It was bound to happen: Havenly has rolled out an AI design engine. The free tool, launched in beta this week through the online design platform’s iOS app, allows users to upload an image of their room and get an algorithmic glow-up.
“Either someone is going to do this and disrupt us , or, hey, we’re actually pretty well positioned to do it ourselves,” says Havenly Brands founder and CEO Lee Mayer , who is quick to note that the tool is an experimental work in progress, not the finished article. “We’ve got the data, we’ve got the designer perspective, we’ve got humans in the loop—there’s a lot of good reasons for us to try it.”
In many respects, Havenly’s new feature is of a piece with the rush of AI-powered design tools that have sprung up since the release of ChatGPT in 2022. Use