook decides to leave after Apple's “blockbuster” Q1 earnings report
Spyglass · 2025-11-17 · #9
The Financial Times published a piece framing the Tim Cook retirement story as possibly a 'trial balloon' floated by people close to him following Apple's 'blockbuster' Q1 results.
rumored 1 article 2025-11-17
Financial Times Tim Cook retirement
The FT's Tim Cook retirement story could be a “trial balloon” from people close to him, if Cook decides to leave after Apple's “blockbuster” Q1 earnings report
Spyglass · 2025-11-17 · #9
Chris Gilliard is co-director of the Critical Internet Studies Institute.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-17
Chris Gilliard Critical Internet Studies Institute
An interview with Chris Gilliard on his new book Luxury Surveillance, how smart wearables could normalize pervasive surveillance, X's political shift, and more
Tech Policy Press · 2025-11-17 · #24
In April, J Zac Stein pitched his cofounder Henry Liu on a new product: a model for detecting when code was generated by AI.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-17
J Zac Stein Henry Liu model for detecting AI-generated code
Span, which aims to help companies measure the value of AI-assisted coding, raised $25M in seed and Series A rounds from Alt Capital, Craft Ventures, and others
Upstarts Media · 2025-11-17 · #12
Fidji Simo serves as OpenAI's CEO of Applications.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-17
Fidji Simo OpenAI
Q&A with OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo on joining OpenAI, ChatGPT users' mental health, profitability, data center deals, her chronic illness, and more
Wired · 2025-11-17 · #10
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
Sources report that Jeff Williams will retire from Apple.
rumored 1 article 2025-11-16
Jeff Williams Apple
Sources: Apple to launch 3 high-end iPhones next fall, with lower-end iPhones and likely new Air in Q2 2027; Mac Pro gets deprioritized; Jeff Williams retires
Bloomberg · 2025-11-16 · #1
Meta will assess employees based on their 'AI-driven impact', making it a core performance expectation beginning in 2026.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-15
Meta employees AI-driven impact
Internal memo: Meta plans to assess employees on their “AI-driven impact”, which will be a “core expectation” of their performance from 2026
Business Insider · 2025-11-15 · #13
Matthew Bromberg was interviewed by Ben Thompson for Stratechery.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-14
Matthew Bromberg Ben Thompson Stratechery
An interview with Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg on lessons from AOL, the rise of esports, turning around EA's Star Wars: The Old Republic, helping Zynga, and more
Stratechery · 2025-11-14 · #18
Matthew Bromberg has helped Zynga as part of a career focused on turnarounds.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-14
Matthew Bromberg Zynga
An interview with Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg on lessons from AOL, the rise of esports, turning around EA's Star Wars: The Old Republic, helping Zynga, and more
Stratechery · 2025-11-14 · #18
Matthew Bromberg's career is characterized by focusing on turnarounds across EA, Zynga, and Unity.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-14
Matthew Bromberg Electronic Arts Zynga Unity
An interview with Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg on lessons from AOL, the rise of esports, turning around EA's Star Wars: The Old Republic, helping Zynga, and more
Stratechery · 2025-11-14 · #18
CloudX was founded by former adtech executives from MoPub and MAX.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-14
CloudX MoPub MAX
CloudX, which uses Anthropic's Claude to automate testing mobile ad pricing and optimizing inventory for publishers, raised a $30M Series A led by Addition
Adweek · 2025-11-14 · #14
Google empowered Demis Hassabis under Pichai's leadership to advance its AI efforts.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-14
Google Demis Hassabis
Sundar Pichai proved to be the “wartime CEO” that Google needed after ChatGPT's launch, making the company an AI leader, in part by empowering Demis Hassabis
Bloomberg · 2025-11-14 · #29
Matthew Bromberg is the CEO of Unity.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-14
Matthew Bromberg Unity
An interview with Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg on lessons from AOL, the rise of esports, turning around EA's Star Wars: The Old Republic, helping Zynga, and more
Stratechery · 2025-11-14 · #18
Pichai empowered Demis Hassabis as part of Google's AI strategy.
confirmed 1 article 2025-11-14
Sundar Pichai Demis Hassabis
Sundar Pichai proved to be the “wartime CEO” that Google needed after ChatGPT's launch, making the company an AI leader, in part by empowering Demis Hassabis
Bloomberg · 2025-11-14 · #29
Cursor reports it has more than 300 employees.
rumored 1 article 2025-11-14
Cursor 300+ employees
Cursor says it has crossed $1B in annualized revenue, has 300+ employees, and its in-house models “generate more code than almost any other LLMs in the world”
CNBC · 2025-11-14 · #36