LambdaTest hires Maneesh Sharma as COO
Maneesh Sharma, previously GitHub General Manager for India, has joined LambdaTest as its Chief Operating Officer. Maneesh will lead all the go-to-market functions in the company. Maneesh, who has over 22 years of experience, was leading GitHub India.....»»
Biden administration hires more critics of Big Tech
President Biden is peppering his administration with some of the most lauded critics of Big Tech, with a British-born legal scholar now tipped for a role at the Federal Trade Commission......»»
Reddit Hires CFO As It Considers IPO
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: Reddit, the social network and online bulletin, said on Thursday that it had appointed its first chief financial officer, Drew Vollero, in a move toward tidying up the company's books befor.....»»
Toyota"s air taxi partner Joby to go public in $6.6 billion deal; firm hires Ford exec
Toyota is working with Joby to design a California manufacturing facility for its four-passenger eVTOL aircraft, and is sharing access to its supplier network, Joby executives said......»»
Astra hires longtime Apple veteran Benjamin Lyon as Chief Engineer
New Space startup Astra, which is currently focused on commercial rockets, but which plans to eventually build satellites, too, has hired one of Apple’s key engineering leaders to head its own engineering efforts. Benjamin Lyon spent over two d.....»»
How and when to build marketing teams at deep tech companies
When should deep-tech companies hire marketers, and do these hires need industry experience? Deep tech startups develop cutting-edge innovations with the power to truly revolutionize society. The founding team members at these companies oft.....»»
Rivian hires industry outsider as next CFO
With production of Rivian's first saleable units less than six months away, CEO RJ Scaringe has recruited Claire McDonough from J.P. Morgan......»»
Thousands of Users Unknowingly Joined Signal Because of a 12-Year-Old"s App
"At least 10,000 Signal users can be attributed to a 12-year-old kid in India who created a somewhat popular clone of the encrypted chat app," reports Motherboard: Dev Sharma, a Signal user from Melbourne, Australia, found the Signal clone when he e.....»»
Madrona promotes Anu Sharma and Daniel Li as Partners
Fresh off the announcement of more than $500 million in new capital across two new funds, Seattle-based Madrona Venture Group has announced that they’re adding Anu Sharma and Daniel Li to the team’s list of Partners. The firm, which in re.....»»
"Boomerang" performance is on par with internal employees who never left the firm, new paper finds
Organizations seeking to fill internal roles traditionally have two options: promote from within or hire externally. Internal promotions benefit from being vetted talent who possess firm-specific skills while outside hires harbor external knowledge t.....»»
Facebook hires a VP of civil rights
Facebook has hired Roy Austin to become its first-ever VP of Civil Rights and Deputy General Counsel to create a new civil rights organization within the company, Facebook announced today. Austin is set to start on January 19 and will be based in Was.....»»
Self-driving firm Cruise hires former Delta exec as COO
Former Delta COO Gil West, in a statement, said: "There will be no bigger shift in the transportation industry in my lifetime than the move to self-driving. I’ve been training my entire career for an opportunity like this one.".....»»
Twitter acqui-hires creative agency Ueno to help design new products
Twitter this morning announced it’s bringing the full-service creative agency Ueno in-house to work alongside Twitter’s own design and research teams. The move, an acqui-hire of sorts, is one where Twitter is essentially buying the agency.....»»
VW hires energy-sector executive to lead EV charging unit
Elke Temme will head the group's newly created division for energy and electric-vehicle charging......»»
How San Francisco Got a Very Special Monolith on Christmas Day
Ananda Sharma, founder of the app Gyroscope, describes to a local TV station the monolith he discovered during a Christmas-morning jog under a candy-cane red sunrise. "I think I smelled it before I saw it..." He spotted a double rainbow and wanted.....»»