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2024-10-30
TechCrunch 9 related

Dropbox is laying off 528 employees, or 20% of its workforce, in what CEO Drew Houston says is a “transitional period”; filing: the layoffs cost $63M to $68M

Dropbox is letting go 20% of its workforce as the cloud company undergoes what CEO Drew Houston calls a “transitional period.”

2024-04-15
The Verge

Q&A with Dropbox CEO Drew Houston on adding AI tools, evolving beyond file syncing, rejecting Steve Jobs' buyout offer, online storage, remote working, and more

Leaders can't ‘keep mashing the go back to 2019 button.’  —  Today, I'm talking with Dropbox CEO Drew Houston.

2023-12-10
New York Times 17 related

Sources detail what happened at OpenAI in the build-up to Sam Altman's firing; some board members believed that Altman was trying to pit them against each other

the OpenAI chief scientist who helped fire Sam Altman then backtracked—should jump ship for xAI or Tesla Rachel Metz / Bloomberg : OpenAI's Altman Ouster Was Result of Drawn-Out Tensions Gary Marcus /...

2023-10-11
Fast Company 2 related

An interview with Dropbox CEO Drew Houston on new AI features, the challenge of not annoying loyal users, embracing a virtual-first workplace culture, and more

he calls forcing far-flung employees back into the office a “crazy rug pull.” https://www.fastcompany.com/ ... LinkedIn: Todd Irwin : Drew Houston and Dropbox didn't just pivot, they somersaulted into...

2023-04-28
TechCrunch 18 related

Dropbox plans to lay off 16% of its staff, or ~500 employees; CEO Drew Houston blames slowing growth and because “the AI era of computing has finally arrived”

Today, our cofounder and CEO Drew Houston shared the difficult news … Emma Roth / The Verge : Dropbox is laying off 500 people and pivoting to AI Rob Thubron / TechSpot : Dropbox blames AI and the eco...

2023-04-27
TechCrunch 8 related

Dropbox CEO Drew Houston says the company plans to lay off 16% of its staff, or ~500 employees, citing slowing growth and “the AI era of computing” arriving

Cloud storage giant Dropbox today joined the fray of tech companies announcing layoffs.

2020-02-04
About Facebook 5 related

Dropbox CEO and co-founder Drew Houston joins Facebook's board of directors, effective immediately

Good times https://twitter.com/... Dan Primack / @danprimack : Boston tech folks view @drewhouston and @finkd as the two who got away, so makes sense they'd team up. Julia Carrie Wong / @juliacarriew ...

2019-10-31
Dropbox Blog

Dropbox says Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python, is leaving the company after six and a half years and heading into retirement

After six and a half years, Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python, is leaving Dropbox and heading into retirement.  From the beginning, we knew Guido would be a great addition to our company. Tweets...

2018-02-24
Bloomberg 1 related

Dropbox gave 3 top execs stock worth $190M in 2017: CEO Drew Houston got $109.6M, co-founder Arash Ferdowsi got $46.7M, engineering VP Quentin Clark got $34.1M

Dropbox Inc. granted about $190 million in stock awards to three top executives last year as the file-sharing company prepared for an initial public offering.

CNBC 2 related

Top five Dropbox shareholders: Drew Houston holds 25.3% stake, Sequoia has 23.2%, Arash Ferdowsi has 10.3%, Accel has 5%, and T. Rowe Price has 3.5%

- CEO Drew Houston and venture firm Sequoia Capital each own more than a 20 percent stake in Dropbox.  —  Dropbox has taken a very unconventional route to an IPO.

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