Xevo: Connected car company Xevo, owned by Lear, hit with layoffs in Seattle area

Bellevue, Wash.-based Xevo has laid off 97 workers, according to a new filing with the state of Washington. The company, acquired by global automotive giant Lear in 2019, develops connected-car software for automakers including Toyota, GMC, Hyundai, and others. Xevo has more than 200 employees, with about 150 based in the Seattle region, according to LinkedIn. We've reached out to the company for comment and will update when we hear back. Xevo was originally founded in 2000 as UIEvolution by Satoshi Nakajima, who is known as the architect behind Microsoft products like Windows 95 and Internet Explorer 3. It rebranded in 2016... Read More