AI firms are hyping up threat to coders to push their model sales

Anshul Ramachandran, founding team member at artificial intelligence (AI) coding platform Windsurf, said he believes that the idea that AI will replace software developers is a narrative being overhyped by some AI founders and chief executives largely to push their model sales.

“My personal belief is that most of them wanted to fire a lot of people anyways, and AI is a very good excuse,” Ramachandran told ET in an exclusive interview. “And then I think some of these folks leading model companies have some incentive as well—they’re building…