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Cruise to slash workforce by nearly 50% after GM cuts funding to robotaxi operations


Cruise is laying off 50% of its workforce as the robotaxi program ends.

Autonomous vehicle company Cruise is laying off 50% of its workforce — cuts that extend to the CEO and several other top executives — as it prepares to shut down operations. CEO Marc Whitten will depart from Cruise this week, along with Thomas, chief safety officer Steve Kenner, and global head of public policy Rob Grant. Two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch the company had been ready to implement a retrofitted sensor solution internally referred to as Project Rhino that would have solved for the October 2 incident by creating additional visibility and awareness underneath the car.

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