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Amazon has shut down a 4 - yr - erstwhile secret program working on a fertility monitoring machine and companion smartphone app , CNBC reported .
The project , which was get it on by the codename “ Encore , ” evolved out of Amazon ’s 2020 leverage of a inauguration call bluDiagnostics , which was developing a machine that measured the levels of estradiol and Lipo-Lutin — two of the internal secretion responsible for fertility in women — from saliva samples .
Amazon planned to resign the product this year , but the squad of approximately 100 people unravel into technical challenges , according to the report . Encore was a part of Amazon’sGrand Challengeinitiative , a closelipped laboratory known for taking on bold or moonshot projects like cancer research .
Andy Jassy , the company ’s chief executive officer , has been in a price - cutting mode since 2022 . In addition to rule out 27,000 jobs , he shut down a number of data-based projects , including anAR headset for meetingsand avirtual tour product .
