Evernote lays off most of its remaining US and Chile staff, and plans to relocate nearly all its operations to Europe; Bending Spoons acquired Evernote in 2023
Google and Apple have a limited corporate presence in the country, and Meta manages everything from Argentina, never setting foot in Chile. But Evernote made a bet for Chilean tech talent. … Mastodon: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life@mas.to : Evernote is one of those companies that had a great product but couldn't figure out how to turn that into a great business. — VC funding may not be right for every app. You don't need $290M in funding to build a note taking app and you definitely can't live up to the billions in valuation it implies. … Twitter: Francesco D'Alessio / @francescod_ales : 🚨 Big news. Bending Spoons have laid off the final 98 Evernote staff who were based across US and Chile. This is everyone who was left at Evernote. [image] Chris O'Brien / @obrien : It's been a long time coming, but still extraordinary to see: Evernote is all but dead. In 2012, the company became one of the first tech unicorns, back when that meant something (an extremely rare private company valued a +$1bn). https://www.sfgate.com/... Nick Milo / @nickmilo : @kepano Wow. Even though the acquisition was ominous, I still had the false hope Evernote would come out okay. Now maybe not https://twitter.com/... @daniellefong : in a blistering defeat for nominative determinism, evernote not looking very ever [image] @shobhitic : What's going on at Evernote? I'd move my notes away from there if I had any [image] @harrymccracken : I feel melancholy about it, but I just exported all my Evernote notes into Notion and canceled my Evernote paid account. @kepano : I'm not against VC in general, but I do think that its incentives are misaligned with giving people long term ownership over their data in pursuit of hyper-growth, Evernote subsidized pricing and hired aggressively — but eventually they had to become profitable, and lock-in is... https://twitter.com/... [image] @killedbygoogle : rip evernote @sv_techie : Evernote was once an icon in bay area (if you drive on 101, you can see their office), was a popular app (infact I used their app BUT later on moved to OneNote). Sad to see them winding (layoff) down bayarea location and moving to Europe. https://www.sfgate.com/... ALan LepofskY / @alanlepo : I have about 5,000 notes, starting from 2008 in @evernote. It was my primary organization tool for almost a decade when I was a research analyst. https://www.sfgate.com/... Jim Swift / @jimswiftdc : Not good news for us Evernote fans. https://news.ycombinator.com/ ... Mary Branscombe / @marypcbuk : if you use EverNote, you may want to look into moving your notes to another platform given that it seems everyone got fired; hey @msonenote time to bring back the Evernote importer you killed last year? https://news.ycombinator.com/ ... @sfgate : A Bay Area company once heralded by Engadget as the “king of note-taking apps,” has just laid off most of its staff as it prepares to exit the Bay Area and relocate nearly all operations to Europe. https://www.sfgate.com/... Jonathan Korman / @miniver : ❝ Nearly all of Evernote's remaining staff has been laid off ❞ Dammit. I have been picking away at migrating out of it, but was too lazy to finish the job. They did a good job screwing up a commanding lead. https://news.ycombinator.com/ ... @davidgerard : If you have data in Evernote, get it the hell out immediately. New owner, nearrly all staff laid off, intending to price gouge https://news.ycombinator.com/ ... @bullfightcap : Old enough to remember when Evernote was on track to be a 100-year startup https://twitter.com/... Forums: Hacker News : Tell HN: Nearly all of Evernote's remaining staff has been laid off r/technews : Bay Area tech company Evernote lays off most staff, relocating to Europe Dirtmayor To / Beehaw : Evernote Lays Off Most of Staff, Triggering Fears of Closure