Google hired 100+ staffers of Magic Leap as contractors to assist with Google's work on its new Android XR OS, raising questions about the future of Magic Leap
Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information :
Sources: Magic Leap cut ~75 jobs, including its entire sales and marketing units, and told staffers it's pivoting from selling headsets to licensing its tech
Bloomberg :
A profile of Oregon-based Agility Robotics, which tests its humanoid robots in Amazon's warehouses and has named former Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson as its CEO
Matt Day / Bloomberg :
Magic Leap names Bain Capital tech executive Ross Rosenberg as CEO, starting on November 1, replacing Peggy Johnson, who joined from Microsoft in August 2020
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Sources: in a major leadership shakeup at Magic Leap, its CTO, COO, and chief patent officer are all set to leave, while its former CMO is being hired back
Sources detail what went wrong at Magic Leap, which raised $3.5B and failed to build its much-hyped AR headset, with most blame placed on founder Rony Abovitz
Bloomberg :
Magic Leap hires Peggy Johnson, who led Microsoft's business development, as CEO, starting in August
Peggy Johnson, who led Microsoft's business development, will take over the struggling virtual reality start-up in August. — SAN FRANCISCO — Magic Leap said on Tuesday …
Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz is stepping down as CEO, says the company has raised “significant” funding and pivoted to spatial computing for enterprise
Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz confirmed he has raised a new round of funding, and he also said that he will step down as the augmented reality company's top executive.
Internal memo: Magic Leap has raised $350M from new and existing investors and is withdrawing notices laying off remaining employees
Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz told employees Thursday his struggling augmented reality firm had raised $350 million from existing and new investors.
How Magic Leap failed to miniaturize tech used in its early, stunning demos, which wooed high-profile investors, leading to an unspectacular consumer product
Jon Evans is the CTO of the engineering consultancy HappyFunCorp; the award-winning author of six novels, one graphic novel …