UX design for AI products
Designing AI products people can check, trust and actually use
Studio Infer is a product design studio for funded and YC-backed AI startups: product and UX design and the brand around it for agents, copilots and complicated AI workflows. We design the parts of an AI product a person actually touches — the action an agent suggests, the answer someone has to sign off on, what the product says while it works.
Breaking down complicated AI workflows into products that feel super simple is the whole job, which is why most of the work below is technical.
What we design
Agents that show their working
An agent that hands over a conclusion without the reasoning is a liability, not a time saver. On Audrion we put the reasoning next to every action the agent suggests, and made every suggestion editable before anyone signs it off.
Answers you can trace
Nobody signs off on a number they cannot trace. For Democritus AI the answer, the steps behind it and sources you can click sit in a panel beside the data, not on top of it.
Waiting that says what is happening
AI work takes time, and a spinner tells you nothing. Peggy's onboarding shows you something useful before it asks for your inbox, then says what it is doing while it works.
Expert tools with a sensible default
There is rarely one best answer, and showing every control hands the maths to the user. Verge Ag now opens on a balanced plan, with goal-based alternatives and the technical controls kept as overrides.
How it works
Understand the problem
We read your tickets, sit in your calls, and watch people use what you have now. The brief usually changes by the end of it.
Prototype with Claude
Claude gets a working version standing up in days. Arguing about a real screen beats arguing about a description of one.
Test and feedback
It goes in front of the people who will actually use it. We write down where they hesitate, not only what they tell us.
Polish and hand off
Every state, every edge case, and a file your engineers can build from without asking us what we meant by it.
Most things take two or three passes before they are right.
Engagements
Projects start at $8k, and we’re booking projects for Q1 2027.
- RetainerFlat monthly fee
- For teams shipping every week who need design to keep up. Standing weekly time and a fixed review slot. Roadmap work designed as it comes, not in batches. Priority on anything blocking a release. Marketing assets in the same engagement. Month to month, cancel with 30 days' notice.
- Fixed scopeFrom $8,000
- For a defined project with a clear scope and finish line. Scope agreed in writing before we start. Fixed price that doesn't move if the work runs long. Weekly deliverables, no big reveal at the end. Handover session with your team. Private Slack channel.
Who it's for
Founders and teams at funded and YC-backed AI startups, in the US, Europe and India.
We're strongest when the shape of the thing is still up for debate, and when the product is genuinely complicated — which is why most of the work you'll see is technical.
Teams we’ve worked with: Audrion (YC F25), Democritus AI, Peggy, Verge Ag, Tensorlake, Metaforms, Revalgo, Tank Payments (YC 22), Mercura (YC 25), Scalio, Denave, Legacy Code HQ, Nura.
“They turned complex seasonal planning into interactive elements that make planning feel more like play than work.”
You’ve got questions? We’ve got answers.
What does UX design for an AI product involve?
Everything a person touches around the model: how they ask, how an answer or an action arrives, how they check it, edit it or reject it, and what the product says while it is working. Studio Infer designs those states with the same care as the main screens, and hands engineers tokens and components to build them from.
What kinds of AI products does Studio Infer design?
Agents and assistants, AI tools that read messy data, and expert software with AI inside it. Case studies include Audrion (YC F25), an audit platform with an agent; Democritus AI, an industrial data engine; Peggy, an AI family assistant; and Verge Ag, path planning for farm equipment.
Have you worked with YC startups?
Yes: Audrion (YC F25), Mercura (YC 25) and Tank Payments (YC 22), alongside Democritus AI, Peggy, Verge Ag, Tensorlake, Metaforms, Revalgo, Scalio, Legacy Code HQ and Nura.
What's your minimum budget?
Projects start at $8,000. Most teams work with us on a fixed-scope project or a monthly retainer.
How do engagements work?
Two ways. Fixed scope: the scope is agreed in writing, the price doesn't move if the work runs long, and you get weekly deliverables. Retainer: a flat monthly fee for standing weekly design time and a fixed review slot, month to month with 30 days' notice.
Do you work with startups in the US and Europe?
Yes. Studio Infer is based in Bengaluru, India, and works remotely with founders in the US, Europe and India across PST, CET and IST, with a fixed weekly review slot and a private Slack channel.
When can you start?
We're booked through 2026 and taking new projects from Q1 2027. A call now is how you hold a slot.