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Does your CEO have AI psychosis? Aaron Levie thinks most of them do. | Equity Podcast

The people deciding that AI can replace your job are also the ones least likely to understand what your job truly involves, according to Box founder Aaron Levie, who pointed to this as an example of “AI psychosis.” Indeed, ClickUp recently cut 22% of its workforcefor AI agents, tech layoffs in 2026 are already nearly…

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The people deciding that AI can replace your job are also the ones least likely to understand what your job truly involves, according to Box founder Aaron Levie, who pointed to this as an example of “AI psychosis.” Indeed, ClickUp recently cut 22% of its workforcefor 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.

On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, 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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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:18 Waymo’s new Ojai robotaxi

06:41 Stord raises $250M to take on Amazon fulfillment

12:46 Snowflake signs $6B deal with AWS

15:39 OpenRouter raises $113M Series B

20:07 The AI divide & anti-AI backlash

27:31 AI psychosis & how AI is reshaping headcount and hiring

37:04 Outro

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  1. @Jb4nay

    May 29, 2026 at 3:14 pm

    Good point about how CEOs choosing AI over workers (34:00), for cost reasons, are making a conscious choice. I think it gives far too much grace to those executives to act as if things need to be this way

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Fitbit Air Review: The ‘Anti-Smartwatch’ You’ve Been Waiting For | All Things Mobile

The Fitbit Air might be the “anti-smartwatch” you’ve been waiting for. This $100 wearable features no screen, no notifications and no distractions, just pure health tracking. After two weeks of testing, I’m convinced Google’s screenless health tracker has staying power. 0:00 – Design and Minimalist Philosophy 0:36 – Smartwatch Withdrawals and Battery Life 1:52 –…

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The Fitbit Air might be the “anti-smartwatch” you’ve been waiting for. This $100 wearable features no screen, no notifications and no distractions, just pure health tracking. After two weeks of testing, I’m convinced Google’s screenless health tracker has staying power.

0:00 – Design and Minimalist Philosophy
0:36 – Smartwatch Withdrawals and Battery Life
1:52 – Google Health App and AI Health Coach
2:41 – Accuracy and Fitness Tracking Trade-offs
4:10 – Use Case: Smartwatch Companion or Solo Tracker

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Siri’s New Look Is BRIGHT (What to Expect at WWDC26)

Recent reports offer clues about Siri’s new look and features. CNET’s Bridget Carey looks into what Apple may reveal at its big developers conference on June 8. 0:00 Changes are coming to Siri 0:14 WWDC begins June 8 0:26 Here comes a more personal Siri 0:36 Google Gemini and the new Siri 0:57 Siri’s new…

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Recent reports offer clues about Siri’s new look and features. CNET’s Bridget Carey looks into what Apple may reveal at its big developers conference on June 8.

0:00 Changes are coming to Siri
0:14 WWDC begins June 8
0:26 Here comes a more personal Siri
0:36 Google Gemini and the new Siri
0:57 Siri’s new look
1:10 iPhone dark mode vs light mode
1:29 Will we like Siri’s new design?
1:49 Siri could be like a chat bot
2:22 A new app for Siri
2:37 Siri and natural language shortcuts
2:50 Custom wallpapers could be coming with Apple Intelligence
3:10 Grammar check updates in iOS
3:26 Apple Playground and Weather updates
3:33 Changing the iPhone Camera app
4:08 Set a default AI model
4:28 Apple Watch updates
4:44 New Apple TV accessibility features
4:55 Tim Cook’s final WWDC as Apple CEO
5:09 What do you want from Siri?

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Runway and Holy Water: Two AI Video Companies Trying to Upend Entertainment | StrictlyVC Athens 2026

Runway began within art school, with a sparse network and little investor insight into AI video. HolyWater Tech started in Kyiv with no venture capital, and a mandate to be profitable from day one. Seven years later, both have succeeded in disrupting, and putting some level of fear in, creative industries worldwide. At this StrictlyVC…

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Runway began within art school, with a sparse network and little investor insight into AI video. HolyWater Tech started in Kyiv with no venture capital, and a mandate to be profitable from day one.

Seven years later, both have succeeded in disrupting, and putting some level of fear in, creative industries worldwide. At this StrictlyVC Athens 2026 discussion, host and TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief Connie Loizos brought both on stage to get the inside story of how these two breakout companies actually broke out.

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Anastasis Germanidis: Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Runway
Anatolii Kasianov: Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Holy Water Tech

Recorded live at StrictlyVC Athens 2026, presented in partnership with Endeavor Greece.

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