Infragistics announced it is working with Microsoft to advance Blazor, adding features, fixing bugs and contributing directly to Blazor and the wider .NET ecosystem. The company has made 50 of its Ignite UI controls for Blazor open source since late 2025, including a free data grid, and has dedicated engineers mainly to .NET 11 Blazor development. It is also open-sourcing an MIT-licensed Blazor wrapper for ApexCharts, which has more than 1.5 million weekly NPM installs and offers a native C# API for 17 chart types. Its Blazor products have passed Microsoft's security and accessibility compliance process, and Ignite UI will be surfaced in Visual Studio scaffolder and project templates. Visual Studio is used by more than 7 million .NET developers each month.
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| Market | US stocks |
|---|---|
| Sector | Information Technology |
| Industry | Systems Software |
| Market cap | $4.0T |
| Close on 10/21/2026 | 532.81 |
| Change that session | +0.18% |
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