Some big news from the design world. Four major acquisitions happened in 2025: ➡️ ($610M) Shopify bought Molly Studio (Aug 2025) All 7 designers from the NYC studio that worked with Apple, Nike, Google. They're now Shopify's new "AI-first" Product Design Studio. ➡️ ($6.5B) OpenAI bought Jony Ive's "io" (May-Jul 2025) OpenAI's biggest acquisition ever. LoveFrom stays independent but now leads all OpenAI design. ➡️ ($610M) Atlassian bought Browser Company (Sep 2025) The makers of Arc and Dia browsers. Building the "AI browser for knowledge workers." ➡️ Accenture bought Yumemi (May 2025, undisclosed) 400+ Japanese designers with their "design engineering" methodology. Powers 60M monthly users. Here's what this actually means for us: - Design is becoming strategic infrastructure. Like, actual business-critical infrastructure. - Companies are buying entire design cultures and AI-native workflows. The studios that got acquired? They all cracked the code on designing FOR AI, not just WITH AI. - Small teams (7-400 people) are commanding billion-dollar valuations. The opportunity is massive. We're architecting how humans interact with AI. That's the new game. ❓What AI design ideas have you been thinking about? ________ 📁 Sources: https://www.molly.studio/ https://openai.com/sam-and-jony/ https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/04/atlassian-to-buy-arc-developer-the-browser-company-for-610m/ https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/2025/accenture-to-acquire-yumemi-to-accelerate-the-launch-of-innovative-and-influential-digital-products

Hey everyone, Just wanted to give a quick welcome to all the new members who joined AI Design Club over the past few days. Really cool to see the mix of people finding their way here. We've got : ↳designers ↳engineers ↳marketers ↳and builders from all different backgrounds. Shoutout to @Lionel Lassalle , @Stéphane R , @Peter Ong , @Budali Lemrabbi , @George Skiadas , @Spyros Salouros , @Naoufel Ghachem , @Sajith Priyanka , @Aashif Ali , @Ioanna Kastanioti , @Rj Austin , @Stratos Michailidis , @Moiz Contractor , @Shola Shola , @Vero M , @Jewel Barnes , @Balu A , @Cris F , @Annie Indreiten , @Catherine Wildfeuer , @Sridhar Paruchuri , @Aditya Pandey , @Darius Davis , @Gordon Harkness , @Mariane S and Welcome! This community is pretty straightforward. We focus on practical AI workflows that actually help you design and build better. Here's what I'd suggest for everyone: Jump into the "👋Introduce Yourself" category and tell us: ↳ What you do (2-3 Sentences) 👀 ↳ What you're hoping to learn about AI 💪 ↳ What's the most random prompt you've ever given an AI tool? 🤨 I saw some of your expertise areas when you joined, but would love to hear more about what projects you're working on.