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SmartBear delivers application integrity for modern tech stacks, combining test automation, API lifecycle management, and observability to ensure software works as intended.

05/28/2026

What does software quality really mean in the age of AI?

Chris Armstrong, Manager of Developer Relations, breaks down why achieving true application integrity requires knowledge, exploration, visualization, and systems thinking. Understanding your system well enough to know which solutions actually fit matters more than following a fixed process.

The challenge is that as development velocity accelerates and AI autonomy increases, the gap between what's built and what's intended widens. The organizations that close that gap are the ones with the deepest understanding of their systems, the right foundations for continuous validation, and the capability to apply solutions where they actually matter.

That's what application integrity looks like in practice.

https://bit.ly/4mlTW3N

05/27/2026

What stood out most at Atlassian Team '26? QA is now a connected, intelligent part of how teams deliver software.

Across dozens of conversations, one theme kept surfacing: release readiness is getting harder to answer in a world of faster delivery, AI-assisted development, and increasingly complex workflows.

That's exactly why we're so excited about what we're building with Zephyr inside Jira.

From AI-powered test insights to smarter release visibility and less context switching, the future of quality management is more embedded, more conversational, and much more connected.

Thanks to everyone who spent time with the SmartBear team in Anaheim. And an extra proud moment: being recognized as Atlassian Partner of the Year 2026: AI Innovator 🏆

Read more here: https://bit.ly/3RokS7H

05/15/2026

In case you missed it, our latest episode of From the Bear Cave is live! 🎥

Scripted automation can’t keep up with modern development velocity.

So what does scale?

SmartBear CEO Dan Faulkner and CMO Kelly Wenzel break down the shift to autonomous, continuously adapting testing.

Watch the full episode: https://bit.ly/4vY7RkV

05/07/2026

"Design was very influenced by AI. And then coding obviously is very influenced by AI. But we weren't seeing the same attention being paid to quality" says Fitz Nowlan, VP of AI and Architecture at SmartBear.

Now, that’s starting to change.

In the latest episode of Software Engineering Daily, Fitz shares how AI is reshaping testing, QA, and application integrity for the AI era.

🎧 https://bit.ly/3P3F0Lu

05/05/2026

“Are we ready to ship?”

It sounds simple but answering that question usually means jumping between tools, checking coverage manually, and filling gaps under pressure.

This video shows a different approach.

From coverage visibility to test case creation, you'll see it's all happening directly in Jira with Zephyr Skills for Rovo.

Worth a watch if your team is feeling the strain of AI-driven dev velocity: https://bit.ly/3R45i0y

AI is accelerating development faster than most teams have ever experienced.More code. More changes. More complexity.And...
04/30/2026

AI is accelerating development faster than most teams have ever experienced.

More code. More changes. More complexity.

And with it, a new opportunity to rethink how we build and validate software.

Because as velocity increases, so does the need for visibility and control.

This is the shift many teams are starting to navigate as AI reshapes the development lifecycle.

Which raises an important question: how do you know what you’re shipping actually works as intended?

That’s where application integrity comes in.

Vineeta Puranik, CPTO of SmartBear, shares her perspective on this shift in a recent feature with The New Stack: https://bit.ly/4cQuHC9

04/29/2026

A tsunami of AI-generated code is hitting QA teams.

According to SmartBear research, 60% are already seeing quality issues.

But the real shift is deeper.

When development shifts from clear requirements to prompts and generated outputs,
it becomes much harder to understand what the system is supposed to do...
and what you should be testing against with the right governance in place.

In this episode of From the Bear Cave, SmartBear CEO Dan Faulkner and CMO Kelly Wenzel unpack it and discuss ways to operate at AI speed and scale.

▶️ Watch the full conversation: https://bit.ly/4vY7RkV

04/23/2026

Recent SmartBear research shows 70% of teams are already seeing quality degrade with AI-generated code.

As output increases, QA teams are stuck between:
→ Delaying releases to validate changes
→ Or shipping faster with less confidence

This clip from our "From the Bear Cave" YouTube series is a preview of a bigger conversation between Dan Faulkner and Kelly Wenzel on why testing isn’t scaling with AI-driven development and what it means for application integrity.

🎥 Watch the segment here: https://bit.ly/3QE0qz0
▶️ Full episode drops next week, stay tuned!

20 years of SoapUI 🎉If you’ve ever written a test, debugged an API, or learned something new with SoapUI, we’d love to h...
04/22/2026

20 years of SoapUI 🎉

If you’ve ever written a test, debugged an API, or learned something new with SoapUI, we’d love to hear your story.

đź’¬ Share your experience, memories, or milestones:

👉 On our community page: https://bit.ly/3OItCV0
👉 Or on Reddit: https://bit.ly/4tnNjR6

SmartBear is introducing new Swagger capabilities to help teams govern, validate, and scale APIs in the age of AI.As AI ...
04/15/2026

SmartBear is introducing new Swagger capabilities to help teams govern, validate, and scale APIs in the age of AI.

As AI accelerates development, APIs are being created and modified faster than ever, making visibility and continuous validation critical.

New capabilities include a revamped Swagger Catalog for centralized API discovery and lifecycle tracking, Swagger Contract Testing with drift detection to continuously validate runtime behavior against OpenAPI contracts, and automated governance with policy enforcement to maintain quality at scale.

You can confidently build and manage APIs for AI-driven development – without sacrificing trust.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4clTrBZ

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