Pivot Public AI Briefing — May 13, 2026

Hosts: Amina Clark & Owen Price In this episode: • Today we're covering MRI Software's massive AI-driven layoffs, GPT-5.5 catching errors in frontier AI benchmarks, and a startup rethinking how AI conv... • Starting with those MRI Software cuts — 200 jobs gone in Ohio, and here's what should worry every public sector IT director: this is a private equity-... • The timing is brutal. They're not just cutting support staff — these are technical roles that government contractors rely on for property management s... • Yeah, and I've been tracking similar moves across PE-owned government vendors. They acquire these companies, implement AI automation, slash headcount,... • Exactly. I'm seeing procurement officers scramble to add workforce stability clauses to contracts now. If your vendor is PE-backed and talking about '... Subscribe to the newsletter at pivotnews.ai for the full written briefing.