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Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs Cuts About Half of Toronto Workforce

A pedestrian walks past Sidewalk Labs headquarters near the proposed site of 'Quayside' in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on May 7. 

A pedestrian walks past Sidewalk Labs headquarters near the proposed site of 'Quayside' in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on May 7. 

Photographer: Cole Burston/Bloomberg
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Sidewalk Labs, an urban innovation unit at Alphabet Inc., has laid off about 20 people, according to people familiar with the matter.

The job cuts, which amount to approximately 13% of the company’s roughly 150 employees, are mostly in the company’s Toronto operation, where about a dozen workers remain, one of the people said.