AI & Tech News Digest

Friday, May 29, 2026

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Industry (5)
Cognition’s Scott Wu says AI coding agents shouldn’t replace humans
Cognition has secured $1 billion in funding at a $26 billion valuation, making the two-year-old startup one of the most valuable AI companies in the industry. The company created Devin, one of the fir
TechCrunch · May 29, 2026
Tech companies desperately want to film you doing chores
A startup called Shift is offering to clean New Yorkers' homes for free — with one condition. The company wants to record everything its cleaners do: scrubbing dishes, wiping counters, dusting furnitu
The Verge · May 29, 2026
Coders are refusing to work without AI — and that could come back to bite them
In February 2026, AI research lab METR encountered a significant obstacle while attempting to update earlier research on AI coding productivity. The researchers found that most developers simply refus
TechCrunch · May 29, 2026
What happens when companies become too AI-pilled?
Box founder Aaron Levie has coined the term "AI psychosis" to describe a troubling pattern in corporate America: the executives making decisions about replacing workers with AI are often the least qua
TechCrunch · May 29, 2026
Glean’s top line crosses $300M as AI budget-cutting becomes its major selling point
Glean, the enterprise AI search platform sometimes called "the Google for work," has hit $300 million in annual recurring revenue, tripling its $100 million revenue mark from just 15 months prior. The
TechCrunch · May 29, 2026
Startups (3)
After Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M
Groq, the AI chip startup, is seeking to raise $650 million in fresh capital from its existing investors as it pushes deeper into the inference neocloud market, according to sources cited by Axios. Th
TechCrunch · May 29, 2026
AI Chipmaker Groq Targets $650M Funding to Rival Nvidia
AI chip startup Groq is seeking to raise $650 million in fresh capital from its existing investor base, according to sources cited by Axios. The San Jose-based company is positioning this funding roun
TechCrunch · May 29, 2026
This AI startup will clean your home for free to train future robots
AI training startup Shift is offering free home cleaning services, but customers will have to accept a small trade-off: cameras mounted on cleaners' heads recording every swipe of the sponge and vacuu
The Verge · May 29, 2026
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