Kevin O'Buckley leaves his role as head of Intel Foundry after two years at the company.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-26
Intel Foundry 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
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.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-26
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
Dwelly was founded by former Uber and Gett executives.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-26
Dwelly former Uber executives former Gett executives
London-based Dwelly, which aims to roll up independent UK real estate agencies and modernize their operations using AI, raised £32M in equity and £37M in debt
Fortune · 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
Intel Foundry will 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
The game industry is experiencing job cuts.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-26
Game industry
As studios like Arc Raiders maker Embark embrace AI for non-essential game elements, gamers worry that AI squeezes the art out of games, amid industry job cuts
Bloomberg · 2026-02-26 · #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
OpenAI appoints Arvind KC as chief people officer.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-25
OpenAI Arvind KC
OpenAI hires Arvind KC as chief people officer, replacing Julia Villagra who left in August 2025; KC has held senior roles at Roblox, Google, Palantir, and Meta
Bloomberg · 2026-02-25 · #52
Arvind KC previously held senior roles at Roblox, Google, Palantir, and Meta.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-25
Arvind KC Roblox Google Palantir Meta
OpenAI hires Arvind KC as chief people officer, replacing Julia Villagra who left in August 2025; KC has held senior roles at Roblox, Google, Palantir, and Meta
Bloomberg · 2026-02-25 · #52
Small startups and giants including Meta and Google are factoring employees' AI use into performance reviews and attempting to track productivity gains.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-25
Small startups Meta Google AI usage
A look at how both small and large companies are tracking and enforcing employees' AI usage and considering it during performance reviews
Wall Street Journal · 2026-02-25 · #58
WiseTech Global plans to cut about 2,000 jobs, roughly 30% of its workforce, across this fiscal year and next amid CEO Zubin Appoo's embrace of AI-driven efficiencies.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-25
WiseTech Global Ltd. WiseTech ~2,000 jobs ~30% of workforce
Australian freight software maker WiseTech plans to cut ~2,000 jobs, or ~30% of its workforce, this fiscal year and next, amid CEO Zubin Appoo's embrace of AI
Bloomberg · 2026-02-25 · #48
Julia Villagra left OpenAI in August 2025.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-25
OpenAI Julia Villagra
OpenAI hires Arvind KC as chief people officer, replacing Julia Villagra who left in August 2025; KC has held senior roles at Roblox, Google, Palantir, and Meta
Bloomberg · 2026-02-25 · #52
Tech companies, from small startups to large firms, are tracking and enforcing employees' AI usage.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-25
Tech companies employee AI usage
A look at how both small and large companies are tracking and enforcing employees' AI usage and considering it during performance reviews
Wall Street Journal · 2026-02-25 · #58
Lightricks is splitting its consumer app unit from its GenAI unit LTX to better capture growth in AI.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-24
Lightricks consumer app unit LTX
Scenario predicts growing white-collar layoffs.
rumored 1 article 2026-02-24
white-collar workers
Sources report some Xbox staffers say they are relieved that Sarah Bond is leaving after she led a pivot away from the console with the 'Xbox everywhere' strategy.
rumored 1 article 2026-02-24
Xbox Sarah Bond
David Luan, head of Amazon's AGI lab, is leaving Amazon less than two years after joining via an acqui-hire of his startup Adept.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-24
David Luan Amazon Amazon AGI lab Adept
David Luan, the head of Amazon's AGI lab, is leaving the company less than two years after he joined through an acqui-hire deal of his startup Adept
CNBC · 2026-02-24 · #26
MatX was founded by two alumni of Google's chip/semiconductor business.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-24
MatX Google
MatX, an AI chip startup founded by two alumni of Google's chip business, raised $500M+ led by Jane Street and Situational Awareness to compete with Nvidia
Bloomberg · 2026-02-24 · #49
Report says Binance suspended investigators who were probing the transfers after the pardon of CZ.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-24
Binance investigators
How Binance staffers found $1B was sent to sanctioned Iranian entities via the exchange, which dismantled their probe and suspended them after Trump pardoned CZ
Wall Street Journal · 2026-02-24 · #56
CISA continues to operate without a Senate-confirmed leader.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-23
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Senate-confirmed leader
A look at CISA during Trump's second term as it navigates job cuts, continues to operate without a Senate-confirmed leader, and faces a demoralized workforce
New York Times · 2026-02-23 · #36
CISA faces a demoralized workforce amid staffing cuts and lack of Senate-confirmed leadership.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-23
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
A look at CISA during Trump's second term as it navigates job cuts, continues to operate without a Senate-confirmed leader, and faces a demoralized workforce
New York Times · 2026-02-23 · #36
Tencent closes its TiMi Montréal studio after nearly five years.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-23
Tencent TiMi Montréal
Tencent closed its TiMi Montréal studio after nearly five years, without ever releasing a game, as Chinese giants scale back funding for Western game studios
Game File · 2026-02-23 · #45
HSG formerly operated as Sequoia China.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-23
HSG Sequoia China
Neil Shen is affiliated with HSG (formerly Sequoia China).
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-23
Neil Shen HSG
Sources report Microsoft enacted Xbox leadership changes and has a new gaming CEO who aims to revive Xbox.
rumored 1 article 2026-02-23
Microsoft Xbox gaming CEO
Sources: some Xbox staffers say they are relieved that Sarah Bond is leaving, after she led a pivot away from the console with the “Xbox everywhere” strategy
The Verge · 2026-02-23 · #7
Lightricks is splitting its consumer app unit (including Facetune) from its GenAI unit LTX to better capture AI-driven growth.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-23
Lightricks LTX Facetune
Internal memo: Lightricks, creator of photo editing app Facetune, is splitting its consumer app unit from its GenAI unit LTX to better capture the growth in AI
Reuters · 2026-02-23 · #18
CISA navigates staffing cuts during Trump's second term.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-23
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
A look at CISA during Trump's second term as it navigates job cuts, continues to operate without a Senate-confirmed leader, and faces a demoralized workforce
New York Times · 2026-02-23 · #36
Team Mirai won 11 of 465 seats in Japan's parliament.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-23
Team Mirai Japan's parliament
A look at Japan's Team Mirai, a party founded by software engineers that won 11 of 465 parliament seats by promising self-driving buses and high-tech jobs
New York Times · 2026-02-23 · #34
Neil Shen worked at Sequoia after Yale and now leads HSG, the firm formerly known as Sequoia China.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-22
Neil Shen Sequoia China HSG
A profile of Neil Shen of HSG, formerly Sequoia China, which raised $9B from US investors before US restrictions and has funded Manus and other Chinese startups
Wall Street Journal · 2026-02-22 · #10
Agency (initiative/networking) is becoming more valued than technical skills among young tech workers in Silicon Valley.
confirmed 1 article 2026-02-22
Silicon Valley
Interviews with Cluely's Roy Lee, Donald Boat, and other highly “agentic” young men, as agency becomes more valuable than technical skills in Silicon Valley
Harper's · 2026-02-22 · #27