Design That Drives Product Revenue for AI Startups
Rapid, metric-driven design for founders building AI/ML products. From concept to market-ready in weeks, not months.
Most design agencies optimize for aesthetics. We optimize for traction. Poplab partners with AI-first startup founders to design products that acquire users, accelerate retention, and drive revenue—by compressing design cycles from months to weeks.
Rapid Iteration
Design sprints fit your product roadmap, not agency timelines. Prototype and validate in 5 days. Iterate, launch, and learn faster.
Metric-driven Design
We optimize for activation, conversion, and retention—not just aesthetics. Every design decision is mapped to your product and business KPIs.
Founder-first Partner
Built by founders, for founders.
Fluent in user psychology, unit economics, GTM velocity, and revenue design.
We embed with your internal team, not just deliver a deck.
CASE STUDY
Driving Growth with Design & AI: Inside the Aeonvis Digital Transformation
CASE STUDY
Democratizing Art Commerce: LettsArt’s Disruptive Platform Design
CASE STUDY
Jot’s AI-First Diary: Revolutionizing How the Next Generation Journals
CASE STUDY
Product Excellence for Newsrooms: Where Design Leads Innovation
Trusted by AI startup founders from pre-seed to Series B
The brands and organizations we’re privileged to work with.
How We Help AI Product Teams
We deliver pitch decks, brand identity, conversion-optimized landing pages, onboarding flows, AI feature sprints, native mobile design, enterprise dashboards, and scalable design systems — all in 1.5–5 weeks instead of months. Built by a founder partner who optimizes for velocity and real outcomes, not agency timelines.
Quick Wins & Ongoing Partnerships
Fast-turnaround or ongoing engagements. Defined scope, defined price.
Design Audit
2–7 business days · from $499
Most UX problems are invisible until someone outside your team maps them. This is that map.
You get an annotated friction map of your product or page, a prioritized fix backlog ranked by impact-to-effort, and a Loom walkthrough so your team knows exactly what to tackle first — no agency jargon, no 40-slide deck.
Best for: Founders who suspect something is leaking conversions or activation but don’t know where.
Rapid Brand Launch
2 weeks · $1,499
Investor-grade brand identity in two weeks, built for founders who need to look serious before they feel ready.
Includes a brand strategy session, logo (3 directions), full typography and color system, and a Figma asset kit ready for product, pitch deck, and marketing.
Best for: Pre-seed and seed founders launching or fundraising in the next 30–60 days.
Investor Pitch Deck Design
1.5 weeks · $1,999
A raise-ready deck designed around how investors actually decide — not how founders want to tell their story.
Includes a narrative strategy session, slide copy direction, 12–18 fully designed Figma slides, and an editable PDF export. You walk in with a deck that signals product clarity and founder credibility.
Best for: Founders preparing a seed or Series A raise in the next 4–8 weeks.
Retainer Partnership
From $1,500/month · 10–15 hrs/month
An embedded design partner, not a vendor you manage. Priority sprint access, weekly strategy consult, and scope built around your growth targets — not a generic hours bucket.
This is for founders who need design consistently in the loop on product decisions, not just when something breaks.
Best for: Post-seed founders actively shipping features or preparing a growth phase.
Focused Sprints
Targeted, time-boxed design work on a specific product problem. Fixed scope, fixed timeline, fixed price.
Conversion-Optimized Landing Page
3 weeks · $2,999
A landing page built to convert — not to win design awards.
Includes user interviews, competitive teardown, copy and design working together (not separately), full build in Framer or Figma Make, and conversion tracking setup. Every design decision is tied to a hypothesis about your buyer.
Best for: Founders launching a product, running paid acquisition, or pitching to investors who will check your URL.
Onboarding Flow Sprint
2 weeks · $3,499
Onboarding is where most AI products silently lose users. This sprint finds and fixes the activation leak before it compounds.
Includes onboarding audit, AI-powered user research, redesigned flow (up to 8 screens), empty state design, error handling, and a dev-ready Figma handoff.
Best for: Founders with live products whose activation rate is below 25% or whose day-7 retention isn’t holding.
AI Feature Design Sprint
2.5 weeks · $5,999
Design AI features that users trust and actually adopt — not features that feel clever in a demo and get ignored in production.
Includes user research on mental models, 3 feature direction concepts, interactive prototype in Figma, and a developer handoff with AI-specific UX rationale. Delivered 3× faster than traditional agency timelines.
Best for: Founders shipping a new AI capability who need to validate UX before engineering commits.
Agentic UX & Copilot Blueprint
2 weeks · $8,999
The emerging frontier of AI product design. Most teams bolt on agents and hope for the best. This sprint architects the full agentic layer — where automation earns trust, where human control stays intact, and where errors feel recoverable.
Includes an agentic decision model (what the AI does vs. shows vs. asks), prompt UX blueprints, and 3–5 dev-ready screens for the key agent moments in your product.
Best for: Founders building copilot, agent, or autonomous workflow features who want to get the architecture right before it becomes a costly refactor.
Full Builds
End-to-end design for founders who need a full product, platform, or system built — not just a sprint. Scoped per project.
