Miro’s CEO is betting AI will change how teams work

When Andrey Khusid cofounded Miro in 2011, the idea was simple: bring a whiteboard into the browser, and let people collaborate visually, not just with text. Now that digital canvas is evolving into what the CEO calls an “AI Innovation Workspace.” More than 100 million people use Miro these days, so the company’s ventures into AI are quickly reaching more than 250,000 organizations, including GitHub, Prudential, and Cisco. To serve those Fortune 500 companies, Miro now offers a platform for collaborative AI workflows with Sidekicks that work alongside teams on the canvas, and tools for turning rough sketches into clickable prototypes. The company, which sported a $17.5 billion valuation when it raised $400 million in 2022, recently acquired Butter, a workshop facilitation platform, to tackle what Khusid sees as broken meetings. Fast Company spoke with Khusid about why he believes AI’s real value lies in teams rather than individuals, how Miro can compete in an increasingly crowded soft