Emergent's AI Coding Bet Jumps From $300M to $1.5B
Bengaluru's Emergent raised $130M at a $1.5 billion valuation, five times January's price, betting AI coding agents sell better to small businesses than to developers.
Articles Tagged "Claude Code"
Alibaba Bans Claude Code, Citing Hidden Tracking Code
Alibaba classified Claude Code as high-risk software after a researcher alleged version 2.1.91 silently identified Chinese corporate users, escalating a bitter distillation war between the two companies.
Meta Restricts Claude Code Over Training Data Leakage
Meta has restricted engineers from using Claude Code and Codex, citing training data distillation risk. The policy change exposes a structural mismatch between how AI coding tools work and what enterprise AI labs can tolerate.
AI Coding Tools Pricing - June 2026
June 2026: GitHub Copilot moves to AI-Credits billing, Windsurf becomes Devin Desktop, and Amazon Q Developer enters EOL. Cline cheapest; Copilot Pro best value at $10/month.
Microsoft Drops Claude Code as AI Budgets Run Out
Microsoft's Experiences and Devices division is pulling Claude Code from thousands of engineers by June 30, a move driven by token costs that already burned through Uber's entire 2026 AI budget.
Miasma Worm Compromises 73 Microsoft GitHub Repos
Miasma worm planted config files that auto-execute credential theft when developers open Microsoft Azure repos in Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, or VS Code.
Anthropic Nears First Profit as Q2 Revenue Hits $10.9B
Anthropic projects $10.9B in Q2 revenue and its first-ever $559M operating profit, two years ahead of its own 2028 guidance - but the xAI compute bill arrives in full next quarter.
Best AI Tools for Developers in 2026
The best AI tools for developers in 2026 across coding, testing, documentation, and monitoring - with real pricing and adoption data.
Best Devin Alternatives in 2026: 7 Tools Compared
Seven Devin alternatives compared on autonomy, pricing, and workflow fit - from Claude Code and GitHub Copilot Agent to open-source options like OpenHands and SWE-agent.
Open Agent Leaderboard: Model Beats Architecture
IBM Research tests 25 agent configurations across 6 real-world benchmarks and finds backbone model choice matters 58x more than agent framework design.
OpenAI Ships Codex Mobile App for iOS and Android
OpenAI's Codex coding agent arrives on iPhone and Android as a remote control for desktop sessions, with QR code pairing and live terminal output for its 4 million weekly users.
Raindrop Workshop Gives AI Agents a Local Debugger
Raindrop's MIT-licensed Workshop streams every token and tool call from your AI agent to a local browser dashboard, then lets Claude Code write and fix evaluations automatically.
