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Published on Published March 14, 2026 A Rather Expensive Way to Buy a Chatbot AtlassianLayoffsArtificialIntelligenceCorporateStrategy Atlassian decides that 1,600 humans are a small price to pay for a slightly more articulate Jira. Read more →
Published on Published March 2, 2026 The Algorithmic Efficiency Alibi: A Study in Corporate Evaporation ArtificialIntelligenceFintechCorporateStrategy Jack Dorsey has decided that 4,000 of his employees are, in fact, better represented by a very sophisticated series of spreadsheets. Read more →