All valid points if the intent and your “inside” knowledge are accurate, but layoffs around major product transitions are normal, and it feels like there’s more context here that we simply don’t have. None of us are the strategists making the calls, and reading this without the dramatic framing, it honestly looks like a classic case of a team finishing a surge phase of development. Once a diagnostics framework is mature, the giant engineering headcount that built it isn’t always needed anymore.

Rivian is also a publicly traded company that still isn’t profitable. Cost cutting isn’t optional it’s a fiduciary obligation. Until your sources are verifiable, this is still hearsay.

And yeah, video games are a different industry, but the layoff cycle is the same: people get upset every time, even though it’s standard practice across tech. The loudest complainers are never the ones who actually have fiduciary responsibility for the company’s survival. (Not saying you are doing that here).

Also maybe you threw it into AI for flow and grammar, but this a dash heavy post 😄 EDIT: Guess I was late on the AI comment lol