​Idea: An “AI-Native” Design Tool that replaces Drag-and-Drop with Natural Language (Canva meets LLM)

The Concept: I am looking to build a design platform that removes the “Canvas” manipulation entirely. Instead of dragging and dropping elements like in Canva, the user interacts purely through a Chat Interface. The AI acts as the layout engine, handling grid alignment, typography hierarchy, and image placement based on conversational intent.

The Problems/Pain Points: 1. The “Manual Labor” of Design: Even with templates, founders and marketers spend hours manually resizing text boxes, searching for assets, and aligning pixels. It is low-ROI work for high-value professionals. 2. The AI Gap: We have tools like Midjourney for generating raw images (pixels), and tools like ChatGPT for copy (text). But there is no tool that combines them into a structured, editable layout without forcing the user to do the manual assembly. 3. Template Rigidity: In current tools, if you paste a long headline into a short template, the design breaks. A Natural Language tool would automatically adjust the layout logic to fit the content.

The Solution: A “Chat-to-Design” workflow. User Input: “Create a 4-slide carousel for a training course. Make the background corporate blue.” System Output: A fully rendered, editable design where the AI has already made the layout decisions. Feedback Request: I am currently developing the MVP for this. My main concern is user behavior. Do you think users are ready to give up the “control” of dragging elements with a mouse in exchange for the speed of AI? Or is manual control too essential for design tools? I would love to hear any flaws you see in this business model.