What about those Intrinsic layoffs that I just heard about?
@ruffsl @zmk5
As noted in a statement from Intrinsic, their leadership made the difficult decision to let go a number of team members this week. They are offering as much proactive support as possible to those impacted. This decision was made in light of shifts in their prioritization and longer-term strategic direction for their platform. It will ensure that Intrinsic can continue to allocate resources to their highest priority initiatives, such as building their software and AI platform, integrating and supporting the teams from the recent strategic acquisition of OSRC, and working with key industry partners.
None of the OSRC team joining Intrinsic (including me) was impacted by this decision. Nor will this news change our existing plans or roadmaps for ROS, Gazebo, or Open-RMF. The community commitments that we made together with Intrinsic in December are unchanged. As it happens, this week our team is joining Intrinsic and getting to know our new colleagues! 2023 will be a big year for the whole team and we’re excited to share more soon.