Why you should use HTML for your next presentation

PowerPoint and Google Slides have been the de-facto presentation software for basically forever. And for good reason - it's simple to get your basic thoughts into bullet points on a slide so you can get roasted in your next team all-hands meeting. But it's now the future, and slides are so 2025.

So why is HTML becoming the new standard for delivering beautiful presentations? You already know the answer… it's AI. You can create insanely beautiful, compelling, and engaging presentations with HTML using AI in a matter of minutes. Of course, AI agents are now capable enough to generate Google Slides or PowerPoint decks as well. But there are some key reasons why you should still go with HTML:

1. 1

   Simplicity

   HTML is a single file (maybe joined with a few .css or .js files if you want to go hogwild with styling or animation). If you want your agent to create a PowerPoint deck, it's going to take significantly longer. You'll probably need some custom tools or MCP servers wired up to integrate with those systems as well, which is complex.

2. 2

   Cost

   HTML is small and efficient. When having your agent generate PowerPoints, it's going to call a lot of tools, do a lot of reasoning, and burn way more tokens. Don't believe me? Try creating your next presentation in both HTML and PowerPoint and see the cost difference.

3. 3

   Knowledge

   AI has been trained on millions and millions of HTML files. It knows the syntax inside and out. That means it's able to create such compelling presentations in a fraction of the time it could create a PowerPoint deck.

Of course, the main downside of using HTML is distributing it with your team or stakeholders. That's where heresyour comes into play. Publish your next presentation to the web and secure it with a password in seconds, all through the AI agent that just generated the content.