Perplexity is quietly building an AI coding tool to take on Cursor and Claude Code

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Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas.
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas.

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AI writes a lot of software. Now, human code review is starting to disappear.

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Michael Truell, CEO of Cursor
Michael Truell, CEO of Cursor

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AI is writing almost all startup code. That's creating a new problem.

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Branding at the entrance to Anthropic PBC's Code with Claude developer conference in London, UK, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

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Inside startups, Claude has already won the AI coding wars

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Anthropic's Claude has been giving some unusual advice to users.

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Amazon employees pushed for Claude Code. Now they're getting it — and Codex, too.

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy

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Amazon pushes AI use and closely tracks adoption, as some employees push back

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy

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'A rocket ship.' AI is doubling software output, and code quality is holding up

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Anthropic's Claude
Anthropic's Claude logo

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As a computer science grad, she was promised stability. Then AI arrived.

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Software engineer Kiran Maya Sheikh

Kiran Maya Sheikh

Famed software developer Martin Fowler says his field is in a 'depression.' Here's his advice for junior engineers.

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In tech, junior roles dwindle as companies seek seasoned talent

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