Blog

Notes from the engine room.

Product updates, engineering deep-dives, and lessons from building production software with AI.

Release
1.5
Sonnet 5.5 defaultHaiku 5.5 · Mistral 4A DB per target
October 7, 2026 · Latest

Airbuild 1.5: Sonnet 5.5, Haiku 5.5 and Mistral Large 4

Sonnet 5.5 and Haiku 5.5 take over as the defaults, Mistral Large 4 joins the picker, and every deployment target gets its own database.

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Release
1.4
Two projectsAdaptive thinkingYour language
September 22, 2026

Airbuild 1.4: Two projects at once, and models that pace themselves

A running turn no longer locks your account, the Claude 5 models choose their own thinking effort, and the workspace speaks your language.

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Release
1.3
Work resumes3 new modelsBranch per target
September 16, 2026

Airbuild 1.3: A New Name, and Work That Resumes

Version 1.3 pauses a turn when AI Tasks run out instead of failing it, adds three new models and publishes each target from its own branch.

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Release
XAIO→
Airbuild
September 11, 2026

Hello, Airbuild

We changed our name: XAIO is now Airbuild. Same product, same team, same prices, same projects — and nothing for you to migrate.

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Release
1.2
PrototypesWebsite captureBudgets
August 20, 2026

Airbuild 1.2: Prototypes and Website Capture

Version 1.2 brings prototypes the AI sketches before it builds, website capture from a URL, a publish dialog that names the blocker, and budgets.

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Guide
yoursite.airbuild.space
● Published
August 15, 2026

How to Build a Website with AI — Step by Step

A practical walkthrough: from a plain-language prompt to a published website with tests and quality checks — in one afternoon, no code required.

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Guide
Prototype
→
Production · 10 checks
August 14, 2026

AI Prototype vs. Production: The 10-Point Check

How to tell whether AI-generated software can actually ship: ten concrete checks for architecture, tests, security, ownership and operations.

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Compliance
Frankfurteu-central-1
August 12, 2026

What EU Data Residency Means for AI Development

GDPR-native is more than a hosting region: where your code, prompts and data live when you build with AI — and the questions to ask any vendor.

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Release
1.1
Claude 5OrganizationsEU AI Act
August 11, 2026

Airbuild 1.1: Claude 5, Organizations, EU AI Act

Version 1.1 brings Claude 5, Gemini 3.6 and GPT-5.6, the Platform Builder with organizations, project rules, transparent release checks and AI labeling.

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Compliance
AI-generatedArt. 50 · EU AI Act
Since 2 August 2026
August 5, 2026

The EU AI Act for Software Teams: What Changed

Since 2 August 2026 the EU AI Act requires transparency for AI interactions. What that means for AI-built software — and how Airbuild labels AI output.

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Guide
spec.pdf
→
● Running
July 31, 2026

From Requirements Document to Running App

Bring a spec, screenshots or legacy code and get working software: how Airbuild analyzes what exists, asks the right questions and builds from a plan.

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Engineering
test_create_quotepassed
test_order_statuspassed
test_tiered_pricingpassed
test_role_accesspassed
July 24, 2026

How We Test AI-Generated Code

Dozens of automated checks per change: how Airbuild generates tests with the code, runs them on every change and blocks releases that fail.

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Release
1.0
Test cockpitQuality checksHosting & domains
July 16, 2026

Airbuild 1.0 Is Here

Version 1.0: new AI models with image understanding, a test cockpit, security and quality checks before publishing, cloud hosting and domains.

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Engineering
Tests
Semgrep
Trivy
Quality
→Live
July 10, 2026

Why We Gate Every Release

All four Airbuild publish gates explained: tests on a frozen snapshot, Semgrep and Trivy scans, code quality, and the open-endpoints check.

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Engineering
Build errorImportError: models
↳ agent patches imports
Fixedbuild successful
June 18, 2026

Self-Healing Code Generation

AI-generated code fails sometimes — the question is who fixes it. How Airbuild catches and repairs build errors automatically while it generates.

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