Opendoor Exits India, Sparking Rethink of AI and Outsourcing Models
TechCrunch AI3 days agoBusinessOpendoor is shutting down its India operations less than two years after expanding there, citing a move to bring operations closer to U.S. customers and build smaller AI-native teams. The decision has drawn attention because India is the world’s largest Global Capability Center market, with millions employed in multinational offshore units. Still, Opendoor has also been cutting costs broadly, so the move is a complicated case study rather than clear proof of AI replacing outsourcing.
Does your CEO have AI psychosis? Aaron Levie thinks most of them do.
TechCrunch AI16 days agoCommentaryBox founder Aaron Levie calls some executive thinking around AI replacement “AI psychosis.” He argues that the people deciding AI can replace workers are often the least likely to understand what those jobs truly involve. The article frames this against ClickUp cutting 22% of staff for AI agents and 2026 tech layoffs nearly matching all of 2025.