I learned just now that I am impacted due to recent layoff at Amazon. My team was Alexa funded. Also learned at least half of the team is impacted. Getting severance package of 60 days and a week for every 6 months of tenure. I will be kept on LOA (leave of absence) for 60 days to find internal tran...Read more
Amazon Met With Startups About Investing, Then Launched Competing ProductsWhen Amazon.com Inc.'s venture-capital fund invested in DefinedCrowd Corp., it gained access to the technology startup's finances and other confidential information. Nearly four years later, in April, Amazon's cloud-computing unit launched an artificial-intelligence product that does almost exactly what DefinedCrowd does, said DefinedCrowd founder and Chief Executive Daniela Braga. The...
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-tech-startup-echo-bezos-alexa-investment-fund-11595520249 Is any of you reading this really surprised?
Amazon Met With Startups About Investing, Then Launched Competing ProductsWhen Amazon.com Inc.'s venture-capital fund invested in DefinedCrowd Corp., it gained access to the technology startup's finances and other confidential information. Nearly four years later, in April, Amazon's cloud-computing unit launched an artificial-intelligence product that does almost exactly what DefinedCrowd does, said DefinedCrowd founder and Chief Executive Daniela Braga. The...
Amazon Met With Startups About Investing, Then Launched Competing ProductsWhen Amazon.com Inc.'s venture-capital fund invested in DefinedCrowd Corp., it gained access to the technology startup's finances and other confidential information. Nearly four years later, in April, Amazon's cloud-computing unit launched an artificial-intelligence product that does almost exactly what DefinedCrowd does, said DefinedCrowd founder and Chief Executive Daniela Braga.
Amazon Met With Startups About Investing, Then Launched Competing Products https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-tech-startup-echo-bezos-alexa-investment-fund-11595520249
Amazon Met With Startups About Investing, Then Launched Competing ProductsWhen Amazon.com Inc.'s venture-capital fund invested in DefinedCrowd Corp., it gained access to the technology startup's finances and other confidential information. Nearly four years later, in April, Amazon's cloud-computing unit launched an artificial-intelligence product that does almost exactly what DefinedCrowd does, said DefinedCrowd founder and Chief Executive Daniela Braga. The...
1B+ for Lord of the Rings Tv 💩show that most don't care? Insane warehouse expansions? Did y'all hear about the size of Alexa org? Amazon soap dispenser? What did we do with Twitch? Twitch could've been discord and more. Wtf is wrong with your content choices? Is prime studio going to continue spend...Read more
Amazon employees can use a phonetool extension and new old fart tool to see how many managers we have under each leader at each level. The bloat is unbelievable and wasn't touched in the past layoffs. We need more L5 ICs and L6 ICs, we have too many managers that were given teams or promos because ...Read more
Carvana, Netflix, Robinhood, Better, etc. So far Many more to come If you introspect you will see many products at your firm are shit tier and will likely be booted if there is cash crunch. Stop making layoff jokes and try giving referrals or voicing against shitty investments during this time of u...Read more
https://hbr.org/2022/11/tech-talent-is-flooding-the-job-market "A recent series of mass layoffs in the tech sector, including Amazon and Meta’s dismissal of tens of thousands of workers, has created an incredible opportunity for companies that previously aspired to grow their ranks but couldn’t bec...Read more
Tech Talent Is Flooding the Job MarketUnlike other economic downturns, when employers cut roles no longer critical to business operations, laid-off workers from the tech sector offer a wide range of highly sought-after skills, including artificial intelligence, automation, data science,