'Restructuring' gets a 7% hit, 'AI' only a 2% hit

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• Wall Street is no longer rewarding job-cut announcements, Goldman analysis finds https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wall-street-is-no-longer-rewarding-job-cut-announcements-goldman-analysis-finds-a60c87a4
• The Great Turnover: 9 in 10 Companies Plan To Hire in 2026, Yet 6 in 10 Will Have Layoffs https://www.resume.org/the-great-turnover-9-in-10-companies-plan-to-hire-in-2026-yet-6-in-10-will-have-layoffs-2/

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venture capital discovers there's no exit

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/20/openai-anthropic-spacex-to-trash-stock-market-ipos-for-2026/ - blog post

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• Mega IPOs Could Threaten 2026 IPO Class (PDF) https://pitchbook.brightspotcdn.com/c1/54/df4900734f9484a3bcb6745f4992/q1-2026-pitchbook-analyst-note-mega-ipos-could-threaten-2026-ipo-class.pdf

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• a16z raising fresh $20b to keep the AI bubble pumping https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/10/a16z-raising-fresh-20b-for-ai-bubble-investments/
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• AI winter is in the air! But we think the AI bubble keeps going until 2027 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/23/ai-winter-is-in-the-air-but-we-think-the-ai-bubble-keeps-going-until-2027/
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp1-3Ypmr1Y&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
• Musk wants to merge SpaceX with xAI, then take it public https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/02/musk-wants-to-merge-spacex-with-xai-then-take-it-public/
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Microsoft will pay you tomorrow for a token today

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• You've Finally Figured Out AI at Work — Now Comes the Bill https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-tokens-productivity-d35c6bd8
• hearing microsoft is reorganizing its AI team https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com/post/3mhbcolqpds2y
• I won't share details of my job specifically https://bsky.app/profile/icanfly42.bsky.social/post/3mhbcvz75qc2y
• Yep, at my work for more than a year they've been pushing "AI all the things!" https://mastodon.social/@kralcttam/116256227967652032
• My Dinner With AI https://www.grumpygamer.com/my_dinner_with_ai/
• One of the solutions proposed https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com/post/3mhbcst6rrk2y

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• AI winter is in the air! But we think the AI bubble keeps going until 2027 https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/23/ai-winter-is-in-the-air-but-we-think-the-ai-bubble-keeps-going-until-2027/
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• Steve Yegge's Gas Town: Vibe coding goes crypto scam https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/22/steve-yegges-gas-town-vibe-coding-goes-crypto-scam/
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