AI in Design Report 2026

The second annual report by Designer Fund and Foundation Capital on how design teams are adapting to AI across tooling, craft, and org.

AI in Design 2026 aims to capture how AI is transforming tech design across designers’ desks and within their teams. We ran our first AI in Design survey in early 2025 because we consistently heard designers and leaders ask, “How are others doing this, and what’s working?” A year later, we’re attempting to get a sense for what’s changed and share firsthand perspectives. The answers come from over 900 designers at startups, enterprises, and agencies who work across disciplines like product design, brand design, research, and design engineering. We also conducted over 20 interviews with…

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• Turja Chowdhury
• Song You
• Nicklaus Tran
• Helen Huang
• Tracy Tsoi
• Jadden Picardal

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