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Talent from Rivian, Tesla, and Apple Flourishes in Ford’s Mysterious Low-Cost EV Initiative

There has been a lot of recent chaos in the world of electric vehicles, and Ford has capitalized on it to build out its secretive low-cost EV team. It also hired around 10 employees from Lucid Motors, and a handful from Apple’s recently disbanded EV team known as Project Titan. The company declined to respond to specific questions about how it’s building out the team, which is known internally as Ford Advanced EV. It also noted that some of the work being done by Ford Advanced EV could be applied to other efforts across the company, not necessarily just to the low-cost EV project. “The Ford Advanced EV team is part of a global effort to build focused technology and product development teams local to the best talent centers.

Ava Patel
June 12, 2024
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Robotics & AI

Microsoft’s Impressive AI Expansion: Inflection AI Co-founders Join the Team

Microsoft’s latest gambit to snag much of the human talent from Inflection AI is causing waves this week. The subtext is clear enough: Microsoft doesn’t want to run into regulatory oversight in the form of anti-trust action. Regardless of your perspective on such deal-killing, Microsoft seems to have found a way around the matter in this case. Elsewhere in Microsoft land there’s talk of a new GPT model from OpenAI, and even some new Surface and Windows news that has an AI lilt. Wherever you look, there’s Microsoft and AI, cutting up the rug.

Max Chen
March 21, 2024

Crypto, Media & Entertainment, Security, Startups, Venture

30% of Alphabet Workforce Dismissed as Company Changes Course in Face of Economic Uncertainty

Alphabet CEO lays off 12,000 people, says company 'hired for a different economic reality’ • TechCrunch

Tycho is a new way to manage your data. It’s a platform that helps you analyze, explore and share your data in a user-friendly way. Tycho connects to various third…

Dylan Williams
January 20, 2023

Enterprise, Robotics & AI

Alphabet Lays off 12,000 Employees as It Adjusts to Unexpected Economic Reality

Google parent Alphabet cuts 6% of its workforce impacting 12,000 people, saying it had 'hired for a different economic reality' • TechCrunch

Google is one of the most well-known and famous companies in the world. Recently, Alphabet, parent holding company of Google, has announced that it’s cutting around 6% of its global…