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February, 24-March 2, 2025:
• Urging caution on AI: Microsoft’s Satya Nadella warns AI hype now mirrors Dot-Com Bubble;
• Gorging their way to success: More VC-backed startups bought their brethren last year;
• Showing them the door: New report finds employers would rather hire AI than Gen Z graduates;
• Breaking stuff has consequences: Survey finds 1 in 3 Americans say they have layoff anxiety;
• Taking on the big guys in TA solutions: Perfect taps $23M to fix the flaws in recruitment with AI.
• TAtech North America & The World Job Board Forum, June 3-5, 2025 in Oceanside just north of San Diego, California. For job board and talent technology company CEOs, senior execs and rising stars.
• TAtech Europe & The EMEA Job Board Forum, November 11-12, 2025 in London, England. For job board and talent technology company CEOs, senior execs and rising stars.
Seating is limited at all events, so register today!
Microsoft Corporation MSFT CEO Satya Nadella has cautioned against the hype surrounding artificial intelligence (AI), comparing the current frenzy to the dot-com bubble. “If you’re going to have this explosion, abundance, whatever, commodity of intelligence available, the first thing we have to observe is GDP growth,” Nadella said.
Exits and liquidity aren’t just on the minds of venture capitalists lately — it seems many of their portfolio companies are eager to get deals done too. Last year, there were nearly 400 deals in which startups bought other startups — a 31% surge — per Crunchbase data, with the year ending particularly strong. In 2023, barely 300 such deals occurred. While last year’s number is well off the highs of 2021 and 2022 with nearly 1,000 deals in which startups bought other startups, it still topped 2020, which had fewer than 300 such deals.
According to a recent report, nearly four in ten employers would rather hire artificial intelligence over a fresh college graduate. Even more striking, 70% of hiring managers believe AI can handle tasks traditionally assigned to entry-level employees. As automation advances at breakneck speed, companies are beginning to ask: why invest in training a young professional when AI can do the job faster, cheaper, and without the risk of a two-week notice?
As many as 1 in 3 Americans say they’re experiencing layoff anxiety for 2025, according to the results of a recent survey by lending firm Clarify Capital. Layoff anxiety is most pronounced among Generation Z and is more than double among remote workers than in-office employees, per the survey. Of the 1,000 adults surveyed, 1 in 4 said they feel insecure about their job because of the current economic climate.
“Agentic AI” is the concept of the moment. Developers big and small are rushing to build apps to leapfrog the heavy lifting needed to employ generative AI in specific contexts… and investors are rushing to fund the most interesting of these. In one of the latest examples, a startup out of Israel called Perfect — a platform for recruiters to improve how they source and hire candidates for jobs — has raised seed funding of $23 million.
• TAtech North America & The World Job Board Forum, June 3-5, 2025 in Oceanside just north of San Diego, California. For job board and talent technology company CEOs, senior execs and rising stars.
• TAtech Europe & The EMEA Job Board Forum, November 11-12, 2025 in London, England. For job board and talent technology company CEOs, senior execs and rising stars.
Seating is limited at all events, so register today!
