{
  "id": 4765980,
  "title": "AI Was Supposed to Kill Wix. Google Just Gave It a Way to Fight Back.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/ai-was-supposed-to-kill-wix-google-just-gave-it-a-way-to-fight-back",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-30T18:37:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Finance",
    "slug": "yahoo-finance",
    "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/ai-supposed-kill-wix-google-183751576.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Wix, the popular website builder, was once struggling in the AI market. Shares dropped from above $100 to a 52-week low of around $40, and the company laid off roughly 20% of its workforce. In an effort to turn things around, Wix partnered with Google, integrating its Wix Harmony builder into Google Gemini. Users can now use the @Wix command in Gemini to generate a fully functional website, hosted on Wix's infrastructure, with features like commerce, payments, scheduling, and SEO. The partnership allows Wix to reach a larger audience and build sites, while Google handles the initial interaction with users. Wix's stock has recovered since the news, up from around $40 to over $100, but it remains underperforming compared to the SPDR Software & Services ETF. Analysts are optimistic, with expectations of earnings rebound and improving margins, but the company's heavy debt and significant AI investments still pose risks.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}