Ugly Talk: Design Founder Takeover #SFTechWeek
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Join us for an unfiltered panel discussion exploring what happens when designers take the lead and don’t wait for permission to build. Design Founder Takeover brings together a bold lineup of founders who started their careers in design and are now leveraging AI to build companies from the ground up.
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This conversation will dive deep into the unique vantage point of design-led founders: how their design intuition shapes product thinking, what it means to prototype with AI as your cofounder, and how they navigate building, scaling, and fundraising as non-technical founders in a tech-dominated space.
Whether you're a designer dreaming of starting something or just curious about what it looks like when creativity meets code, this is the panel you don’t want to miss.
Who Should Attend: Designers, founders, builders, product thinkers, AI experimenters, and anyone curious about the evolving role of design in startup creation.
🎤 Who’s on the Panel
Izac Ross - Founder & CEO of Haven Headache & Migraine Center
Izac Ross is the founder and CEO of Haven Headache & Migraine Center, a virtual-first clinic reimagining how millions access expert headache care. Living with migraine since childhood, he brings a rare blend of patient perspective and healthcare innovation experience from Hinge Health, Alto Pharmacy, and Collective Health. At Haven, Izac is building AI-enabled tools and care models that help patients track progress, reduce disability, and find relief. A former product designer, he is endlessly curious about what people need to thrive. Outside of work, Izac enjoys hiking with his dog Parker, ceramics, live music, and biking.
Kris Woyzbun - Co-Founder & CEO of Gumption
Kris Woyzbun is a 2X tech founder and product design executive based in Palo Alto, California. Having held leadership roles at Google, SSENSE, EDITR, and IDEO, and with recognition from IDSA Awards and NVIDIA, Kris's work focuses on building companies and products in consumer technology. Currently building Gumption, an AI Home Design Companion.
Fifi Kara - Co-Founder & CEO of Aster
Fifi Kara is originally from London, now in San Francisco, Fifi has 10 years building consumer and B2B products across the UK, Europe, and US. Most recently at Meta, she led Design for Health & Fitness (AR/VR), was a Staff Designer for Messenger (150M MAUs), and pioneered Workrooms Web. As a two-time founder and early startup hire, she has focused on 0-1 building and scaling. She co-founded a YC-backed fintech in 2019 and joined Bulb as an early design hire, growing usage from 100K to 1.4M MAUs. Fifi is a LSE graduate, Fulbright Scholar and is self-taught in product design and front-end engineering.
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