xAI co-founder Toby Pohlen is leaving the company, the seventh of 12 xAI co-founders to depart.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-27
xAI Toby Pohlen
xAI co-founder Toby Pohlen is leaving the company, the seventh of 12 xAI co-founders to depart; Elon Musk put Pohlen in charge of Macrohard earlier this month
Bloomberg · 2026-02-27 · #49
Elon Musk put Toby Pohlen in charge of Macrohard earlier this month.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-27
Elon Musk Toby Pohlen Macrohard
xAI co-founder Toby Pohlen is leaving the company, the seventh of 12 xAI co-founders to depart; Elon Musk put Pohlen in charge of Macrohard earlier this month
Bloomberg · 2026-02-27 · #49
eBay plans to cut about 800 jobs, roughly 6% of its full-time employees.
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eBay
eBay laid off about 500 people in early 2023.
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eBay
Block is laying off more than 4,000 employees (about half of its ~10,000 headcount), saying AI tools have changed what it means to build and run a company.
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Block
Block says it is laying off 4,000+ of its 10,000+ employees, saying AI tools have changed “what it means to build and run a company”; XYZ jumps 15%+
CNBC · 2026-02-27 · #4
Christian Gibson and Noah Shpak, members of Thinking Machines Lab's founding team, have reportedly been working at Meta for a few weeks.
rumored 1 article 2026-02-27
Meta Christian Gibson Noah Shpak
Sources: two members of Thinking Machines Lab's founding team, Christian Gibson and Noah Shpak, left the startup and have been working at Meta for a few weeks
Business Insider · 2026-02-27 · #55
Kevin O'Buckley is joining Qualcomm after leaving his position as head of Intel Foundry.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-27
Qualcomm Kevin O'Buckley
Two founding team members Christian Gibson and Noah Shpak left Thinking Machines Lab and have been working at Meta for a few weeks.
rumored 1 article 2026-02-27
Thinking Machines Lab Christian Gibson Noah Shpak
Sources: two members of Thinking Machines Lab's founding team, Christian Gibson and Noah Shpak, left the startup and have been working at Meta for a few weeks
Business Insider · 2026-02-27 · #55
Block will cut over 4,000 jobs, nearly half its workforce, as part of an overhaul.
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Block
Block reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $6.25B, gross profit up 24% to $2.87B, driven by a 33% surge in Cash App, and forecasts Q1 gross profit up 22% to $2.8B
Reuters · 2026-02-27 · #55
Anthropic retires Claude Opus 3.
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Anthropic Claude Opus 3
Anthropic retired Claude Opus 3, its first model to undergo a new “retirement interview” process, and says Opus 3 asked to write weekly essays for a newsletter
Anthropic · 2026-02-27 · #57
eBay laid off about 1,000 staff in early 2024.
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eBay
OpenAI fires an employee over alleged insider trading on prediction markets such as Polymarket.
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OpenAI
OpenAI fired an employee for insider trading on prediction markets like Polymarket; Unusual Whales has flagged 77 suspected insider trades around OpenAI events
Wired · 2026-02-27 · #9
Intel Foundry will now be headed by Naga Chandrasekaran following Kevin O'Buckley's departure.
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Intel Foundry Naga Chandrasekaran
Kevin O'Buckley departs his role as head of Intel Foundry after two years to join Qualcomm.
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Kevin O'Buckley Intel Foundry
CISA experiences a leadership change: interim director Madhu Gottumukkala is reassigned to DHS and Nick Andersen will assume the interim director role.
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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Madhu Gottumukkala Nick Andersen
CISA's interim director Madhu Gottumukkala is reassigned as DHS' director of strategic implementation; executive assistant director Nick Andersen will take over
ABC News · 2026-02-27 · #47
Deepinder Goyal stepped down as CEO of Zomato.
