How Stripe creates room for good ideas to spread
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From AI-cation days to “roofshots, not moonshots,” inside Stripe’s approach to experimentation without letting speed set the standard.
In our AI in Design case study series, we’re exploring how leading design teams are adapting their work for the AI era. Today, we’re looking inside Stripe, where experiments emerge from the bottom up and useful new workflows earn their way into wider use. When Stripe’s Head of Design, Katie Dill, first encouraged her team to experiment with AI, the message was simple: go try the tools. At first, it didn’t lead to a ton of change. Designers were busy and didn’t feel like they had room to take a risk on an unfamiliar workflow. They weren’t sure which tools were secure, whether they were…
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