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Tech giant Amazon is gutting the internal team developing its Alexa home voice assistant, according to recent reports. One former employee calls Alexa a "colossal failure of imagination," adding "it was a wasted opportunity."
As per reports, several Indian employees plan for Voluntary Separation Program (VSP), asking them to resign voluntarily instead of the company terminating their contract.
Amazon's Alexa smart assistant will lose the company around $10 billion this year alone, according to a new report, with most hardware sold at a loss.
With Amazon Alexa reportedly responsible for $10 billion in expenses in 2022, teams working on the smart speaker are expected to see mass layoffs as a major cost-saving measure.
Few things persist for very long in the rapidly evolving world of technology and nearly a decade in, Alexa is struggling.