Design at AI Startups with Andres Gonzalez, Founding Designer at Flowglad (YC)

​What does it actually mean to be the only designer at a 4-person YC startup?

​We're sitting down with Andres Gonzalez, Founding Designer at Flowglad, content creator, and self-described Batman. Andres owns everything at Flowglad: product UI, brand, marketing site, and increasingly, the front-end code itself. His path here wasn't traditional either — agency founder → co-founder → YC startup designer and it definitely wasn't easy.

​We'll cover:

• ​The real job of a founding designer role in a fast growing startup

• ​Why the most valuable designers at AI startups are the ones who ship, what tools should you be looking at. Andres will share some project he's been working on at Flowglad.

• ​How to use AI as a design investigation tool, not just an execution shortcut

• ​How being a creator changed how startups saw him and his hot takes on getting hired

​This is part of Riffle's ongoing series on design at AI startups, built for designers who want to understand how these companies work, what they hire for, and what skills matter most.

​Come curious. Come with questions.