Kylie Robison is a senior AI reporter working with The Verge’s policy and tech teams ... and after Musk acquired Twitter, Tesla and Boring Company teams were a common sight in its offices.

Regularly having to engage in back-and-forth exchanges to address new or recurring tech issues can lead to frustration and will certainly lead to lost productivity.

How other Silicon Valley executives hope to emulate his brutal crackdown at Twitter ... seeing more tech executives "weeding out low performers" as they turn up the pressure on teams to execute.

Across the tech industry, companies including Amazon, Meta, and Twitter are laying off thousands ... And the company has trimmed a few teams in recent weeks, including projects in its Area ...