Radar
News and trends in AI-powered product development — what's happening right now
TechCrunch: Microsoft AI releases three foundational models for text, voice, and images
Microsoft's AI division released MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and an image model in April 2026, signaling its push to build an independent multimodal stack.
TechCrunch: Salesforce gives Slack a 30-feature AI overhaul
Salesforce announced 30 new AI features for Slack in March 2026, rebuilding Slackbot as an enterprise work agent powered by Anthropic's Claude.
OpenAI shuts down Sora: a unit economics lesson for AI product managers
OpenAI announced on March 24, 2026 that it will discontinue Sora, its AI video generation app, citing cost structure and a strategic shift toward coding tools and enterprise.
Bluesky launches Attie, an AI-powered tool for building custom feeds
Bluesky released an AI assistant that lets users create personalized content feeds on its open social protocol, lowering the barrier to feed customization.
Meta adds AI-powered product information to Instagram and Facebook shopping
Meta is testing generative AI features that surface detailed product details and review summaries when shoppers browse ads on Instagram and Facebook.
Linear launches Agent: AI built natively into project management
Linear released an AI agent on March 24, 2026 that can create issues, projects, and documents from natural-language commands, with context from the full workspace.
Oracle expands AI Agent Studio with agentic applications builder
Oracle adds a natural-language agentic applications builder, workflow orchestration, and ROI dashboards to its AI Agent Studio — signaling enterprise AI agents moving from pilot to production.
TechCrunch: Anthropic gives Claude Code an auto mode with a built-in safety layer
Anthropic releases auto mode for Claude Code in research preview, letting the AI decide which actions to take without per-step approval — with safeguards.
TechCrunch: Talat is a local AI meeting notes app with no subscription and no cloud
Developer Nick Payne releases Talat, a Mac app that transcribes meetings on-device using local models, available for a one-time purchase.
TechCrunch: Littlebird raises $11M for AI context capture that reads your screen
Littlebird, a startup that reads your screen in real time to build persistent context for AI queries, closes an $11M funding round.
Anthropic: product management on the AI exponential
Claude Code's Head of Product Cat Wu on how PM teams are adapting workflows and roadmaps as model intelligence evolves faster than traditional planning cycles can accommodate.
Microsoft announces Zero Trust for AI
Microsoft releases a security framework and toolset for governing AI deployments — covering data access, model behavior monitoring, and compliance controls for enterprise AI products.
Google DeepMind upgrades Gemini API with memory and tools for AI agents
Google adds persistent memory, tool-use capabilities, and autonomous execution features to the Gemini API — enabling developers to build AI agents that maintain context across sessions.
Snowflake launches Project SnowWork for outcome-driven AI
Snowflake introduces Project SnowWork — an AI framework designed to bring outcome-driven AI to business users, not just data teams, by connecting data warehouse intelligence to business workflows.
Asana launches AI Teammates: agents ready to work with your team
Asana introduces AI Teammates — autonomous AI agents that join project workflows, handle tasks, and collaborate alongside human team members within the Asana platform.
Google introduces cost controls for Gemini API
Google adds spending limits, usage dashboards, and budget alerts to the Gemini API — addressing a key barrier for product teams building AI features with unpredictable inference costs.
Databricks launches Genie Code: agentic engineering for data work
Databricks introduces Genie Code — an AI agent that writes, tests, and executes data engineering code within the Lakehouse platform, targeting the bottleneck between data requests and delivery.
Zoom expands agentic AI platform for enterprise workflows
Zoom launches an agentic AI platform that orchestrates workflows across collaboration tools, meetings, and custom business applications — moving beyond meeting summaries to autonomous task execution.
Apollo.io launches AI Assistant for end-to-end agentic GTM workflows
Apollo.io introduces an AI assistant that handles the full go-to-market workflow — from lead research to outreach sequencing to meeting booking — as the first AI-native all-in-one GTM platform.