Adobe says it hit 1B MAUs, with freemium MAUs surpassing 100M in Q3, up 70%+ YoY, as it increasingly focuses on expanding its freemium AI offerings (Elias Schisgall/Wall Street Journal)

Adobe reported 1 billion monthly active users, with freemium AI-driven MAUs surpassing 100 million in Q3—a 70% YoY rise—and Q3 revenue of $6.76 billion, up 13% YoY. AI-related annual recurring revenue grew 150% YoY, while Q4 revenue guidance fell slightly short of analysts’ forecasts. Anthropic’s threat-intelligence report described multiple cyber-attack plots using Claude, prompting the company to terminate ambiguous projects.