Drew Levine

TOMORROW IS SILLY HACKS We've come a long way in the last 3 years, so excited for all the hackers to see what's in store for this year!

@Macroscope had to cut us off… we were cooking too hard 👨‍🍳 @layoapps

3 engineers walked into Layo yesterday for a final round. No LeetCode. No whiteboard. No "design Twitter in 45 minutes" We gave them a real product problem. Build it. Ship it. That's the interview. Then we played Catan 3 hours. Longest road got stolen twice. Winner got the offer HR people will hate this. That's fine. We don't have HR. lol Williamsburg. In-person. dm me if you think you got what it takes to hang

So far in 2026: Google shipped WebMCP Stripe shipped x402 payments Anthropic released MCP Apps Shopify launched Universal Commerce Protocol Yahoo released adMCP Browsers. Payments. Apps. Commerce. Ads. Your new customer is an agent with a protocol, not a human with a browser.

I can promise you one thing, we are not the same

@viditb these are 🤌

AI UX Design that's not chatbots

@theShaneLevine @turbodesignco so clean!

Before and After @turbodesignco

I'm excited to announce Layo (@layoapps / uselayo.com) The world's first platform for creating scalable ChatGPT apps. AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude are becoming the main interface for how people use software and connect with brands. AI-native apps built inside these platforms will become the new standard. At Layo, I'm building the infrastructure that lets product teams move fast, an intuitive app designer, a flexible data layer, dynamic MCP optimization, and analytics that show how users actually engage with their AI-native apps. Fast-moving teams are already building their ChatGPT apps with us to get ahead before the app store goes live. If you want to own the best ChatGPT app in your market, reach out or schedule a demo for early access.

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building for builders

@RKalinovskyy i'm bullish on chatGPT being a new place where people purchase

@ImDrewL Are you building a chatgpt extension? I don't see that

bullish

there's an app for that

@Jall_n 👏

I’ve been talking with a lot of people about ChatGPT apps and I keep hearing the same three points: - Everyone thinks they’ll be massive - No one knows when adoption will inflect - No one is sure which apps will win Here’s my take. ChatGPT apps mark the shift from deterministic product experiences to adaptive, AI-braided UX. The goal is to serve user needs in the context of real workflows. Over a billion people now use AI weekly across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek, and others. That’s billions of moments where an app can become the answer to a prompt. Most teams are still thinking in terms of content when they should be thinking in terms of function—both as a marketing advantage and a product-led growth engine. The best AI apps will combine: - strong, purposeful UI - functional utility - clean data - actual problem-solving If you build the best app for your market (or prompt set), you become the default source of truth. Users won’t say “ChatGPT helped me,” they’ll say “this app solved my problem.” When will AI-native apps take off? It doesn’t matter. If you plan to be relevant, start building now. Which apps will be used most? Many. Look at the diversity of tools you already use as a consumer and as a worker. Every vertical, every workflow, every pain point can become an app when the problem is best solved with UX. And most problems are solved better through UI than through raw text. The opportunity is wide open.

@dbabbs 🇬🇧📈

lock the f*ck in

@SammmAing this is dope can u dm me

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@Jall_n @theShaneLevine @dbabbs the dream team

Check back in 10 years to see how we’re doing

How to win: escape your normal environment every quarter to lock the f*ck in with your team

One day you will realize this meme is the most important life lesson of all