Double Diamond ⬩ October 2026
Double Diamond, NYC's favorite live design podcast and event series, is BACK with another night of conversations about designing and building at the frontier.
Our October event brings Alejandro Matamala Ortiz, Mina Fahmi, and Alex Leiphart to the stage to share what they're building and how they think about designing with intelligence.
The Lineup
Alejandro Matamala Ortiz, Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Runway
Alejandro co-founded Runway to build new creative tools for the age of AI, and he leads the company's work on what's next, including Solaris, its research into interfaces that adapt and build themselves around what you're trying to do. Before Runway, he explored AI and creativity as a research resident at NYU.
Mina Fahmi, Co-founder and CEO at Sandbar
Mina is building Stream, Sandbar's private voice ring for capturing thoughts, dictating quietly, and talking through your ideas. He previously developed human-computer interfaces at the MIT Media Lab and at CTRL-labs (acquired by Meta).
Alex Leiphart, Partner and Head of Product at Little Plains
Alex helps lead Little Plains, the New York brand and product studio, where he heads up product. He's pioneering an intelligence-native approach to brand systems, rethinking how brands get built and run when agents are part of the team from day one.
Audience & Curation
Every Double Diamond audience is intentionally curated. We're prioritizing product builders and design leaders who are actively building for and with intelligence. If you're designing products at the frontier of human<>intelligence interaction, or building with agents and emerging tools, you're likely a good fit.
Recording & Sharing
We'll have a professional production crew recording the night. Attendees will receive a link to the recording in the days after the event to share with their teams or on social.
Agenda
6:00 PM ~ 7:15 PM: Arrivals + Happy Hour + DJ
7:15 PM ~ 8:30 PM: Showtime (Alejandro, Mina, and Alex)
8:30 PM - Late: Open Hang + Drinks + DJ
About Double Diamond
This event is hosted by Double Diamond, a live-in-NYC event and content series for product and design practitioners building with AI right now. We put people on stage to share recent work, and we pair that with a carefully selected room of peers.
Double Diamond is presented by Basis, who are building at the frontier of applied intelligence right here in NYC.
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