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From Wedding DJ to Meta Engineer: My 13-Year Career and Layoff
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Meta Layoff Ends a 13-Year Engineer’s Unlikely Rise From DJ Booth
Founder News Team Aug 13, 2026 0

A Meta engineer’s 13-year journey from spinning records to writing code just ended in the company’s latest round of layoffs.…

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SF tech company worth $16B lays off staff after turning first profits
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$16B Okta slashes 180 jobs despite posting its first-ever profits
Founder News Team Aug 13, 2026 0

Okta just recorded its first profitable year in company history, yet it is still cutting 180 employees from its workforce…

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Doom The Dark Ages Doom Slayer with yellow eyes
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Doom Veteran Says Xbox Gutted id Software With 1,600 Layoffs
Founder News Team Aug 13, 2026 0

One of the original creators behind Doom says Microsoft cut off an entire limb when it laid off 1,600 people…

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Pharmacy giant to gut hundreds of Calif. stores, shutter nationwide
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Rite Aid’s Second Bankruptcy Threatens to Erase All 347 California Locations
Founder News Team Aug 12, 2026 0

Rite Aid is barreling toward a second bankruptcy that could permanently shutter every one of its 347 stores across California.…

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Visa guts 6 VPs and dozens of senior staff from Foster City campus
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Visa axes six VPs and over 300 staff just before a $2.4 billion AI acquisition
Founder News Team Aug 12, 2026 0

Visa just laid off 300 employees, including six VPs, right as it prepares to drop $2.4 billion on an artificial…

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Tech giant Intel's sweeping layoffs include hundreds in California
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Intel Slashes 319 California Jobs While Chasing Billions in Federal Funding
Founder News Team Aug 11, 2026 0

Intel is laying off 319 workers at its Folsom campus while simultaneously pursuing up to $8.5 billion in CHIPS Act…

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Gavin Newsom intervenes amid historic tech layoffs
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Newsom Scrambles to Track 8,000-Plus AI-Driven Job Cuts Before Half the Workforce Vanishes
Founder News Team Aug 11, 2026 0

California’s governor wants monthly reports on government automation after discovering no agency actually tracks how many workers get replaced by…

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Luxury Bay Area carmaker Lucid to lay off 18% of staff
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Lucid Slashes Entire Arizona Production Shift and COO Role After $15.6 Billion Deficit
Founder News Team Aug 10, 2026 0

Lucid just eliminated an entire production shift and dissolved its COO position following staggering financial losses in the billions. The…

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Calif. tech giant Qualcomm lays off 1,250 workers, 194 in Bay Area
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Smartphone Slump Forces Qualcomm to Ax 1,250 Workers Including Senior Executives
Founder News Team Aug 10, 2026 0

Qualcomm is shedding 1,250 jobs, and this time the cuts are climbing all the way into the executive ranks. The…

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Bay Area biotech firm once worth more than $3B lays off 30% of staff
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Biotech Firm Once Valued at $3 Billion Slashes 30% of Workforce to Stay Afloat
Founder News Team Aug 10, 2026 0

A biotech unicorn is eliminating nearly a third of its staff just to keep the lights on. The layoffs signal…

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