Designer Fund
Where design meets company building. Stories and lessons for early stage founders and design-led teams.
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How tech’s most craft-obsessed team uses AI: Inside design at Linear
In our first AI in Design case study, we explored how Sierra uses AI to build better customer experiences. Today, we’re taking a look inside one of the most craft-focused teams in tech, and how their own design process is evolving in the ag...
Launching the Designer Fund Application, reviewed by Mason
Most founders spend weeks trying to get in front of investors. They chase warm introductions, wait on replies that never come, and often never find out why they were passed on.
It’s a frustrating experience, but more than that, it’s not a...
How Sierra's design team keeps up with an engineering org 20x its size
“Instead of doing one little pixel at a time, we should build the infrastructure that engineers use to create new features”: How Sierra designs with AI
Following the launch of our AI in Design 2026 report, we’ve been spending time with...
Backing Fearn, and a call for design in regulated industries
Han Kim and Angela Gao, cofounders of Fearn
Fearn just announced their $5.5M seed, led by Kindred Ventures with Designer Fund, a16z speedrun, and Essence VC participating. We’re proud to be backing them, and we’re using the moment to make...
AI in Design 2026: The inflection point is here
One of the narratives around AI and design in tech is that designers are getting squeezed out—that as software becomes easier for anyone to build, designers matter less.
The data we’ve uncovered in our second annual AI in Design report poi...
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