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Humane announces 10 layoffs as CTO ‘transitions’ into advisor role

Hardware startup Humane has announced that it's laying off 10 employees -- 4% of its workforce -- while its CTO is also stepping down.

“As we begin this new chapter of Humane, going from stealth to customer facing, we are making some changes to best prepare us for continued growth,” CEO and co-founder Bethany Bongiorno wrote in a LinkedIn post (as reported by The Verge). However, buried in the announcement was the news that 4% of its 250 employees are leaving the company, alongside long-standing CTO Patrick Gates who worked in a senior engineering capacity at Apple for 13 years before joining his former colleagues at Humane in early 2019. It’s clear that Humane is aware of the optics around these changes, particularly in an economic climate that has seen many established companies struggle — let alone a fledgling hardware startup that has built a lot of buzz before it has brought a single product to market.

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