Amazon is gutting its voice-assistant Alexa. Once founder Jeff Bezos's pet project it's now the primary target of historic layoffs.
Nearly 10 years since, the product hasn't lived up to Amazon's expectations.
While Amazon's business model has traditionally tolerated this kind of poor financial performance from its hardware businesses, that's no longer true. Amazon's Alexa and the devices team at large is now the prime target of the biggest layoffs in the company's history, according to press reports and an internal email seen by Insider.
Employees spoke under the condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the press. Their identities are known to Insider.
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