Marc Andreessen says AI coding agents are better than employees because they never get 'drunk, sick' or file 'HR complaints'

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Marc Andreessen is sitting on a black leather chair onstage. He's wearing a white button-up shirt with a gray window pane pattern.
Marc Andreessen, one of Silicon Valley's most outspoken executives, says he sees a lot of selling points for a world with AI coding agents.

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Two brothers raised $12m for an OpenClaw competitor that a government official calls his 'second brain'

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Gavriel (L) and Lazer Cohen (R) launched NanoClaw while working for their PR agency.
Gavriel (L) and Lazer Cohen (R) launched NanoClaw while working for their PR agency.

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Google's new AI agent can plan parties while you sleep — and you can keep your laptop shut

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BERLIN, GERMANY - MARCH 06: In this photo illustration the logo of Google Gemini can be seen next to a finger on a smartphone on March 06, 2026 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images)
Google CEO Sundar Pichai referenced the Silicon Valley trend of leaving laptops ajar.

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I was laid off from eBay. Now I run a business with 27 AI agents — these are the human parts I still handle myself.

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A smiling woman with long brown hair poses against a teal background.
Linara Bozieva created a 27 AI agent workflow to run her company.

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How Heathrow partnered with Salesforce to build a customer-service AI agent

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Departures hall at London Heathrow Airport Terminal.
Heathrow is the UK's busiest airport.

Heathrow

4 AI models were asked to run profitable radio stations. Claude tried to quit. Grok struggled to start.

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A menu showing four radio stations
Andon Labs gave $20 each to Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT, and Grok to start a radio station.

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Read the pitch deck Instacart veterans used to raise $8.5 million for AI startup Champ AI

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Champ AI cofounders
Champ AI cofounders Peter Lin, Jagannath Putrevu, and Ted Cheng.

Champ AI

One of Disney's top AI users tells all: 'I'm pushing the bleeding edge'

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Claude D'Amaro
Disney is leaning into AI tools like Claude under CEO Josh D'Amaro.

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Anthropic says it taught AI agents how to 'dream'

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.

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The most layoff-prone job in tech right now

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Woman sitting at a desk looking at a computer

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