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Layoffs in 2025: HP, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, Ola and More Fire Over 75,000 Staffers; AI the Main Culprit
Layoffs in tech never really stopped in the post-pandemic world. Since the end of 2021, tech companies have been laying off employees in large numbers. Unfortunately, 2025 was also not different, as tech giants such as Intel, Microsoft, Meta, and Salesforce made headlines for their mass layoffs.
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AI Does 50% Work At Salesforce, But Mass Layoffs Not On Cards Yet: CEO Marc Benioff
Artificial Intelligence (AI) performs a lot of work at Salesforce, but the company has no mass lay-off plans yet, CEO Marc Benioff has said.
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Salesforce Said to Have Blocked AI Rivals from Using Slack Data
Slack recently blocked other software firms from searching or storing messages on its platform. Since the Salesforce change, Glean and other applications can no longer index, copy or store the data they access via the Slack API on a long-term basis.
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Microsoft Cuts Hundreds More Jobs After Firing 6,000 Last Month
Microsoft cut hundreds more jobs just weeks after its largest layoff in years. The AI boom has roiled the tech labor market because companies are prioritising AI-focused jobs and harnessing the technology to save money.
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Microsoft Unveils Two AI Agents That Can Complete Sales Tasks for Enterprise Clients
Microsoft unveiled two new artificial intelligence (AI) agents for enterprises on Wednesday. These agents are adept in various tasks in sales operations, and can assist professionals by automating time-consuming workloads. The company introduced these two AI agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot, and businesses can now access them and integrate them into...
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Salesforce Said to Cut 1,000 Roles While Hiring Salespeople for AI
Salesforce is announcing lay-offs as it prepares to enter a new fiscal year. More than 1,000 roles will be affected and displaced workers will be able to apply for other jobs internally. The company has also been keeping a closer eye on maintaining profit margins after pressure from activist investors in 2023.
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Microsoft Launches AI Agents, Deepening Rivalry With Salesforce
Microsoft has confirmed that it will roll out 10 “autonomous agents” to complete tasks on behalf of people in areas such as sales, customer support and accounting.
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Technical Education Body Partners With 1M1B To Offer Internships To 1 Lakh Students
The Green Internship programme is designed to nurture climate talent using artificial intelligence (AI).
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Disney to Stop Using Salesforce-Owned Slack After Hack Exposed Company Data: Report
Walt Disney plans to transition away from its use of Slack as a companywide workplace collaboration system, after a hacking entity leaked online more than a terabyte of company data, according to a report in the Status media newsletter.
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OpenAI Announces New Assistants API Features and Tools for Enterprise Users
OpenAI announced new tools, and features for its enterprise-grade Assistants API on Tuesday. The AI firm has made its API suite available to large businesses which require customised solutions for its workloads. Highlighting some of its major clients such as Klarna, Morgan Stanley, Oscar, Salesforce, and Wix, the company that it rolled out the new ...
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Paytm's Big Revamp: Younger Users, 50,000-Plus Salesforce, Smaller Cities
Paytm plans to revamp its online wealth management services and hire more than 15,000 contract salespeople to get more merchants on its network, aiming to hit profitability sooner than targeted.
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OpenAI Employees Rejects Salesforce CEO's Job Offer: "We're With Sam Altman"
The Salesforce CEO stated that the company would match the full cash and OTE (open trade equity) of researchers who quit OpenAI.
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Twitter's New Chief Working on Measures to Bring Back Advertisers Back to Platform: Report
Twitter's many advertisers have earlier pulled back on their marketing commitment on Twitter. Now, the company's new chief executive, Linda Yaccarino, is working on a slew of measures to bring back advertisers who left the platform under Elon Musk's ownership. She is in talks about a broader partnership with Google. Twitter also hopes to renegotiat...
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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI Plans App Store For AI software: Report
OpenAI is reportedly planning to launch a marketplace that will allow developers to sell their AI models built on top of their own AI technology. Aquant and Khan Academy might be interested in offering their ChatGPT-powered AI models on OpenAI's marketplace. It could compete with app stores run by some of the company's customers and technology part...
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Google-Backed AI Startup Anthropic Raises $450 Million, Bringing Total Funding to Nearly $1 Billion
Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup competing with OpenAI in building AI foundation models, said on Tuesday it had raised $450 million (roughly Rs. 3,700 crore) from investors including Alphabet's Google and Spark Capital.
