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Bringing trusted content into AI workflows is already becoming part of how work gets done. As customers increasingly connect Dropbox with the AI tools they use every day, usage across our partner AI integrations has grown more than 200% in the past month alone, with people regularly saving AI-generated content back to Dropbox, sharing files with teammates, and organizing work from their AI conversations. Those behaviors reinforce what we're hearing from customers.

AI has fundamentally changed how we create, but it has also introduced a new kind of fragmentation. As work bounces between isolated AI chat windows, shared folders, and endless collaboration apps, critical context gets lost in the gaps. That challenge becomes especially acute for teams already relying on Dropbox to coordinate creative production, review and approve content, share large files, and keep complex projects moving across internal teams and external partners.

Today, we announced that Ashraf Alkarmi will become Dropbox co-CEO alongside Drew Houston. Following a transition period, Ashraf will become sole CEO and Drew will move into the role of executive chairman. Drew and Ashraf shared the news with Dropboxers this morning in the emails below. Congratulations, Ashraf! ~ ~ ~ Subject: Congratulations Ashraf, our new co-CEO! Hi team, Today we're promoting Ashraf Alkarmi to co-CEO of Dropbox.

Producer, songwriter, and musician Fred again.. is teaming up with Dropbox to share never-before-seen creative and raw material from his USB002 tour. In each city, people attending his shows were encouraged to be present and enjoy the moment together by putting their phones away. In return, Fred promised to give them direct access to videos and photos via Dropbox after the show.

Teams today use lots of tools to collaborate, create content, and get work done. But when they try to use those tools separately, it can take a lot of time and unnecessary effort to supply the right context—let alone bring that work back into Dropbox and share it with collaborators. Millions of people and hundreds of thousands of teams trust Dropbox as a place to store, organize, and share their work.

"I've never seen that movie before." Zainab Azizi knew it the moment she read the logline: a Survivor-obsessed employee stranded on a deserted island with her terrible boss. She brought it to Sam Raimi—the director behind Evil Dead and Spider-Man—and spent the next six years getting it made. The result is a gonzo survival comedy-thriller starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien that opened January 30 and has already crossed $74 million worldwide.

We started Dropbox Ventures to support companies that are reimagining how work gets done—helping teams move faster, collaborate more effectively, and focus on what matters most. Today, we’re excited to share new investments that reflect our belief in AI’s ability to streamline complex workflows, along with updates from portfolio companies that have reached meaningful milestones.

2026 marks five years since we committed to Virtual First, our operating model where remote work is the primary experience for employees, and we prioritize in-person connection through regular gatherings. In that time, we’ve moved beyond the “what ifs” to a much clearer understanding of what’s working, what isn’t, and what needs to change.

Most creative projects hit a point where the answers stop coming easily. You’ve done the preparation, you’ve started the work, but somewhere in the middle, clarity gives way to uncertainty. It’s unclear whether you’re moving toward something or away from it, because the project just hasn’t taken shape yet. That in-between phase—the messy middle—isn’t just something to power through. It’s often where the work begins to reveal what it actually is.

How do you say goodbye to something you thought would last forever? This is the question Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason keeps returning to in Oscar-nominated director Sara Dosa’s latest documentary Time and Water. As Andri grieves both the loss of his grandparents and his country’s dwindling glaciers, the film contrasts Iceland’s dying ice—a once-unthinkable reality—with Andri’s own attempts to preserve his family’s memories before they, too, slip away.