The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) · Thursday, August 13, 2026
The discussion posits that the era of 'no-code' tools, which allowed humans to build without extensive coding knowledge, is ending due to AI. Specifically, agentic AI is becoming sophisticated enough to bypass traditional tools like Canva and AirTable, with consumers increasingly using AI platforms like ChatGPT for tasks previously handled by specialized software.
“But the era of no code, of things that we humans can do without engineering resources, it's slowly winding down.”
“It never occurred to the agent to use Canva for this. It never once occurred to it.”
“On the consumer side, everyone's chat GPT fluent. And so there's no going back.”