2026-06-17: Anthropic overtook OpenAI in business spending for the first time while ChatGPT's market share

Show Notes - 2026-06-17 Stories Covered: - Today: (https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/16/chatgpts-market-share-slips-below-50-for-first-time/) - Zapier simplified its pricing and went all-in on unlimited workflows (https://zapier.com/blog/zapier-pricing) - Zapier also published a complete guide to employee onboarding automation (https://zapier.com/blog/automate-employee-onboarding-offboarding) - Google released Android 17 with deeper Gemini integration (https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/16/android-17-launches-with-new-multitasking-tools-as-google-expands-gemini-features/) - Databricks hit $6.9 billion in annualized revenue (https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/16/databricks-revenue-growth-tops-80percent-to-6point9-billion-annualized.html) - Plaud, the AI notetaker hardware company, crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenue (https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/16/plaud-says-its-software-business-topped-100m-in-arr-after-shipping-over-2m-ai-notetakers/) - AI is driving measurable results in retail and ecommerce (https://smallbiztrends.com/ecommerce-growth-trends/) - KPMG pulled one of its own AI reports after alleged hallucinations (https://www.inc.com/georgia-fearn/kmpg-sells-ai-trust-to-clients-just-pulled-its-own-report-over-alleged-ai-hallucinations/91361031) - SpaceX is acquiring Cursor for $60 billion in stock (https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/16/spacex-spcx-cursor-acquisition-ipo.html) - Robinhood cut 10% of its workforce (290 people) without mentioning AI (https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/16/robinhoods-note-on-10-layoffs-shows-blaming-ai-isnt-cutting-it/) - 60% of U.S. consumers say brands that use "AI" in their messaging are a turnoff (https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/16/sixty-percent-of-u-s-consumers-say-ai-in-brand-messaging-is-a-turnoff-survey-finds/) - Set AI spending limits before you deploy - Try local AI models for repetitive coding tasks (https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/16/georgi-gerganov/#atom-everything) Full brief: https://carolinacleartech.com/ai-brief/2026-06-17/

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