wellknown

“Insight into Tesla’s Significant Layoffs: Causes and Aftermath Revealed”

Tesla Techcrunch Minute Thumb Green Bg
Tesla’s layoffs and executive departures took a bite out its share price this week. The well-known electric vehicle company shed around 10% of its staff, impacting an estimated 14,000 staff or more. It missed delivery estimates for the first quarter, has reportedly reduced hours for the production-line of its Cybertruck, and is seeing rivals in China stack market share with low-priced EVs. Tesla, in other words, helped foster the global electric vehicle market, but is losing some of its primacy in that same market. In human terms, for every dollar of car that Tesla sells, it generates far more company worth than its rivals.

Exploring the Significance of Stability AI’s CEO Resignation for the Future of AI Startups

Stability Ai Emad Ceo Tc Minute
What do you call an AI company that is suffering from very public gyrations regarding its business health, place in the market, and leadership structure? Well, you might call it Stability AI. Stability AI’s latest leadership shakeup is no joke, with its CEO Emad Mostaque departing to work on AI products that are less centralized — which is to say, owned and built by a single company, like, say, Stability AI. The startup’s fundraising journey is well-known to tech folks, while its best-known product — Stable Diffusion — is known even more broadly. We dig into all that and more in today’s TechCrunch Minute: