Cognition’s Scott Wu says AI coding agents shouldn’t replace humans

Cognition makes Devin, the first and arguably most successful AI coding agent. But famed coder Wu says it isn’t designed to supplant human programmers.

AI coding startup Cognition raises $1B at $25B pre-money valuation

As Cognition reaches $492 million in annualized revenue run rate, it more than doubled its valuation in eight months, it says.

Google launches Antigravity 2.0 with an updated desktop app and CLI tool

Google is debuting a new AI Ultra plan priced at $100, which will give users 5x more usage limit than the AI Pro plan alongside Antigravity 2.0 launch.

Airbnb says AI now writes 60% of its new code

Airbnb also said its customer support AI bot now handles 40% of issues without escalating to a human agent.

The App Store is booming again, and AI may be why

New data from Appfigures shows a swell of new app launches in 2026, suggesting AI tools could be fueling a mobile software boom.

AI has turbocharged coding, but stirred a slop problem of its own

Everyone’s a coder now, thanks to AI. But more code means more bugs, more vulnerabilities, and not enough engineers to catch them.

AI code wreaked havoc with Amazon outage, and now the company is making tight rules

From a 13-hour AWS outage to 6.3 million lost orders, Amazon’s AI coding push has had a rough few months.
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For open-source programs, AI coding tools are a mixed blessing

AI coding tools have enabled a flood of bad code that threatens to overwhelm many projects. Building new features is easier but maintaining them is just as hard.

Xcode’s new AI agents don’t just suggest code, they get things done for you

With Xcode 26.3, Apple brings agentic AI to app development, enabling tools from OpenAI and Anthropic to build, debug, and automate code actively.
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