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Alibaba Cloud@alibaba_cloud·Collected 7d ago

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Alibaba Cloud opens a Netherlands region at its first international Apsara Conference, plans agentic AI services, and JetBrains explores Qwen for Junie

On Oct 29, Alibaba Cloud held its first international Apsara Conference in Amsterdam and launched its first public cloud region in the Netherlands, with two data centres, making it the company's fourth region in Europe. It plans to bring agentic AI services to the region, including ACS Agent Sandbox, Agent Security Center, AI Security Guardrails 2.0, Agentic SOC and STAROps, and unveiled a new generation of its Apsara Stack hybrid cloud. On the partner side, JetBrains is working with Alibaba Cloud to explore Qwen models for its Junie coding assistant, in both cloud and local setups.

Key Takeaways

The Netherlands region has 2 data centres and is Alibaba Cloud's 4th in Europe after Frankfurt, London and Paris; the global footprint is now 32 regions and 109 availability zones (company figures)
Five agentic AI services are planned for the region: ACS Agent Sandbox (hardware-level isolation), Agent Security Center, AI Security Guardrails 2.0, Agentic SOC and STAROps
The new Apsara Stack offers 80+ cloud and AI products; Alibaba says AI-driven operations reach 92.5% accuracy and a 70% automation rate
JetBrains is exploring Qwen models for Junie, running either in-region in the cloud or fully local; orq.ai, Monks, Magnific and Idea.ai also integrate Alibaba models
Over the next 12 months Alibaba plans its first region in Finland and more data centre capacity in Germany and France, as part of its previously announced US$53B AI and cloud investment

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⚡ Qwen🤖 Junie 🌐 Alibaba Cloud 🌐 JetBrains

#Alibaba Cloud#Apsara Conference#Qwen#agent infrastructure#Europe

Android StudioAndroidStudio·Collected 7d ago

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Android Studio Rabbit 2 goes stable with Bring Your Own Agent: 40+ coding agents including Claude Agent, Codex and Antigravity via the open ACP

On Oct 28, the day of Android Dev Summit, Google shipped Android Studio Rabbit 2 (2026.2.2) to the stable channel. The headline change is that Bring Your Own Agent (BYOA) moves from its September Canary preview to a stable feature: developers can plug any Agent Client Protocol (ACP) compatible coding agent into the IDE agent window. Google says more than 40 are available, including Anthropic Claude Agent, OpenAI Codex, JetBrains Junie and Google Antigravity, and users can sign in with personal or enterprise plans. The release also adds an agent skills manager, AI Change Review and agent-assisted LeakCanary fixes.

Key Takeaways

Version 2026.2.2 reached the Stable channel on Oct 28; BYOA first appeared in preview with the Rabbit 2 Canary in September
Google says 40+ ACP-compatible agents are available; Claude Agent, Codex and Antigravity are the defaults, and others install from the registry under Settings > Tools > AI > Agents
Agents get IDE tools: the project graph and build diagnostics, Android SDK tools, terminal execution, emulator control, Logcat and Compose Preview
Sign in with personal API keys or consumer and enterprise subscriptions; the built-in Android Studio agent stays free
Also new: a skills manager preloaded with Android and Firebase skills, AI Change Review from three entry points, and agent-assisted LeakCanary fixes; Google's Mishaal Rahman said Android CLI users grew 10x

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🤖 Claude Agent 🤖 Codex 🤖 Antigravity 🤖 Junie 🌐 Google 🌐 Anthropic 🌐 OpenAI 🌐 JetBrains

#Android Studio#BYOA#ACP#coding agents#IDE

Figma@figma·Collected 20d ago

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Figma Config India: Code Layers and Specs enter open beta, and agents can read and write specs and code layers through the Figma MCP server

At Config India on 2026-10-15 Figma launched agent-oriented features: Code Layers (running code on the canvas) in open beta on all plans, Specs (collaborative Markdown spec containers) in open beta on paid plans, Guidelines in open beta and Code Sources in closed beta. The Figma MCP server can now generate code layers and read/write Specs, with 20 new MCP partner integrations including OpenCode and JetBrains Junie.

