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UserTesting Uses AI to Turn Figma Prototypes Into Live User Tests
Designers now have a new way to build user experience testing directly into their Figma workflows. UserTesting, a customer experience research platform, has released an AI-powered plugin for the popular design app that turns Figma prototypes into live user tests in minutes. Designers simply describe their prototype and the task they want users to complete, […]
Vercel Brings Native AWS Database Support to Supercharge AI-Powered App Development
Vercel is rolling out native support for Amazon Web Services (AWS) databases, better positioning itself more firmly at the center of the AI-driven app boom and the infrastructure behind it. Starting today, the front-end cloud platform is adding Aurora PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and Amazon DSQL to its marketplace. The trio joins Prisma, Supabase, MongoDB Atlas, Neon, […]
Dialpad Launches Agentic AI That Can Solve 70% of Customer Requests
Dialpad is joining the ranks of software providers with an agentic AI platform. On Thursday, the cloud communication firm announced the launch of a new service that provides businesses with autonomous voice and text-based bots capable of understanding complex requests and detailed reasoning. They’re also proactive, meaning they won’t just respond to queries, but also […]
Google’s Jules Coding Agent Exits Beta, Joins the AI Coding Arms Race
Google’s rival to GitHub Copilot, OpenAI’s Codex, and Cursor is now publicly available. After three months in beta, the company’s AI coding assistant, Jules, has launched, now powered by Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro model. A product from Google Labs, Jules was initially an experimental AI agent first announced in December 2024. Six months later, it […]
Zendesk Acquires HyperArc to Build AI-Powered Customer Intelligence
Zendesk announced on Monday that it has acquired HyperArc, a startup building an AI-first business intelligence platform capable of learning from teams. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Zendesk says it plans to bolster its analytics capabilities with HyperArc’s HyperGraph engine and real-time generative AI-powered insights. “GenAI is transforming analytics, making it […]
Hugging Face Ends HuggingChat, Teases More Integrated Future
Hugging Face has shut down HuggingChat, at least for now. The open-source AI platform launched its ChatGPT-rival chatbot in April 2023 to demonstrate the power of open-source models. Chief Technology Officer Julien Chaumond announced the closure on LinkedIn, explaining that the team is “making room for something new and more integrated with the [Hugging Face] […]
Salesforce Snaps Up Moonhub Team as AI Hiring Arms Race Escalates
Barely a week has passed since its last acquisition, and Salesforce is already adding another startup to its roster. This time, the enterprise tech firm is picking up the team behind Moonhub, an AI-powered recruiting platform. But the deal appears modest as only some of the startup’s employees are reportedly joining Salesforce, and Moonhub itself […]
Microsoft’s Project Amelie Is an Experiment in ‘AI Developing AI’
Microsoft Build featured a flurry of product announcements. But beyond the official launches, the company also offered a glimpse into its frontier projects—experimental inventions that may never be released to the public but serve to showcase the ideas Microsoft is exploring. One such effort is codenamed Project Amelie, an AI agent capable of building machine […]
Microsoft Adds Model Tuning to M365 Copilot to Build Domain-Specific AI
Microsoft is adding a new feature to its Microsoft 365 (M365) Copilot assistant that transforms it into a domain expert. Announced at Microsoft Build 2025, the feature is called Copilot Tuning and is a low-code service allowing developers to train models on an organization’s own data without needing the assistance of data scientists. Imagine a […]
Microsoft Opens Teams to Smarter AI Agents With A2A Protocol and New Developer Tools
Microsoft is opening the door to more intelligent, autonomous AI agents in Teams. At its 2025 Build conference, the company announced a new developer toolkit that will make it easier to build and deploy agents directly within meetings on the platform, for both private and group use. The update includes support for Google’s Agent2Agent (A2A) […]