I have been using Sonnet 5 for most of my prototyping work, since it gave me a nice balance of token spend and output. Curious to try Sonnet 5.5, new month = new tokens! 🎉
Deel has little moments of seasonal delight, like this Oktoberfest pretzel throwing you can do on app.deel.com. Shoutout to our Delight team for creating moments like this 💜
So log in to your Deel web account, have some fun and see if you can beat my high score! 🥨🍻
Day 2 of #ShiftUX: Abby Covert asked "How can we shape our tools?"
Figma beat Sketch through collaboration.
Now AI has us all yapping solo to a buddy that always agrees. Tools won't set us up to collaborate, so we have to.
Can every sprint be a hackathon? 🤝
Every time I see those growth numbers it blows my mind. Truly something special and a great talk!
EXCLUSIVE: The Sales Machine Behind $17.3B Deel
Co-Founder & CRO Shuo Wang (@shuooo)
$1M → $100M → $1B → $1.5B+ ARR
I sat down with Shuo in the South of France to break down the *sales machine* behind one of tech’s fastest-growing companies.
@deel stats:
› $1.5B+ in revenue
› $17.3B valuation (Ribbit, Coatue, a16z)
› 40,000+ customers
› 15 acquisitions
› Launched Akai, its AI agent platform
(Rumors a crazy new ai product launching soon 👀)
Deel added >$140M ARR in 90 days without increasing headcount by automating~600 Full Time Employees' equivalent in work with Akai
Shuo co-founded Deel alongside Alex Bouaziz (@Bouazizalex), Co-Founder & CEO, in 2019. They built Deel as a global company from day 1. Today, the company helps businesses hire, manage & pay teams around the world.
We also get into:
› Why Shuo thinks founders simply aren't selling enough
› Building & incentivizing a remote sales organization across 120 countries
› How an MIT-trained robotics engineer became CRO
› Shuo and Alex's founder dynamic, going global from day one
› What she's learned from James Dyson & Jeff Bezos
𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒
(00:00) Shuo Wang, Co-Founder & CRO at Deel
(00:41) How Deel went from $100M to $1B ARR in 3 years
(02:43) Why Deel went global from day one
(03:36) Who uses Deel? From ElevenLabs to Chanel
(04:16) Hot take
(05:15) Why sales is really about systems
(06:18) How to build a winning remote sales team
(07:48) Going global with Snoop Dogg
(08:34) How Shou & Alex divide roles
(09:23) The founder who inspired Shuo
(10:24) The Bezos mindset
(11:36) NEW Hot take
Reflecting on day 1 from Shift UX conference and it's clear: our job is to stay human-centered while technology pushes us the other way.
Research matters. Showing up matters. And we can't do it alone. Things are changing for everyone, so lets support each other.
#ShiftUX2026
Attended Shift UX (@RosenfeldMedia's 1st UX conf) last week. Best part: they paused the program for group sensemaking panels.
It helped to unpack what we'd just learned, together. Forces you to think, not just absorb.
More conferences need this!
#uxconference #shiftux2026
Designing for AI interactions? I can highly recommend the great collection seen here: shapeof.ai/
The site has an overview of many patterns that show how AI interactions can be made clear to the user. Definitely one of my go-to sites.
#AIDesign #AIUXPatterns
Always a delight when your daily tools get quality of life updates. @figma introduced tab grouping and project folder structures in their desktop app.
Relatively small changes, that make a huge difference organizing my files. Love it! 🥰
I'm really proud that @deel offers these kind of give backs and that as employees we can vote to support our favorite cause.
You can announce your values, or you can live them.
We asked our team where Deel should give back. They chose @TBBforTalent and @technovation 🙌
Beyond the monetary donation, they also volunteered their own time to these organizations.
Always proud of our Deelers!
This is such a critical component of your overall career. Seeing it being made native in Deel is very satisfying.
Retirement is top of mind. It shouldn't be out of sight. 👀
Deel Retirement brings your 401(k) into Deel, connected to payroll—plans powered by @getbasiccapital and @humaninteresthq.
Live in the US today 🇺🇸, UK coming soon 🇬🇧
I am celebrating 1 year at @deel this week. Felt like five, in the best way. Grateful for the people here.
Designing for AI interactions? I can highly recommend the great collection seen here: shapeof.ai/, created by the awesome Emily Campbell.
The site offers design considerations, related patterns and examples. Definitely one of my go-to sites.
#AIDesign #AIUXPatterns
Design systems just stopped being documentation.
Figma agents can now write to canvas with your components + follow "skills" that encode your conventions. The guideline IS the executor now.
Crisp system → superpower.
Messy system → automated chaos.
#DesignSystems #AIDesign
AI is making design production cheap. That means judgment, taste and knowing what not to build become more valuable.
Why am I (a Product Designer) opening PRs?
Not to become a full-stack dev, but to test locally and ship quick copy fixes & UI polish.
Thanks to Claude Code it is now easier to stay close to the code and build better end-to-end empathy.
Jumping into PRs yet?
#ProductDesign #UX
🤖 Made with AI
