What happens when companies become too AI-pilled?
” Indeed, ClickUp recently cut 22% of its workforce for AI agents, tech layoffs in 2026 are already nearly matching all of 2025, and DuckDuckGo installs are climbing from users who want Google to stop forcing AI into search and just give them links.
Watch as TechCrunch’s Equity podcast hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane dig into what happens when the AI-pilled and the AI-skeptical are both right at the same time, plus three deals worth knowing about and Waymo’s new robotaxi hitting the road.
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Aaron Levie, AI, AI agents, AI layoffs, ai psychosis, Amazon competition, AWS, Equity, openrouter, Snowflake, Stord, Waymo robotaxi
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