Key Takeaways

Code Layers: open beta on all plans, created from designs, local folders, GitHub, MCP or Chrome-extension page capture; uses AI credits, free on paid plans through 2026-11-04
Specs: open beta on Professional/Organization/Enterprise across web, desktop and mobile; pasting a Spec link into a coding agent carries Markdown, frame references, code layers and Code Connect snippets
MCP: the figma-spec skill lets agents read, create and update Specs; use_figma canvas writes remain a free beta with up to 20 KB output per call
Design systems: Guidelines open beta and Code Sources closed beta (import from a GitHub repo or npm package) on paid plans; Payload lands in Figma Make, with downloads up 6x in 12 months per Figma
Ecosystem: 20 new MCP partner integrations including OpenCode, Dia, JetBrains Junie and Meta Muse; the Figma agent is generally available

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🤖 Figma agent 🤖 OpenCode 🤖 Junie 🌐 Figma 🌐 JetBrains 🌐 Payload

#Figma#Config India#Code Layers#Specs#MCP#Design to code#coding agents

JetBrains@jetbrains·Collected 35d ago

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JetBrains Air in IDEs EAP: Marketplace/2026.3 native, free Junie Lite, ACP for Codex·Copilot·Claude·Cursor

On 2026-10-01 JetBrains opened the Air in IDEs EAP: an agentic session workspace via Marketplace plugin #33314 or native 2026.3 EAP builds. Ships with no agents; detects local ACP-compatible agents (Codex, Copilot, Claude, Junie, Cursor, …); free Junie Lite with JetBrains Account. Not an AI provider—third-party traffic goes to your vendor.

Key Takeaways

EAP post: https://blog.jetbrains.com/ai/2026/10/air-in-ides-eap/ (2026-10-01); prior system: https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2026/09/22/introducing-jetbrains-air/
Ship as Marketplace Air #33314 (com.intellij.air, FREE) or native in 2026.3 EAP; 2026.2+ install path; not Android Studio
BYO agents via ACP (Codex/Gemini/Copilot/Claude/Junie/Cursor…); plugin is not an AI provider
Free Junie Lite with JetBrains Account; cloud runs need AI seats; Claude subscription via terminal tab
Docs: overview + quickstart; no public SWE-bench/TTFT numbers in official materials

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🤖 junie 🤖 Cursor Composer (Agent Mode)🤖 GitHub Copilot (Agent Mode / Codex)🤖 Claude Code (Anthropic)🌐 jetbrains 🌐 Cursor (Anysphere)🌐 OpenAI 🌐 Anthropic 🌐 Microsoft Azure AI 🌐 Google DeepMind

#JetBrains Air#Air in IDEs#EAP#Junie Lite#ACP#Codex#GitHub Copilot#Claude#Cursor#Marketplace

JetBrains@jetbrains·Collected 43d ago

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JetBrains launches Air: an open agentic product system for developers, teams, and governance

JetBrains (@jetbrains) announced JetBrains Air, an open product system for agentic software development that connects IDE-side agent orchestration, team workflows, and organizational governance (formerly JetBrains Central). Air is multi-vendor: steer Claude, Codex, Gemini CLI, and JetBrains Junie inside JetBrains IDEs, and plug in other harnesses via the Agent Client Protocol (ACP). The company blog also outlines Air Teams and Air Governance.

Key Takeaways

Air unifies IDE agent UX, team workflows, and org governance as one open system.
Orchestrate multi-vendor agents (including Junie) in JetBrains IDEs; ACP for compatible harnesses.
Air Governance (ex-Central) covers policy, visibility, audit, and AI cost control.

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🤖 junie 🌐 jetbrains

#JetBrains Air#ACP#Junie#agentic IDE#Governance

JetBrains@jetbrains·Collected 66d ago

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JetBrains launches Junie AI with deep IDE core integration, leveraging IntelliJ & PyCharm AST compiler verification

JetBrains announced a major upgrade to its autonomous coding agent Junie. By directly interfacing with IntelliJ and PyCharm compiler frontends, Junie performs in-memory AST and type verification during generation, eliminating 99% of undefined symbol errors and syntax violations before code is even written to disk.

Key Takeaways

Directly hooks into IntelliJ / PyCharm compiler frontends and static analyzers.
Pre-validates types and ASTs during streaming generation to prevent hallucinated symbols.
Supports complex multi-file refactoring across Java, Kotlin, Python, and TypeScript.

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🤖 junie 🌐 jetbrains

#Jetbrains#Junie#Intellij#Pycharm#Compiler ast