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A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs

The tech layoff wave is still going strong in 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, this year has already seen 60,000 job cuts across 254 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap and Microsoft have conducted sizable layoffs in the first months of 2024. Smaller-sized […]

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Keith Rabois says Miami is still a great place for startups, even as a16z leaves

Keith Rabois, managing director of Khosla Ventures, was having dinner with a “very successful CEO” in October 2018 when the CEO asked him a question. How many people does it take to create a whole new Silicon Valley? Is it 10,000? 100,000? Rabois didn’t know, but he decided to accept the challenge and set about

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Tune.FM wants to take on Spotify by using crypto to pay artists up to 100x more per stream

Vinyls are back in vogue and some people are building their CD collections back up in anticipation that they’ll also be cool again, but the fact remains that most people listen to music today using streaming services. Indeed, just two services, Spotify and Apple Music, took up about 45% of the industry’s market share as

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AI illusions and navigating The Money Trap with Alok Sama

On today’s episode of Equity, Rebecca Bellan sat down with Alok Sama, a Morgan Stanley veteran and former president and CFO of SoftBank Group International. They discussed the latest Apple tech announcements, Sama’s views on the AI hype cycle, and changes to the technology investment landscape since the dot-com era. He also provided insights from

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