Intel, it seems, didn’t have to look too hard to find its new CEO. Half a year after being named interim CEO, Bob Swan is taking the job full-time. Swan, the seventh CEO in Intel’s 50 year history will also be joining the chip maker’s board of directors. Prior to this gig, Swan was Intel’s […]
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Tesla CFO Deepak Ahuja is retiring
At the tail end of Tesla’s earnings call today, Elon Musk dropped a surprise bit of news: the company’s CFO, Deepak Ahuja, will be retiring. “There is no good time to make this change,” said Ahuja, but noted that after two back-to-back profitable quarters, now might be the best time. Ahuja first served as Tesla’s […]
View More Tesla CFO Deepak Ahuja is retiringHome improvement platform Houzz lays off 180, reportedly gears up for public listing
Houzz has built a $4 billion business on the back of a platform and marketplace that lets you plan and execute home improvement projects. But as the startup gears up for its next phase of growth, it is also going through some growing pains. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed the company this month laid off […]
View More Home improvement platform Houzz lays off 180, reportedly gears up for public listingTheranos documentary review: The Inventor’s horrifying optimism
A blood-splattered Theranos machine nearly pricks an employee struggling to fix it. This gruesome graphical rendering is what you’ll walk away from HBO’s “The Inventor” with. It finally gives a visual to the startup’s laboratory fraud detailed in words by John Carreyrou’s book “Bad Blood”. The documentary that premiered tonight at Sundance Film Festival explores […]
View More Theranos documentary review: The Inventor’s horrifying optimismSoundCloud co-founder and chief product officer, Eric Wahlforss, is leaving
SoundCloud’s Eric Wahlforss is stepping away from the music and podcast streaming platform he co-founded after more than a decade at the company, most recently in the chief product officer role. Wahlforss announced the decision to step back from day-to-day ops — and “transition into an advisory role” — in a post on social media, writing: “After […]
View More SoundCloud co-founder and chief product officer, Eric Wahlforss, is leavingRoger Dickey ditches $32M-funded Gigster to start Untitled Labs
Most founders don’t walk away from their startup after raising $32 million and reaching 1000 clients. But Roger Dickey’s heart is in consumer tech, and his company Gigster had pivoted to doing outsourced app development for enterprises instead of scrappy entrepreneurs. So today Dickey announced that he’d left his role as Gigster CEO, with former […]
View More Roger Dickey ditches $32M-funded Gigster to start Untitled LabsSnap’s exec team continues to shrink as more reports of internal drama surface
Days after Snap announced the departure of its CFO, reports have emerged that the company’s HR chief was asked to leave following an internal investigation late last year that had led to the firing of its global security head. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Snap fired global security head Francis Racioppi late last […]
View More Snap’s exec team continues to shrink as more reports of internal drama surfaceOn-demand workspace platform Breather taps new CEO
Breather, the platform that provides on-demand private workspace, announced today that it has appointed Bryan Murphy as its new CEO. Before joining Breather, Murphy was the founder and President of direct-to-consumer mattress startup, Tomorrow Sleep. Prior to Tomorrow Sleep, Murphy held posts as an advisor to investment firms and as an executive at eBay after the […]
View More On-demand workspace platform Breather taps new CEOSelf-driving car startup Zoox gets a new CEO
Self-driving car startup Zoox has selected its new CEO following the unexpected firing of co-founder and former CEO Tim Kentley-Klay in August. Aicha Evans (pictured above), Intel’s now-former chief strategy officer, is joining Zoox as CEO and member of the board of directors on February 26. “I’m thrilled to join Zoox and challenge the status quo […]
View More Self-driving car startup Zoox gets a new CEODemocratic texting platform Hustle lays off a big chunk of its staff
The company behind a texting platform that powered more than 1,300 Democratic campaigns has slashed its staff in the lull following the 2018 midterms. Hustle co-founder and CEO Roddy Lindsay, a former Facebook engineer, disclosed the layoffs in a recent Medium post, apologizing for the choices that led up to the decision to “right-size” Hustle’s […]
View More Democratic texting platform Hustle lays off a big chunk of its staffSpaceX will lay off hundreds to ‘become a leaner company’
SpaceX plans to lay off approximately 10 percent of its workforce in order to manage its costs, the company confirmed to TechCrunch today. The news comes as the company embarks on an ambitious plan to develop and test an interplanetary spacecraft while simultaneously performing frequent orbital launches.
View More SpaceX will lay off hundreds to ‘become a leaner company’Square loses another key executive as Mary Kay Bowman joins Visa
The news comes shortly after Jack Dorsey’s merchant services and mobile payments company lost long-time CFO Sarah Friar to Nextdoor.
View More Square loses another key executive as Mary Kay Bowman joins Visa