Adobe reported a better-than-expected second quarter as the company expanded its customer base due to generative AI features.
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Adobe laid out a host of Experience Cloud enhancements, data collaboration and customer journey applications, custom Firefly models and a marketing copilot co-developed with Microsoft to connect Adobe's Experience platform with Microsoft 365 applications.
In prepared remarks, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen said the company is seeing strong traction with its generative AI rollout across the product portfolio.
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Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, Constellation Research's CEO of 2023, said the company saw strength across its Creative, Document and Experience Clouds.
Adobe launched a new model behind its Firefly generative AI image system and outlined GenStudio, which is a suite that will enable enterprises and marketers to better manage the content supply chain.
In prepared remarks, Narayen said advances across Creative Cloud, Document Cloud and Experience Cloud "are enabling us to attract an ever-growing set of users while delivering more value to existing customers."
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen said demand was strong across Creative Cloud, Document Cloud and Experience Cloud.
Adobe is scaling its Firefly Generative AI across enterprise content workflows and embedding it into Adobe Express. The upshot is that enterprises will be able to safely scale on-brand images, video and text using generative AI.
