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▶ 8:12 · AI Coding Agents · Over two-thirds of new code at Snap now written by AI, transforming software economics
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What comes after smartphones, with Evan Spiegel of Snap

2026-04-27 · 1 company · 5 thematic
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evan spiegel

Evan Spiegel co-founded Snapchat at age 22 while at Stanford, turned down a $3B acquisition offer from Facebook, and has led Snap as a public company since 2017. He has consistently invested in augmented reality for over 12 years and pioneered ephemeral messaging, Stories, and AR lenses.

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Smart Glasses & Wearablestailwindscore 9/10evan spiegel
AR glasses will replace large screens first, then enable net-new social experiences
Spiegel argues see-through AR glasses (Specs) will initially displace TVs, monitors, and laptops by providing infinite screen real estate anywhere, but the larger opportunity is net-new sha…
AI Coding Agentstailwindscore 8/10evan spiegel
Over two-thirds of new code at Snap now written by AI, transforming software economics
AI coding agents (Claude Code, etc.) have rapidly increased developer productivity at Snap, with >66% of new code AI-generated; this enables bespoke software creation at near-zero marginal…
AI Economics & Business Modelstailwindscore 7/10evan spiegel
Subscription revenue rising as AI inference costs force diversification beyond advertising
Snap's direct revenue (Snapchat+ at 25M subs, $1B+ run rate) aligns with its product-centric culture and hedges against AI compute costs; Spiegel sees a structural shift where AI-native pro…
Tech Regulation & Antitrustheadwindscore 6/10evan spiegel
App-level social media bans for teens are ineffective; OS-level parental controls are the resilient solution
Australia's under-16 ban on select apps fails because clones fill the gap and many teens lack government ID; Spiegel argues Apple/Google OS-level controls (screen time, app restrictions) al…
Advanced Manufacturingtailwindscore 7/10evan spiegel
In-house US/UK manufacturing of optical engines enables faster iteration and IP protection for AR hardware
Snap builds its most IP-sensitive Specs components (waveguides, projectors) in-house in the US and UK, co-located with R&D, achieving faster cycle times than offshore supply chains; hardwar…