Google has fewer employees than it did in early 2023, and the company is pushing AI in part to boost efficiencies.

Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, and Brian Saluzzo, a Google executive who heads a team of developers, advised their ...

Then Google swept in, spending $2.4 billion to license the company’s tech and vacuum up its CEO and top researchers, ...

Google is offering buyouts to thousands of U.S. employees across divisions like Search and core engineering, aiming to cut costs amidst significant AI investments. This "Voluntary Exit Program ...

Cognition acquired Windsurf and offered its remaining 200 employees a choice between a buyout or working 80 hours a week, ...

Cognition, a two-year-old artificial intelligence coding startup last valued at $4 billion, has offered buyouts to the ...

Google eliminated about 6% of its workforce in early 2023 and has implemented cuts in various groups since then, offering buyouts to employees since the beginning of the year.

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Although the BofA analysts see a risk from job data indicating the tech giant is growing headcount, the company's "voluntary employee-buyout program suggests cost management is ongoing," they noted.

Just weeks after acquiring developer tools company Windsurf, AI startup Cognition is offering voluntary buyouts to its ...

As companies report buyout offers, layoffs and early retirements across the U.S., here's what workers should consider if offered a buyout.