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.” ...
Cruise pauses all driverless operations two days after the California DMV suspended its permits, but plans to continue operating supervised autonomous vehicles
maybe as much as 10x. It does not seem surprising that Cruise has had more problems since launching driverlessly. Timothy B. Lee / @binarybits : Waymo announced 20 million miles of testing (with safet...
Oracle says it is moving its corporate headquarters from Redwood City, CA to Austin, TX and will implement “a more flexible employee work location policy”
- Oracle is the latest tech company to relocate from California to Austin, Texas. — HPE announced its move to Houston earlier this month.
As tech giants introduce new work from home guidelines, employees are considering moving away from Silicon Valley and companies contemplate adjusting salaries
wait for it — actually enjoy living in the Bay Area, which, spoiler, is a nice place to live! https://twitter.com/... Josh / @joshuaogundu : The funny thing is people assuming that their employer won'...
Airbnb hires ex-mayors of Houston, Philadelphia, Rome, and Adelaide, Australia to advise on local regulation issues
Ellen Huet / Bloomberg :
Airbnb hires ex-mayors of Houston, Philadelphia, Rome, and Adelaide, Australia to advise on local regulation issues
The room-rental website creates an advisory board including former mayors of Philadelphia and Rome as it faces a coordinated effort from cities around the world.