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Amperity

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Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 105.8 (Hot) (down 2.3 month-on-month), Asia is at steady (+0.5pts) on signal share.

Amperity: 4 signals in the last 90 days — above the Artificial Intelligence median of 1 across 84 tracked companies; 0.3% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow; 4 tracked across 58 days.

Signals at Amperity

Product Launch

Oceania

Amperity is positioning its customer data platform as enabling enterprise AI adoption in retail, emphasizing the need for trusted customer context to support AI decision-making at scale.

Leadership read: A product move like this reshapes Amperity's org chart as much as its roadmap. Scaling in Artificial Intelligence rests on product leadership that can carry a launch to adoption and commercial hires who turn early traction into pipeline. The Oceania tell is whether senior GTM appointments follow; unsupported launches stall.

curated · 2026-07-10 · context →

Layoffs

Americas

Seattle-based customer data startup Amperity conducted layoffs this week citing AI-driven transformation of operations. Co-founders Derek Slager and Kabir Shahani recently took over as co-CEOs replacing Tony Alika Owens. Company remains at 200+ employees globally but is restructuring team composition.

Leadership read: Reductions rarely fall evenly, and the read is in the pattern. For Amperity in Artificial Intelligence, cuts like this tend to protect — and sometimes deepen — leadership where the company is betting, while thinning the rest. Across Americas, watch which functions keep or add leadership; that is the strategy stated plainly.

curated · 2026-06-25 · context →

Leadership Change

EMEA

Amperity co-founders Derek Slager and Kabir Shahani assume co-CEO roles, replacing former Salesforce executive Tony Alika Owens after less than two years. CFO Amy Kelleran Pelly expands to become president while retaining CFO responsibilities.

Leadership read: A change at the top rarely stays at the top. Amperity's move reshapes the layer beneath it in Artificial Intelligence as a new leader sets priorities and the team re-forms. Watch the first two or three appointments that follow; they signal direction more reliably than any statement.

curated · 2026-06-11 · context →

Strategic Hiring

Asia

Amperity is expanding its APAC presence and addressing market gaps in customer data unification for AI. Leadership is engaging with business owners about AI investment ROI tied to data quality and integration.

Leadership read: A deliberate hiring build-out is a statement of intent about Amperity's next phase in Artificial Intelligence. It points to deepening executive bench strength over the coming quarters, clustered around the capabilities being bet on. Across Asia, the seniority and function of the hires map where the company thinks it is headed.

curated · 2026-05-13 · context →

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