[antidnan]

Random but I love the name. I feel like we've entered into a new fun era of startup names. No more ___ly or ___ist etc. This era is generic word/noun + arbitrary numbers or letters after it.

I think ChatGPT really kicked that off, but maybe it was something else that inspired it?

Less normie/friendly and more technical sounding. So far, I'm a fan!

[taaron]

Partially inspired by WD-40 but more so the exorbitant price for anything workflow.com. The number did have some logic behind it: 8 letters in automate and 6 in no-code.

[fragmede]

I thought it had to do with the 8086 dynasty of of Intel processors and the relation to tech and automation that computers have.

[latentsea]

My assumption was it's the birth year of the average age of the target audience using the service.

[daveguy]

Ahh, I thought it meant the slang "86 it". As in it'll throw out your old workflow for a whole new paradigm.

[taaron]

We've heard this as well and also sometimes use it as explanation. Who knew "86" could make sense in so many ways.

[hunter2_]

Yeah, I hear "flow 86" nearly rhyming with "486" when I squint. As in, I've got a personal 386 and a work486 at my desk.