Tech news picked on 2026-05-09
60% of Airbnb's Code Is Now Written by AI
- Brian Chesky revealed that 60% of the new code written at Airbnb is created by AI, specifically mentioning the tool Claude Code.
- Around the same time, Cloudflare announced that it delegates even the code reviews generated by AI to agents.
- As the cost of producing code decreases, the areas where money will be spent are security, licensing, and quality assurance.
- Small and medium-sized enterprises that lack the capacity to build their own pipelines could be the first customers filling that gap.
Laid Off 1,100 Employees in the Quarter of Record Performance
- Cloudflare laid off 1,100 employees on the very day it announced record quarterly revenue.
- CEO Matthew Prince explained it was not about cost-cutting but a shift to an operating model fitting the era of agentic AI, with internal AI usage rising 600% in three months.
- The layoffs targeted support functions like HR, finance, and marketing.
- It is easy to miss that the more back-office is eliminated, the more precious field knowledge that recognizes exceptions becomes.