Alphabet’s Verily Shuts Down Devices Program, Lays Off Staff... Here’s What They’re Not Telling You

OPTICS matter. Alphabet just seeded its next competitors.

Two headlines, one strategy:

• Google cut 35% of managers overseeing “small teams.”

• Alphabet’s Verily shut down its entire medical device division.

Google keeps pushing the growth narrative… and yes, AI is the engine. But the numbers I’m seeing tell a different story when it comes to jobs in the U.S.

I’ll drop the chart here. We’ll unpack it in a moment.