Sources: health coaching app developer Noom, reportedly valued at $3.7B in May 2021, laid off 10% of its staff, or ~500 people, mostly from its coaching team (Natasha Mascarenhas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch:
Airtable, a developer of cloud-based collaboration software last valued at $11B in 2021, lays off 254 staffers or around 20% of its workforce  —  Just days ago, Airtable published a memo about how laid off workers can use Airtable to search for jobs.  “It’s been an unwelcome theme of 2022—layoffs,” the post said.

Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch:
Airtable, a developer of cloud-based collaboration software last valued at $11B in 2021, lays off 254 staffers or around 20% of its workforce  —  Just days ago, Airtable published a memo about how laid off workers can use Airtable to search for jobs.  “It’s been an unwelcome theme of 2022—layoffs,” the post said.

Decrypt:
BlockFi files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and plans to lay off a large portion of its staff  —  The FTX contagion has just claimed another crypto firm. … The crypto lender is also laying off a large portion of its staff, the source said.  —  BlockFi, which let users earn yield …

Bloomberg:
Sources: SoftBank begins laying off Vision Fund employees, with cuts expected to impact over 100 people, or 20%+ of its staff, following massive losses  —  SoftBank Group Corp. has started laying off employees at its loss-making Vision Fund, with cuts expected to exceed 20% of its staff, according to people familiar with the matter.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
Hands-on with Matter devices at an official launch event; Matter has a long way to go before it delivers on a promise of an interoperable and simple smart home  —  At the official launch event for Matter this week, I saw a lot of exciting things: a Google Nest Hub controlling an Eve Energy smart plug …

Juro Osawa / The Information:
Sea Ltd., Southeast Asia’s largest internet firm by revenue and market value, has laid off 7,000+ employees, or ~10% of its staff, over the past six months  —  Sea Ltd., Southeast Asia’s largest internet company by revenue and market value, has laid off more than 7,000 employees …