Beyond Chat: Bringing Models to the Canvas

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2025. https://gotocph.com Lu Wilson - Software Engineer at tldraw @TodePond RESOURCES https://bsky.app/profile/todepond.com https://mastodon.social/@TodePond https://twitter.com/TodePond https://www.todepond.com ABSTRACT Whenever a new technology appears, our first instinct as developers is to offer “text” as the primary method of interaction. This has happened throughout computing history, with the computer terminal, with early smartphones, and now it’s happening again with AI. At tldraw, we’ve been working on moving AI interaction away from the chat-based interface, towards a richer canvas environment. It hasn’t been easy! I’ll show you all the challenges we’ve faced, and how we’re currently overcoming them. Some of the solutions have been surprising. […] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro Read the full abstract here: https://gotocph.com/2025/sessions/3773