Wix News & Updates
Last updated August 9, 2026
Elementor cuts about 30% of staff in AI-driven restructuring, summoning 100 employees to pre-layoff hearings a month after Wix slashed 20%
Base44 launches proprietary LLM Base 1 trained on its own user data, cutting reliance on outside foundation models as Wix lends data-science muscle
Wix’s first State of Websites report finds AI halved site-build time to four days, though LLMs still drive under 1% of traffic
Wix integrates its AI website builder into Microsoft 365 Copilot, letting users generate sites from a chat prompt
WordPress loses market share for six consecutive months at an accelerated pace while Shopify, Wix, and Squarespace grow
Intuit Mailchimp launches Analytics AI conversational agent and adds integrations with Claude, Wix, and WooCommerce for ecommerce brands
WordPress market share drops for six straight months as Shopify, Wix, and Squarespace gain ground and Astro downloads double
Wix CEO tells staff he won’t “pretend” no changes are coming as layoff reports spread before management could respond
Wix to cut 1,000 jobs, 20% of staff, in largest layoff round in company history after stock collapse and AI cost pressure
Wix stock plunges 27% on Q1 return to losses despite Base44 AI platform hitting $150M ARR ahead of internal targets
Wix launches website creation app in ChatGPT through OpenAI collaboration to simplify design
Wix introduces Harmony, a hybrid AI & drag-and-drop website builder
Wix returns to Super Bowl advertising after a seven-year break
Wix launches Harmony AI website builder with natural language tools
Wix taps Stripe to expand local payments in Europe
Wix integrates Stripe’s Agentic Commerce Suite for merchants
Wix launches two new financial services for merchants
Wix launches AI Visibility Overview to offer native AI discovery & traffic insights
Alibaba.com and Wix Partner to Power Global Commerce for SMEs
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