Just days after Alphabet and Google Chief Executive Sudar Pichai warned of more layoffs this year, the company is cutting more employees at its moon landing laboratory. Alphabet is also reorganizing X (not to be confused with the former Twitter) to make it easier to spin off projects with the support (i.e., funding) of outside investors.
Astro Teller, head of X, told employees in a memo that the company is “expanding our approach to focus on spinning out more projects into independent companies through market capital funding.”
X attempts to solve larger challenges and problems around the world, such as , , and , but it has yet to achieve sustained success through its spin-off businesses. The company hopes this will refocus exciting ideas into those that have a future.
— Matt Smith
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The film stars Noomi Rapace and premieres on February 21st.
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This article originally appeared on Engadget: https://www.engadget.com/the-morning-after-alphabet-cuts-jobs-at-its-moonshot-labs-121537179.html?src=rss
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