aaron holmes
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Joined January 2012
Microsoft is cutting 9,000 more jobs (on top of the 6,000 roles they cut in May). The cuts are company-wide, with sales and Xbox orgs being heavily affected. Layoffs come as the company tries to reduce customer-facing staff and embraces AI:
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Also, these visas were *approved* in Q2 2025, but Microsoft applied for them in 2023.
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This statistic appears to be completely made up. The data that the original outlet links to shows Microsoft's approved H1B applications in Q2 2025 (most recent period available). The total number: 495. if you ctrl+F "Microsoft" in the data you get 2,000+ hits, including emails.
Microsoft's strategic shift🔁. Out with the Americans, in with the cheaper foreign workers. ❌️Microsoft laid off 817 U.S. software engineers in Redmond, then requested 2,300 foreign workers for the same roles in the same location. ❌️Total H-1B filings: 14,181. 82% below the.
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RT @steph_palazzolo: The corporate data wars are intensifying! . Atlassian and Notion are taking steps to make it harder for AI startups li….
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RT @KevKubernetes: Salesforce-Glean isn't the only simmering battle over customer data. Now companies like Atlassian and Notion are throttl….
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NEW: As OpenAI courts large customers, it's been taking a page out of Palantir's book. The latest sign: a new "forward deployed engineering" team offering consulting for customers willing to pay $10m+
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RT @anissagardizy8: BREAKING: OpenAI is renting Google's TPU chips for inference, as it looks to lower costs. The deal marks OpenAI's fir….
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RT @erinkwoo: “A lot of the early OpenAI people have achieved financial independence already. At some point, people are seeing a $25 millio….
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RT @Jessicalessin: Turns out that "feel the AGI" is easier said than done. More exceptional reporting from the team: @aaronpholmes @steph….
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RT @steph_palazzolo: OpenAI and Microsoft are in the midst of renegotiating their contract. A big sticking point is the AGI clause, which….
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Scoop: We got new details of the ongoing negotiations between OpenAI and Microsoft over "AGI" and "sufficient AGI," two tricky clauses in their contract that could determine the future of their partnership. w/ @steph_palazzolo @amir
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RT @amir: New: OpenAI has designed collaboration and chat features for ChatGPT. Launching them would be a direct assault on Google Workspac….
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RT @steph_palazzolo: Developing huge story from @KalleyHuang and @coryweinberg - Meta is in talks to hire SSI cofounder Daniel Gross and ex….
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The planned cuts are related to a reorg of sales teams the company internally announced earlier this year:
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New: Microsoft is planning to lay off thousands of salespeople next month. The cuts are part of MSFT's plans to consolidate sales roles and reduce the number of salespeople customers interact with:
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Scoop: OpenAI recently changed its pricing model to offer discounts on ChatGPT to business customers. The move is irking Microsoft salespeople who say they can't match the discounts:.
Exclusive: OpenAI Starts Selling ChatGPT at a Discount, Hurting Microsoft. Microsoft Loses Copilot Deals After OpenAI Discounts ChatGPT. Read more @aaronpholmes and @srimuppidi 👇 .
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RT @srimuppidi: In its ongoing negotiations with Microsoft, OpenAI wants. - Microsoft to have a~33% stake in the company after its re-org.-….
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NEW w/ @srimuppidi: OpenAI wants Microsoft to take a one-third stake in its business, plus a slew of other financial concessions:
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RT @coryweinberg: Scoop on Meta/Scale deal deets: .- Meta investing >$14B in Scale, owning 49% of the startup. - Alex Wang and other top Sc….
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