SignalFire: in 2024, Big Tech employment declined 1.6% in Austin and startup employment fell 4.9%; Dallas, Houston, Denver, and Toronto employment also declined
AI's centralization in Silicon Valley, Austin's fluctuating living costs, and in-office work requirements are driving the shift. [embedded post] LinkedIn: Isabelle Bousquette : “It's kind of dead.” ...
Sources: Amazon recently pushed back RTO dates for some staff in Austin, Dallas, and Phoenix by as much as four months, citing a lack of office space
- Company is struggling to find space in at least seven cities — Start dates are being pushed back as much as four months
Walmart and DroneUp end drone delivery in all 18 Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Tampa hubs to focus on Dallas-Fort Worth; DroneUp cuts 70, or ~17% of its staff
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Q&A with former Oculus CTO John Carmack about his AGI startup Keen, how to “solve” AGI, how AGI could impact the economy, AI companies' “groupthink”, and more
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Sources: Amazon's job fairs in various cities had packed rooms, followed no special precautions, and ignored official social distancing guidelines
In March, a laid-off customer-service representative for one of the airline companies attended an Amazon.com Inc. employee orientation in Dallas.
Sources: Amazon in late-stage talks with several cities including Crystal City, VA, Dallas, New York for HQ2, may place smaller operations in runner-up cities
What Happens Next to Tech Stocks Worldwide Nat Levy / GeekWire : Amazon reportedly in ‘late-stage’ discussions with HQ2 finalists New York, Dallas and Northern Va. Rick Smith / WRAL TechWire : Report:...