Cruise on hardware doubles

Ten months ago, Cruise declared that by the end of the year it would hire at least 1,000 engineers, an aggressive target-even for a company with a war chest of $7.25 billion-in the cutthroat autonomous vehicle industry, where startups, automakers, and tech giants are fighting over talent.

According to sources familiar with Cruise's plans, the company plans to donate the Bryant Street site, a 140,000 square foot building that once....