Trucking marketplace Convoy starts shutting down; sources: the startup had ~$320M in 2023 revenue by early October, on pace to fall short of the $630M in 2022
Trucking Startup Backed By Bezos And Gates—Shutting Down After Failing To Find Buyer, Report Says Taylor Soper / GeekWire : Convoy collapse: Read CEO's memo detailing sudden shutdown of Seattle trucki...
Memo: Qualtrics plans to cut about 14% of its workforce, or 780 employees, citing a need to address the “complexity” created by its past hiring and growth
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
After not paying rent, Twitter is reportedly closing its Seattle office, its second-largest engineering hub outside of San Francisco, and asking staff to WFH
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Sources detail Twitter after mass layoffs: key teams gutted, severance packages account for the WARN Act, and an ad hoc Google Docs directory of remaining staff
Hi 👋 - Third quarter earnings show that big tech … Rise & Shine ☀ : Twitter Layoffs: The lawsuit and Fears of misinformation Nikhil Subramaniam / Inc42 Media : Musk & Mayhem @Twitter Kristin Majcher /...
After Musk asks if Twitter should convert its San Francisco HQ into a “homeless shelter since no one shows up anyway”, Jeff Bezos notes Amazon's Seattle shelter
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Amazon says it plans to expand its headcount in Bellevue, WA to more than 15,000, an increase of more than 7x over the 2,000 Amazon staff in the city today
Job creation and investment … Benjamin Romano / The Seattle Times : Amazon's big Bellevue ambition: 15,000 employees within a few years Tyler Sonnemaker / Business Insider : Amazon plans to create 15,...
TraceMe, NFL star Russell Wilson's celebrity app, has laid off staff, closed LA office, pivoted to a sports prediction game; TraceMe to shutter in coming weeks
Taylor Soper / GeekWire : Thanks: @toddbishop
Pittsburgh mayor Bill Peduto says he was unaware of Uber's plans to resume testing autonomous cars in the city this summer, wants federal investigation first
the mayor is pissed Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal : Uber Shuts Down Arizona Self-Driving Vehicle Operations Eric Lieberman / The Daily Caller : Uber Says It's Coming Back To Pittsburgh Even Tho...
Charlie Kindel, a Microsoft veteran who joined Amazon five years ago and founded the Alexa Smart Home division, says he's leaving the company to take a break
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Tableau Software hires Amazon vet Adam Selipsky as CEO, its first new CEO since it launched 14 years ago; co-founder Christian Chabot stays as chairman
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :