ngrok is a solution that empowers AI companies by providing a simple way to solve their connectivity problems, and its user base has grown significantly in 2023 with 60% of new sign-ups coming from this year. The platform helps startups in the building stage speed up their testing and development cycles by allowing them to connect remote workers to virtual machines or customer networks securely. Companies like Softwrd.ai and Factors.ai are using ngrok to accelerate their time-to-market, with Softwrd.ai using it to grant access to CPUs and GPUs for its distributed team while protecting endpoints with OAuth, and Factors.ai building APIs for its account intelligence product in testing environments. Overall, ngrok drives agility for AI pioneers and large enterprises by extending beyond development to equip developers with a solution that can be used from testing cycles to app delivery in production.