Sorry to hear about the Unity layoffs. Niantic is hiring so feel free to DM for a referral #unity
What do Unity and Niantic companies work on?
Games and game engines.
Unity makes a Game Engine, Niantic makes games and a mobile AR platform
Niantic Lightship is essentially white label Unity
What does it mean?
Niantic Lightship is an AR sdk. Unity is a game engine. They're in no way the same
Hire to fire, and the people hired will increase hunger game pool with you.