Doc Williams releases No Code Trends Report / Airtable pilots networking program / Wand launches AI platform

1. Doc Williams released the first annual No Code Trends Report based on an online survey that received 209 responses. Not enough features (25%) and too expensive (23%) were respondents' most common problems with no-code tools.  2. Airtable is planning to pilot a networking program this month. Airtable said the program would allow users to connect with professionals from marketing, product ops, IT, and developers and have meaningful conversations. 3. Tel Aviv-based Wand released the first version of its no-code AI platform. Wand uses proprietary technologies to offer an end-to-end AI platform and allows users to process tabular, time series, and NLP data.  4. Profet AI raised $5.6M in a Series A funding round led by Darwin Ventures and saw participation from Hive Ventures, AUO, SVTI, Harbinger Venture Capital, and Jensen Capital Management. The startup's offerings include a no-code development program for creating customized applications and industry-specific plug-and-play AI programs.   5. Retool is offering up to $25,000 in Retool credits to startups for a year to automate manual tasks with custom internal tools. Startups that join the program will also receive access to $200,000 in partner deals on top of the Retool credits.  6. Flutterflow announced January's Design Challenge, where winners could win six months of Flutterflow Premium subscription. To participate in the contest, users should build an Events Detail page in Flutterflow, submit the template to Marketplace, and tweet a screenshot of the design with #FFNewYearChallenge.  7. 3D design tool Spline added a new update that enables the camera to transition and orbit. Spline said the update makes it easier to achieve interactive navigations like using state transitions on the camera.  Sudarshan lives in Toronto, Canada, and is an engineering graduate. He is passionate about business, tech, entrepreneurship, and politics. FUN FACT: Sudarshan worked for the election campaign teams of two heads of state in India. When he is not busy with work, he enjoys hiking, playing cricket, and cooking. Editor Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 and 1972 Fords. If your company would like to sponsor an Inside.com newsletter, please take a look at our sponsor page here.

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