empower® 10 brings AI-powered chart creation to PowerPoint

New release combines intelligent assistance with established PowerPoint, data, and brand workflows

COLOGNE, Germany, November 2026 – Cologne-based software company empower has introduced empower^® 10, the next generation of its professional presentation software. The release advances how users create and manage presentations in PowerPoint, building on established functionality while introducing new AI-powered capabilities directly into familiar workflows.

With empower^® AI, users can already create business slides using their organization's existing templates and layouts. When needed, the solution can also generate new slide layouts that comply with corporate brand guidelines.

empower^® 10 now extends this approach to professional business charts. Among the release's key innovations is the new empower^® AI Chart Assistant, which enables users to create and edit data charts and Gantt charts using natural-language prompts.

Users simply describe what they want to achieve, and empower^® applies the requested changes directly to the chart. They can generate new charts from existing data, modify existing charts, or add visualization elements. For data charts, these include growth and compound annual growth rate (CAGR) arrows, as well as delta and reference lines. Gantt charts can also be created and edited through prompts, allowing users to add or modify tasks, milestones, phases, and date markers.

The empower^® AI Chart Assistant also incorporates multiple data sources directly into the chart creation workflow. Users can work with data from Excel files to generate new charts or establish links to the original source files. Data from accessible web sources can also be incorporated by providing a URL in the prompt.

The new capabilities are particularly valuable when working with existing visualizations. For example, users can provide a screenshot of a chart, and empower can generate a new, editable PowerPoint chart that reflects the displayed values or relative proportions while incorporating a similar color scheme.

“With empower^® 10, we're taking the next logical step in advancing professional presentation creation,” said Stephan Kuhnert, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of empower. “Our goal isn't to introduce AI as another isolated tool, but to make it available where people already work. The empower^® AI Chart Assistant demonstrates how this works in practice. Users describe what they want to accomplish, and empower helps them achieve it directly in PowerPoint. This makes even complex charting tasks faster and easier to handle.”

Supporting established workflows and corporate standards remains a core priority in empower^® 10. Charts can continue to be linked to Excel data and further refined using empower's specialized charting features. They also automatically follow the colors and fonts defined by the active PowerPoint slide master, while allowing organizations to apply company-specific chart customizations.

By integrating AI-powered capabilities directly into PowerPoint, empower^® 10 combines the precision and control of established professional presentation workflows with new opportunities for intelligent automation. Rather than replacing existing processes, the solution embeds AI assistance into the tools users already know, making it easier and faster to turn complex information into professional, fully editable charts.

empower^® 10 is available now. Please book a meeting here or contact your Customer Success Manager at empower.