After the game business is sold, Niantic Space will have 68 employees selling

Niantic Spatial, the remaining tech company after Niantic sold its gaming business to Spopely last month, fired 68 people after just about $3.5 billion in deals.

This news is Discovered by game developers Reports passed by the California Warning Act indicate that at least 68 people lost their job results on May 20, 2025. CEO John Hanke Confirmed by sharing email Distributed to employees today.

In it, he said the layoffs were due to the result of the Nikolan Space’s need to operate as a startup organization, focusing on the path forward”, and for this, “with our new focus, there is no need for certain roles”. It is worth noting that Niantic was founded in 2010 as Niantic Labs and was independent in 2015.

“These decisions are never easy; they never reflect individual performance and we understand their impact on people’s lives.” “We are very grateful to the talented people who have helped us get here and supported their numerous contributions and will support them as they transition to new opportunities.”

These layoffs affect the Niantic space, part of Niantic, which was spinning after selling Niantic’s gaming business, including Pokemon GO, Monopoly Go! and other games, Huge stakes exceeded $3.5 billion last month. Niantic Spatial’s focus is on developing new technologies and products using geospatial artificial intelligence, which Niantic has been outside for some time With the help of the game.

Niantic Spatial received $250 million in capital, $220 million from Niantic's balance sheet and $50 million in huge investments. The company announced that the company’s goal is to “accelerate and scale faster.”

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