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Release

Herb v0.9: the ERB toolchain that gives the Rails frontend real IDE support

A fast C-based HTML+ERB parser that now understands Action View helpers like tag.*, content_tag, and link_to. As Hotwire pushes more UI logic into ERB, Herb brings the linting, formatting, and code intelligence that JS frameworks take for granted — and gives AI coding tools a proper AST to work with instead of raw string matching.

via Herb Blog
Release

Claude Code adds Ruby LSP to its official plugin directory

Anthropic merges Ruby LSP into its official Claude Code plugins, giving Ruby developers one-command install for go-to-definition, hover, and diagnostics — 900x faster than text search for finding call sites.

via GitHub
Funding

Intercom raises $250M as ARR tops $400M — all on a Rails monolith

The Rails Foundation Core member secures $250M in debt financing. Its 2M-line Rails monolith powers Fin, an AI agent nearing $100M ARR on its own. Plans to hire 650 globally.

Intercom via Business Post
Press

YC CEO Garry Tan ships garryslist.org with Rails + Claude Code, open-sources his setup

Garry Tan averages 10K LOC and 100 PRs/week building a Rails app with Claude Code. Open-sourced gstack — 6 Claude Code skills for planning, review, and shipping. "Rails was designed for syntactic sugar, and LLMs are sugar fiends."

via GitHub
Press

Chime targets GAAP profitability in 2026, projecting $2.6B+ revenue

The Rails-powered fintech that IPO'd at $11.6B reports 31% revenue growth and 9.5M active members. Rails Foundation Contributing member on track to become one of the largest profitable public Rails companies.

Chime via StockTitan
Press

Chatwoot trending: 27.7K GitHub stars for the open-source Rails alternative to Intercom

The YC-backed, Rails-powered customer support platform is the fastest-growing Ruby repo on GitHub this month (+490 stars). Built by a 10-person team doing $870K in revenue.

Chatwoot via GitHub
Release

Lago launches Embedded — white-label open-source billing built on Rails

The open-source billing API (9K+ GitHub stars) launches Lago Embedded, letting companies ship billing as a feature in weeks. PayPal is an early adopter. Built in Ruby by a team with 10 years of Rails experience.

Lago via Lago Blog
Acquisition

Spring Health acquires Alma — combined $6–7B entity, $1B revenue in year one

The Rails-powered mental health platform (50M+ lives covered) acquires Alma's therapist network (120M+ lives). Nearly 10M mental health visits projected for 2026. SF office at 2 Embarcadero Center.

Spring Health via PR Newswire
Press

GitLab surpasses $1B ARR — authorizes $400M share buyback

Rails Foundation Core member crosses the $1B ARR milestone. Full-year revenue $955M (+26%). Added most $1M+ customers ever in Q4. Free cash flow grew 83% to $220M.

GitLab via BusinessWire
Release

Apollo.io launches AI Assistant — first agentic GTM platform, built on Rails monolith

SF-based $1.6B sales intelligence platform — powered by a Rails monolith serving 210M+ contacts — launches its AI Assistant out of beta. 20K weekly active users, 2.3x more meetings booked. Also launched a native Anthropic Claude connector.

Apollo.io via PR Newswire
Release

Shopify Winter '26 Edition: 150+ updates, Agentic Storefronts, $3.67B/quarter

Rails Foundation Core member ships 150+ product updates including Agentic Storefronts (products in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot) and Sidekick AI app builder. Revenue $3.67B (+31%), GMV hit $124B. Authorized $2B share buyback.

Shopify via Shopify
Press

Omada Health reports first profitable quarter — 58% revenue growth

SF-based Rails company reports Q4 revenue of $75.8M (+58% YoY), its first profitable quarter with $5.16M net income. Membership grew 55% to 886K. Stock surged 14%. Guiding $312–322M for 2026.

Omada Health via GlobeNewsWire
Release

Checkr launches AI identity verification to combat deepfake hiring fraud

SF-based Rails company launches IDV product with biometric liveness detection and forensic document analysis. Built with Socure. Also partners with Intuit to embed background checks in QuickBooks for 120K+ businesses.

Checkr via SiliconANGLE

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