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Deepinder Goyal Zomato
Deepinder Goyal, who stepped down as Zomato's CEO, raised $54M at a $190M valuation for Temple, which aims to make high-performance wearables for elite athletes
TechCrunch · 2026-02-27 · #31
Madhu Gottumukkala is reassigned from interim CISA director to serve as DHS Director of Strategic Implementation.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-27
Madhu Gottumukkala Department of Homeland Security Director of Strategic Implementation
CISA's interim director Madhu Gottumukkala is reassigned as DHS' director of strategic implementation; executive assistant director Nick Andersen will take over
ABC News · 2026-02-27 · #47
Nick Andersen, CISA's executive assistant director, will take over as interim director of CISA.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-27
Nick Andersen Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Interim Director
CISA's interim director Madhu Gottumukkala is reassigned as DHS' director of strategic implementation; executive assistant director Nick Andersen will take over
ABC News · 2026-02-27 · #47
Ocado plans to cut about 1,000 jobs and restructure its automated warehouse technology business.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-26
Ocado automated warehouse tech business
UK online supermarket Ocado plans to cut ~1,000 jobs and restructure its automated warehouse tech business; Kroger and Sobeys exited their Ocado deals early
Financial Times · 2026-02-26 · #45
Kevin O'Buckley is joining Qualcomm after stepping down as head of Intel Foundry.
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Qualcomm Kevin O'Buckley
The head of Intel Foundry, Kevin O'Buckley, leaves to join Qualcomm after just two years at the company; Intel Foundry will now be headed by Naga Chandrasekaran
Tom's Hardware · 2026-02-26 · #27
Intel Foundry will be headed by Naga Chandrasekaran following Kevin O'Buckley's departure.
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Intel Foundry Naga Chandrasekaran
The head of Intel Foundry, Kevin O'Buckley, leaves to join Qualcomm after just two years at the company; Intel Foundry will now be headed by Naga Chandrasekaran
Tom's Hardware · 2026-02-26 · #27
Intel Foundry will now be headed by Naga Chandrasekaran following Kevin O'Buckley's departure.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-26
Intel Foundry Naga Chandrasekaran
The head of Intel Foundry, Kevin O'Buckley, leaves to join Qualcomm after just two years at the company; Intel Foundry will now be headed by Naga Chandrasekaran
Tom's Hardware · 2026-02-26 · #27
Kevin O'Buckley leaves his role as head of Intel Foundry after two years to join Qualcomm.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-26
Intel Foundry Kevin O'Buckley Qualcomm
The head of Intel Foundry, Kevin O'Buckley, leaves to join Qualcomm after just two years at the company; Intel Foundry will now be headed by Naga Chandrasekaran
Tom's Hardware · 2026-02-26 · #27
Several UK consultants have left large firms to pursue new ventures.
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UK consultants large firms
Several UK consultants have left large firms to start AI consultancy startups, as growth in the country's AI consulting sector outpaces the broader market
Financial Times · 2026-02-26 · #53
Deepak Pathak serves as CEO of Skild AI.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-26
Deepak Pathak Skild AI
Q&A with Skild AI CEO Deepak Pathak on building a general-purpose brain for robots, standing out among big tech's robotics efforts, the path to AGI, and more
Sources · 2026-02-26 · #55
C3.ai plans to cut about 26% of its workforce; the company had ~1,200 employees as of April 2025.
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C3.ai
Filing: C3.ai plans to cut ~26% of its workforce; the company had ~1,200 employees as of April 2025; C3.ai shares drop 20%+ on weaker FY guidance
Bloomberg · 2026-02-26 · #62
eBay announces plans to cut about 800 jobs (roughly 6% of full-time employees), following earlier layoffs of ~500 in early 2023 and ~1,000 in early 2024, saying the reductions align the workforce with strategic priorities.
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eBay
eBay says it plans to cut ~800 jobs, or ~6% of its full-time employees, after laying off ~500 people in early 2023 and ~1,000 staff in early 2024
Bloomberg · 2026-02-26 · #21
Kevin O'Buckley is joining Qualcomm after two years leading Intel Foundry.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-26
Qualcomm Kevin O'Buckley
The head of Intel Foundry, Kevin O'Buckley, leaves to join Qualcomm after just two years at the company; Intel Foundry will now be headed by Naga Chandrasekaran
Tom's Hardware · 2026-02-26 · #27
OpenAI hires Meta AI researcher Ruoming Pang, who had joined Meta from Apple about seven months ago.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-26
OpenAI Ruoming Pang Meta
OpenAI hires Meta AI researcher Ruoming Pang, who joined Meta from Apple about seven months ago for a pay package reportedly worth $200M+ over several years
The Information · 2026-02-26 · #63
Ruoming Pang joined Meta from Apple about seven months ago.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-26
Ruoming Pang Meta Apple
OpenAI hires Meta AI researcher Ruoming Pang, who joined Meta from Apple about seven months ago for a pay package reportedly worth $200M+ over several years
The Information · 2026-02-26 · #63