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Kai is an extension for RAD Studio (Delphi and C++ Builder) that integrates with external AI providers
Embarcadero has released Kai, an agentic AI assistant for RAD Studio, an IDE (integrated development environment) for Delphi and C++ Builder.Kai is offered as an extension, which means that by default RAD Studio lacks AI capabilities. The extension provides chat, code completion, and an MCP (model context protocol) server to enable other AI agents to communicate with the IDE. Kai depends on third-partly LLMs (large language models), running in the cloud or locally, and users have to supply their own API key in order to use it. Despite this limitation, Kai is a subscription product costing $249 per developer per year, though free trials are available.Delphi, for which the programming language is also known as object pascal, has a long history. Version 1.0 was released in 1995 for 16-bit Windows, and was at the time the most advanced rapid application development tool available, with a drag and drop visual form designer reminiscent of Microsoft’s Visual Basic (VB), accompanied by a native code compiler which, unlike VB, generated executables that did not require a separate runtime engine. C++ Builder came a little later, with the same visual designer but supporting code in C++ rather than object pascal.
