James Ide

At @expo.dev, we want to build the best framework and infrastructure for app creators. My co-founder, @ccheever.com, has long had a guiding vision for creators to go from an idea to an app in people's hands as fast as possible. I think about this as democratizing software: expo.dev/ai/strategy

We aim to enable a sea change of new creators, and level up experienced developers, by providing the Expo framework and EAS as the best foundation for AI-assisted creator tools to run and distribute their users' apps.

At @expo.dev, we want to build the best framework and infrastructure for app creators. My co-founder, @ccheever.com, has long had a guiding vision for creators to go from an idea to an app in people's hands as fast as possible. I think about this as democratizing software: expo.dev/ai/strategy

But we're aware the proliferation of new tools may create feelings of AI fatigue in some. Like the JS ecosystem, which had times of high growth, AI-assisted dev tools will mature. Our role in the AI ecosystem is to provide Expo & EAS as a dependable foundation for both human developers & AI agents.

At @expo.dev, we want to build the best framework and infrastructure for app creators. My co-founder, @ccheever.com, has long had a guiding vision for creators to go from an idea to an app in people's hands as fast as possible. I think about this as democratizing software: expo.dev/ai/strategy

Several companies already interoperate with the Expo framework to begin making this a reality. In the last few weeks, Replit, @bolt.new, Rork, a0.dev, Appacella, and Makeway.app launched AI agents that use Expo to enable creators to prompt from "idea to app store".

At @expo.dev, we want to build the best framework and infrastructure for app creators. My co-founder, @ccheever.com, has long had a guiding vision for creators to go from an idea to an app in people's hands as fast as possible. I think about this as democratizing software: expo.dev/ai/strategy

Also, @stackblitz.com's WebContainers have been a promising way to run Expo CLI and the dev server in the web browser, making the Expo framework more accessible to browser-using agents like OpenAI's Operator.

At @expo.dev, we want to build the best framework and infrastructure for app creators. My co-founder, @ccheever.com, has long had a guiding vision for creators to go from an idea to an app in people's hands as fast as possible. I think about this as democratizing software: expo.dev/ai/strategy

To this end, we'll expand the audience of the Expo framework and EAS to include both human developers and AI agents. We'll need to think about what it means to design CLIs & UIs for agents. For instance, topics like HCI & a11y will have analogues for AI agents, like A(gent)CI & agent accessibility.

At @expo.dev, we want to build the best framework and infrastructure for app creators. My co-founder, @ccheever.com, has long had a guiding vision for creators to go from an idea to an app in people's hands as fast as possible. I think about this as democratizing software: expo.dev/ai/strategy

Like writing, where everyone writes even if they're not professional writers, many more people will build the apps they want for themselves, their friends, and their communities. Generative AI is a catalyst for this transformation, and we are positioning Expo to be near its center.