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More Meta layoffs: Reports suggest that Meta is planning to cut another 4,000 jobs this week, Rebecca writes. If you are keeping track at home, this is in addition to an announcement made in March to cut 10,000 jobs and 11,000 jobs that were cut in November.
And the winner is…: Amazon tops LinkedIn’s list of best places to work, and Ingrid writes that jobseeker priorities have shifted to workplace culture, concluding that “the big question is whether or not factors like cultural values are a sign of our times, or if these parameters will remain permanent priorities among jobseekers, changing the bigger picture for how recruiters can capture the best talent — and indeed what ‘talent’ will look like — in the future.”
Bay-be real, doo doo doo doo doo doo: The curtain is really coming down on the lives of BeReal users, who can now include what they are listening to on Spotify when they post, Aisha reports.
Startups and VC
Many apps today assume that data lives in only one location, typically a single cloud database. But the reality is more complex, Kyle reports. Thanks to the proliferation of mobile devices and cloud infrastructure — the latter of which accelerated during the pandemic — apps now need to store and process data in more places, from the edge to the public cloud. Ditto to the rescue so companies can keep it all in sync.

There was just one fintech unicorn birth in the entire quarter. This is the first time that has happened since the end of 2016. The only unicorn born in Q1 was Egypt-based MNT-Halan, which in early February raised $260 million in equity financing at a $1billion valuation, Mary Ann and Christine report in their look back at the first quarter of the year.

And we have five more for you:

Look who’s talking now: Stability AI releases ChatGPT-like language models, reports Kyle.
Best Scoot: Unagi secures Best Buy as e-scooter subscription partner, Rebecca reports.
Here, catch! *throws keys*: Mary Ann reports that Opendoor alums raise $15 million for Kindred, a home-swapping network.
It’s all fun and games until the AI goes sentient: Cortical Labs raises $10 million for its Pong-playing stem cells that eventually could power AI, Mike reports.
One-stop stop-shop: Coro raises $75 million at a $575 million valuation to grow its all-in-one cybersecurity platform, Ingrid reports.
Software investors must (re)learn these 3 ideas before getting into deep tech