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Layoffs in 2025: HP, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, Ola and More Fire Over 75,000 Staffers; AI the Main Culprit
Layoffs in tech never really stopped in the post-pandemic world. Since the end of 2021, tech companies have been laying off employees in large numbers. Unfortunately, 2025 was also not different, as tech giants such as Intel, Microsoft, Meta, and Salesforce made headlines for their mass layoffs.
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AI Does 50% Work At Salesforce, But Mass Layoffs Not On Cards Yet: CEO Marc Benioff
Artificial Intelligence (AI) performs a lot of work at Salesforce, but the company has no mass lay-off plans yet, CEO Marc Benioff has said.
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Salesforce Said to Have Blocked AI Rivals from Using Slack Data
Slack recently blocked other software firms from searching or storing messages on its platform. Since the Salesforce change, Glean and other applications can no longer index, copy or store the data they access via the Slack API on a long-term basis.
-
Microsoft Cuts Hundreds More Jobs After Firing 6,000 Last Month
Microsoft cut hundreds more jobs just weeks after its largest layoff in years. The AI boom has roiled the tech labor market because companies are prioritising AI-focused jobs and harnessing the technology to save money.
-
Microsoft Unveils Two AI Agents That Can Complete Sales Tasks for Enterprise Clients
Microsoft unveiled two new artificial intelligence (AI) agents for enterprises on Wednesday. These agents are adept in various tasks in sales operations, and can assist professionals by automating time-consuming workloads. The company introduced these two AI agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot, and businesses can now access them and integrate them into...
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Salesforce Said to Cut 1,000 Roles While Hiring Salespeople for AI
Salesforce is announcing lay-offs as it prepares to enter a new fiscal year. More than 1,000 roles will be affected and displaced workers will be able to apply for other jobs internally. The company has also been keeping a closer eye on maintaining profit margins after pressure from activist investors in 2023.
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Microsoft Launches AI Agents, Deepening Rivalry With Salesforce
Microsoft has confirmed that it will roll out 10 “autonomous agents” to complete tasks on behalf of people in areas such as sales, customer support and accounting.
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Technical Education Body Partners With 1M1B To Offer Internships To 1 Lakh Students
The Green Internship programme is designed to nurture climate talent using artificial intelligence (AI).
-
Disney to Stop Using Salesforce-Owned Slack After Hack Exposed Company Data: Report
Walt Disney plans to transition away from its use of Slack as a companywide workplace collaboration system, after a hacking entity leaked online more than a terabyte of company data, according to a report in the Status media newsletter.
-
OpenAI Announces New Assistants API Features and Tools for Enterprise Users
OpenAI announced new tools, and features for its enterprise-grade Assistants API on Tuesday. The AI firm has made its API suite available to large businesses which require customised solutions for its workloads. Highlighting some of its major clients such as Klarna, Morgan Stanley, Oscar, Salesforce, and Wix, the company that it rolled out the new ...
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Paytm's Big Revamp: Younger Users, 50,000-Plus Salesforce, Smaller Cities
Paytm plans to revamp its online wealth management services and hire more than 15,000 contract salespeople to get more merchants on its network, aiming to hit profitability sooner than targeted.
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OpenAI Employees Rejects Salesforce CEO's Job Offer: "We're With Sam Altman"
The Salesforce CEO stated that the company would match the full cash and OTE (open trade equity) of researchers who quit OpenAI.
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Twitter's New Chief Working on Measures to Bring Back Advertisers Back to Platform: Report
Twitter's many advertisers have earlier pulled back on their marketing commitment on Twitter. Now, the company's new chief executive, Linda Yaccarino, is working on a slew of measures to bring back advertisers who left the platform under Elon Musk's ownership. She is in talks about a broader partnership with Google. Twitter also hopes to renegotiat...
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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI Plans App Store For AI software: Report
OpenAI is reportedly planning to launch a marketplace that will allow developers to sell their AI models built on top of their own AI technology. Aquant and Khan Academy might be interested in offering their ChatGPT-powered AI models on OpenAI's marketplace. It could compete with app stores run by some of the company's customers and technology part...
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Google-Backed AI Startup Anthropic Raises $450 Million, Bringing Total Funding to Nearly $1 Billion
Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup competing with OpenAI in building AI foundation models, said on Tuesday it had raised $450 million (roughly Rs. 3,700 crore) from investors including Alphabet's Google and Spark Capital.
