Boston Dynamics Lays Off Human Employees, Says It's "Burning Through Cash"
Boston Dynamics, the company behind the popular Spot robot dog, is in deep trouble. As the Boston Globe reported last week, the company laid off 45 employees or five percent of its workforce. The layoffs "affect nearly every function throughout the business," a spokesperson told the newspaper. "This decision was not made lightly," Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Player wrote in a note to employees. "Our long-term outlook remains positive: Spot continues scaling steadily with industrial and government customers, Stretch is proving its value with logistics and retail players, and our R&D work on Atlas is progressing at an encouraging […]
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