Dropbox cuts 16% of staff due to the advent of the era of chat bots – Kommersant

Drew Houston, CEO of Dropbox, the company behind the cloud service of the same name, said in blog companies to cut approximately 500 employees, which is approximately 16% of the state. At the same time, Mr. Houston noted that the laid-off employees have a day or two to say goodbye to their colleagues.

The head of the company indicated two reasons why the management had to go for a large-scale staff reduction. First, according to Mr. Huston, due to the deteriorating macroeconomic situation, some areas of Dropbox’s business, “which used to be profitable, have ceased to be sustainable.” Second, “the era of AI computing has arrived,” as evidenced by the significant proliferation of chatbots in recent months, the report said. “In an ideal world, we would just transfer people from one team to another. We have done so wherever possible. However, our next stage of development requires a different combination of skills, especially in the field of artificial intelligence and early product development,” said Mr. Houston.

Kirill Sarkhanyants