Bloomberg reviews the demise of Amazon Scout, the delightfully-shaped last-mile sidewalk supply robotic.

Amazon spokesperson Alisa Carroll mentioned the Scout group was being disbanded and could be supplied new jobs within the group. About 400 folks had been engaged on the undertaking globally, in accordance with the particular person, who requested anonymity to debate a non-public matter. A skeleton crew will proceed to think about the thought of an autonomous robotic, however the present iteration isn’t working.

400 folks is a reasonably large undertaking — properly past Amazon’s well-known “two pizza” rule. That additionally raises the query of how huge the remaining “skeleton crew” will probably be.

Bloomberg places this information within the context of a broader Amazon initiative to reign in far-flung experiments, in gentle of slower development in its core enterprise. Amazon is winding down its well being care service, amongst different ventures.

No information on whether or not Amazon Prime Air drone supply could be subsequent for cutbacks.