AI-Powered Design for Startups (Prototyping Workshop)

​Most startups ship their first product with whatever design they can pull together fast. It works — until it doesn't. Investors aren't convinced, users bounce, and your product looks like every other template on the internet.

​AI tools like Claude and v0 have changed the game. Founders can now prototype real interfaces in minutes, not weeks. But speed without design thinking just produces polished mediocrity faster.

​This workshop is about combining both.

​What you'll do:

​You'll bring a real design challenge from your own startup — a landing page, product screen, onboarding flow, pitch deck, whatever's bugging you — and use AI tools to prototype a better version on the spot. Then you'll get live feedback from Ondrej, founder of TRAU, a Prague-based venture design studio that has worked with 30+ startups backed by Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Bessemer, and others.

​What you'll leave with:

​A working prototype you can actually use, a framework for spotting design problems that are costing you growth, and a clear sense of where AI tools help — and where strategic design thinking makes the real difference.

​The agenda:

• ​TRAU intro – how a design studio ended up working with $1.6B+ in VC-backed startups

• ​Talk: Design debt and where AI can help (and where it falls short)

• ​2-hour hands-on workshop — diagnose, prototype, refine (bring your laptop)

• ​Presentations + live feedback from Ondrej and the jury

• ​Winners announcement (across 4 categories)

• ​Drinks & networking

​Who this is for:

​Founders at any stage who care about how their product looks, feels, and converts. Whether you're pre-launch or post-Series A, you'll work on something real and walk away with something useful.

​What to bring:

• ​Laptop with access to Claude and preferred vibecoding tool (v0, Lovable, Manus, Aura, Claude Code etc.)

• ​One asset you want to improve (or a description of what you're building): this can be landing page, product, feature or an internal tool

• ​Screenshots, designs, ideas or a live URL

​Spots are limited to 20.