Ex-Apple Designer Jason Yuan on Hivemind and Designing AI Social Intelligence With Drama
soleio · x · 2026-11-01
First of Kind, a design podcast hosted by former Apple designer Soleio, features Hivemind founder Jason Yuan in S3E02, titled "For the Plot," running about 45 minutes. Key points:
- Jason Yuan's background: a former Apple designer who created the early intent-based computing concept MercuryOS, later co-founded Dot, a personal AI companion with long-term narrative memory, and is now building Hivemind as his second startup
- Core ideas: Hivemind runs on principles rather than rules; every relationship is a co-created story; the product's creed is "for the plot"
- He believes the best products, like the best stories, are built on "truths in the plural"
- Topics covered: from playwriting to designing social intelligence, Hivemind's launch design, the information market, and the value of being known
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