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Google’s 35% cut ✂️
Sundar Pichai has trimmed one-third of its small-team managers
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What we’ll cover today:
💸 Founder fraud that fooled big-name VCs
✂️ Google’s quiet war on middle management
📈 SaaS leaders debating “lean vs lavish”
Abraham Shafi, founder of IRL’s parent company Get Together, has been charged by the DOJ for allegedly tricking investors in 2021.
🚨 Breaking News:
Shafi is accused of raising $170M by lying about user growth, then spending investor money on weddings and luxury shopping.
⚡ Wire Simplified
IRL was once valued at $1B and backed by big names like Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund.
DOJ says Shafi faked growth by hiding millions in ad spending.
Allegedly used funds for hotels, clothes, and a lavish wedding.
IRL shut down in 2023, but only Shafi is indicted.
He faces up to 20 years in prison per charge.
✔️ Straight to the Point
The fall of IRL shows how hype can blind investors. Startups need more reality checks, less champagne and wedding budgets.
🎤 Should startup founders face stricter audits before raising big rounds? |
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Google, led by Sundar Pichai, has trimmed one-third of its small-team managers to boost efficiency and cut red tape.
🚨 Breaking News:
Google now has 35% fewer managers than last year, moving many into regular roles instead of leadership positions.
⚡ Wire Simplified
Move targets managers with fewer than 3 direct reports.
Goal: reduce bureaucracy and run leaner as Google scales.
Voluntary Exit Programs (VEP) offered in 10 divisions.
3–5% of employees accepted buyouts, many for career breaks.
Google says: more efficiency, fewer titles, same big profits.
✔️ Straight to the Point
Google is slimming its middle management, betting fewer bosses will mean faster work. Some call it smart, others worry about morale.
I believe LLMs will inevitably surpass humans in coding.
Let us think about how humans actually learn to code. Human learning of coding has two stages. First comes memorization and imitation: learning syntax and copying good projects. Then comes trial and error: writing code,
— Binyuan Hui (@huybery)
4:00 PM • Aug 27, 2025
I estimate that AI writes under 10% of the code I ship.
This is valuable code. Code that has impact and economic value.
However, I now use AI to write a lot of throw-away code. Before, I had to imagine what I wanted, while I can now use AI to build it.
There's also a ton of
— Santiago (@svpino)
3:10 PM • Aug 27, 2025
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