OpenAI says Codex is coming to your phone | TechCrunch
…The flurry of feature releases from both OpenAI and Anthropic speaks to the tense competition between the two over whose agentic coding tool will become the most widely used. Over the past…
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Lovable signs multiyear deal with Google Cloud to up usage 5x, source says | TechCrunch
…And to help secure the code that both humans and agents write, Lovable will integrate with Wiz, Google’s biggest ever acquisition at $32 billion, which officially closed in March, a year…
Airbnb says AI now writes 60% of its new code | TechCrunch
A large part of Airbnb’s Q1 2026 earnings call was dedicated to talking about how the company is using AI tools for coding, customer support, and search. Notably, the company claimed…
Microsoft offers devs a better way to control AI agent behavior | TechCrunch
As AI agents grow ever more capable, enterprises racing to put them to work across applications, workflows, and products face a new challenge: ensuring an agent does what it’s supposed to…
Spotify wants to become the home for AI-generated personal audio | TechCrunch
…ask the agent to generate a podcast and save it to Spotify. Users would also get a link to the Spotify listing for their podcasts. Topics AI , Apps , claude code , podcasts , Spotify…
Nvidia chases $200B CPU market with AI agent PCs from Microsoft, Dell, and HP | TechCrunch
…Or perhaps they will sit at the high end of the PC market, like Nvidia’s own agent-running mini computer. Either way, if Nvidia has cracked the code on bringing AI…
Sierra raises $950M as the race to own enterprise AI gets serious | TechCrunch
…Sierra is also moving to expand what its platform can do beyond customer-facing agents. In April, the company launched Ghostwriter , an “agent as a service” tool designed to build other agents…
AI coding startup Cognition raises $1B at $25B pre-money valuation | TechCrunch
…Certainly Anthropic’s Claude Code, OpenAI’s Codex, and maybe even Google’s coding agent Jules (after Google’s acqui-hire deal of Windsurf last year) have captured a lot of it…
IrisGo, a startup backed by Andrew Ng, looks to become the AI desktop buddy you never knew you needed | TechCrunch
…The application also includes a coding assistant — similar in concept to OpenAI’s Codex or Anthropic’s Claude Code — designed to assist developers as they go about their work. “Our target audience…
Coralogix raises $200M on bet that someone needs to watch the AI agents | TechCrunch
…The investment comes as software companies race to adapt to the rise of AI agents , software systems that can autonomously write code, investigate problems, and complete tasks that would previously have required…