0→1 Product Launch Package
5 weeks · $12,999 · scoped per project
Everything you need to go from validated idea to launch-ready product — without hiring a design team or waiting 6 months for an agency.
Includes product strategy workshop, information architecture, full UX/UI design for web and mobile, a scalable component library, developer handoff documentation, and one round of post-build QA support.
Best for: Funded pre-seed and seed founders building their first product who need it done right, fast — before runway runs short or investors start asking for demos.
Native Mobile App Design
4 weeks · from $7,999 · scoped per project
Take your AI product native without a 12-week agency commitment.
Includes platform strategy (iOS vs. Android prioritization), mobile UX audit of any existing flows, 8–12 Figma screens, 30+ component library, and full developer handoff for both platforms.
Best for: Founders with a working web product ready to expand to mobile, or mobile-first products that need a solid design foundation before dev starts.
B2B SaaS Dashboard Design
4 weeks · from $6.999 · scoped per project
Enterprise-grade dashboards at startup speed. Built to handle real data density without looking like a spreadsheet.
Includes role mapping, AI-powered IA audit, 3–5 fully designed core screens, and a scalable component library your team can extend independently.
Best for: B2B founders whose dashboard is the product — and whose customers need it to feel fast and trustworthy, not powerful and overwhelming.
Design Systems
The infrastructure that makes every future sprint faster and every new team member immediately productive.
Design System for Startups
4 weeks · $4,999
The infrastructure that makes your product look consistent and your team ship 60% faster.
Includes a full product audit for design debt and inconsistencies, 40+ reusable Figma components, token documentation (colors, typography, spacing, motion), developer handoff guide, and a 1-hour team walkthrough session.
Best for: Series A founders whose product is growing faster than their design consistency — or teams about to hire their first junior designer.
What Founders & Leaders Say
Brute-Force Outcomes. Measurable Impact. Real Voices from AI-Driven Product Teams.
“With Poplab’s AI-powered prototyping and UX/UI Design, our artists now launch galleries 36% faster—AI-first user flows translate directly to time-to-value.”
— Product Lead, LettsArt
“AI-driven user research and agile roadmapping unlocked a new era for our subscriptions. Churn dropped, and every new feature doubled as a growth engine.”
— Product Owner, Jot
“Poplab’s blend of AI analytics and experience design not only improved our site’s look—it increased qualified leads by 32% and conversions by 36%.”
— Head of Digital Transformation, Aeonvis
Curious how these outcomes were achieved?
AI Startup Design Blog
- Why Your AI Feature Isn’t Getting Adopted (It’s Not the Model)
Your AI feature works. Your users don’t use it. The problem isn’t the model — it’s everything wrapped around it. Here’s the design gap that’s quietly killing AI feature adoption across the industry. - Your Landing Page Is Lying to Investors (And They Can Tell)
Most AI startup landing pages look great — and convert terribly. If your hero can’t answer “what does this do and why should I care right now” in one scroll, you’re losing investors, users, and budget simultaneously. Here’s how to diagnose what’s broken before your next pitch. - When AI UX Goes Rogue: Why “Smart” Interfaces Can Wreck Your Brand
When your AI starts “optimizing” UI without understanding human behavior, dark patterns aren’t a bug – they’re the default. This post breaks down how AI-driven UX can silently erode trust, inflate support costs, and expose you to real legal and reputational risk, plus what founders can do to add ethical guardrails before things blow up.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Poplab for?
AI and ML startup founders, product leads, and venture-backed teams who need design that ships fast and moves metrics. Pre-seed to Series B.
What services do you offer?
From quick wins to full builds: Design Audit, Rapid Brand Launch, Investor Pitch Deck, Landing Page, Onboarding Sprint, AI Feature Sprint, Mobile App Design, B2B Dashboard, Design System, and our full 0→1 Product Launch Package. Turnarounds range from 2 days to 5 weeks. See full services and pricing →
What’s your turnaround time?
Design Audit in 2–7 days. Pitch Deck in 1.5 weeks. Brand in 2 weeks. Landing Page in 3 weeks. AI Feature Sprint in 2.5 weeks. Full product build in 5 weeks. No multi-month retainers required to get started.
How much does it cost?
Projects start at $ 499 for a Design Audit and go up to $ 12,999 for the full 0→1 Launch Package. Retainer partnerships start at $ 1,500/month. All pricing is fixed and transparent — no hourly billing, no scope creep surprises.
Do you work with remote and international teams?
Yes — fully remote and async-first. We work with founders in the US, EU, and beyond. All deliverables are in Figma, all communication is structured to respect time zones.
What do we get at the end of a sprint?
Dev-ready Figma files, component libraries, documented design tokens, and a handoff session — depending on the sprint. Everything is built to be handed to your engineering team immediately.
Can I get ongoing support?
Yes. Retainer partnerships give you an embedded design partner at $ 1,500/month — priority sprints, weekly strategy, and a scope built around your growth targets.
How do I start?
Book a free strategy call — get a proposal within 24 hours and kick off your sprint the following week.
Ready to Compress Your Design Cycle?
Let’s talk about your roadmap and how rapid, metric-driven design can save 8-12 weeks of dev time.