Did artificial intelligence really drive layoffs at Amazon and other firms? It can be hard to tellMany assumed Amazon's 16,000 corporate layoffs announced last week reflected CEO Andy Jassy's push to "reduce our total corporate workforce...
02 Feb, 2026, 11.36 AM IST
Reddit unveils AI-driven ad tools to help brands tap into user discussionsReddit launched two AI-powered ad tools—Reddit Insights and Conversation Summary Add-ons—to help brands track trends, test campaigns, and s...
16 Jun, 2025, 06.08 PM IST
Pinterest beats quarterly estimates on digital ads boostThe company's revenue grew 18% to $898.4 million in the reported quarter, compared with analysts' average estimate of $896.4 million, accor...
08 Nov, 2024, 08.49 AM IST
AI search startup Glean announces new funding at $4.6 billion valuationThe company uses conversational AI assistants and large language models like OpenAI's GPT, which powers ChatGPT, to generate personalized a...
11 Sep, 2024, 02.36 PM IST
Amazon’s sales from international ops remain flat; Growth worries for Snap, PinterestAmazon's net sales from international operations remained largely flat in the quarter ended March 2023. CEO Andy Jassy said in an earnings ...
28 Apr, 2023, 07.17 PM IST
Meta surges on cost cut, buyback plans; lifts mega-cap stocksShares of Meta Platforms Inc soared nearly 20% in premarket trading on Thursday as the Facebook parent wooed investors with plans to rein o...
02 Feb, 2023, 05.06 PM IST
Activist Elliott Management Corp to nominate directors at Salesforce: sourcesElliott, which invests more than $55 billion, is currently interviewing a number of people including technology industry executives and exe...
27 Jan, 2023, 11.37 AM IST
Activist investor Elliott Management takes stake in Salesforce: reportElliott has made many technology focused investments. It recently won a board seat at Pinterest Inc when the company added Elliott portfoli...
23 Jan, 2023, 08.52 AM IST
The boy bosses of Silicon Valley are on their way outTop resignations in recent weeks signify the end of an era at these companies, which are among the most valuable and well-known to emerge f...
11 Aug, 2022, 10.19 PM IST
Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann steps down, Google executive to take over in ecommerce pushBill Ready's appointment brings to an end Silbermann's 12-year tenure as CEO, which began when he co-founded the company in 2010. Pinterest...
29 Jun, 2022, 09.29 AM IST
NirogStreet raises $4 million in fundingThe startup aims to use the funds to grow its presence and to innovate service and product offerings for Ayurveda doctors, and to scale-up ...
24 Dec, 2021, 04.07 PM IST
Former Square, Facebook senior executive Gokul Rajaram joins Pine Labs as advisorRajaram has over two decades of experience in product development and management.
05 Nov, 2020, 08.54 PM IST
Udemy secures $50 mn investment from Benesse HoldingsThe company completed 10 years in January this year and has given out over $350 million in lifetime payments to instructors on its platform.
20 Feb, 2020, 02.40 PM IST
Uber cofounder taking over stumbling social media company StumbleUponCamp, Geoff Smith, and Justin LaFrance started the content website in 2001 as they were finishing up their postgraduate studies in Canada.
27 Aug, 2015, 12.27 PM IST
Staffing firms tapping mobile route to attract talentMoreover these firms are using free social networks like Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube for image building.
07 Jun, 2015, 02.15 PM IST
Bessemer funds Ex-Firstsource CEO Ananda Mukerji's new venture"For the last 20 years, there has been very little innovation in how applications have been delivered," said Mukerji, executive chairman, A...
18 Feb, 2013, 06.09 PM IST
Be more interesting on Itimes.com!Times Internet today launches itimes.com, India’s first interest network which empowers users to create interests or follow their favourite...
20 Dec, 2012, 09.48 PM IST