Levity no-code AI for messy middle

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Thilo Huellmann, CTO of Levity, on using no-code AI for workflow automation

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The key point is that Levity is trying to own the messy middle of AI automation, where a task is too custom for a packaged vertical tool, but too small to justify hiring engineers. That makes it both a partial substitute for narrow AI apps and a builder layer beneath them. Teams can stand up a document classifier or extraction flow on their own data, then keep using Levity for other niche workflows even after adopting best in class software elsewhere.

  • Levity is aimed at process owners in 100 to 1,000 employee companies who already use tools like Zapier, but get stuck on emails, PDFs, images, and other unstructured inputs. Its product is not generic automation, it is training a model on past examples, then wiring the prediction into the workflow.
  • The Airtable comparison is important because it explains the buying motion. A flexible horizontal tool often wins the first use case because it is easier to adapt than buying or building custom software. Later, the customer may replace one workload with a dedicated product, while keeping the horizontal layer for the long tail.
  • This white space exists because many workflow problems are too small and too idiosyncratic to support a standalone vendor. Levity describes examples like laboratory image processing and custom document extraction, which are often handled by consultants or internal teams rather than software companies with a packaged product.

Going forward, the winners in workflow AI are likely to split into two layers. Vertical products will keep dominating large common use cases like fraud and support, while horizontal systems like Levity become the default way to automate the long tail of company specific tasks. If Levity keeps deepening integrations and reducing training effort, it can become durable infrastructure for custom internal AI work.