Podcast: From Playwright to Apple Designer to Building Social AI Startup Hivemind
soleio · x · 2026-11-01
First of Kind podcast S3E2 features Jason Yuan on his path from playwright to Apple designer to founding Hivemind, a social intelligence product.
- Core theme: how playwright training prepared him for designing social intelligence, and how AI systems can deliver brutal truths en route to deeper self-knowledge
- Notable quote: "I showed it to my therapist, and she was like, turn it off"
- Topics include MercuryOS to Dot, designing the Hivemind launch, and the information market
- Full episode available on YouTube and podcast platforms
Related event: Ex-Apple Designer Jason Yuan on Building AI Social Product Hivemind(2 posts)→
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