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Cursor Head of Design Roasts Startup Websites
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Cursor Head of Design Ryo Lu has spent his career at the intersection of design and engineering—from building fan sites as a kid to designing products at Stripe, Asana, and Notion. Now he's rethinking how software itself gets made. On this episode of Design Review, Ryo joins YC's Aaron Epstein to break down how great product websites communicate what a company does. They walk through sites from early-stage startups, calling out the small choices in structure, clarity, and brand that help users understand a product instantly — and the ones that get in the way. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - Crunched 05:30 - Velvet 09:00 - Klavis AI 14:30 - Code Crafters 20:40 - Slashy 22:50 - Freya 26:00 - Finta 30:30 - Vibeflow Thank you to these companies for volunteering*: Crunched (https://www.usecrunched.com/) Velvet (https://velvet.video/) Klavis AI (https://www.klavis.ai/) Code Crafters (https://codecrafters.io/) Slashy (https://www.slashy.com/) Freya (https://freyavoice.ai/) Finta (https://www.finta.com/) Vibeflow (https://app.vibeflow.ai/) *Some of the featured websites may be updated between the time we film and publish Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply
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Intro
"Today I'm excited to welcome Rio Lou. He's the head of design at Cursor, the leading AI coding tool used by more than a million people worldwide. Before that, he was a founding designe..."
Crunched
">> So let's take a look. First one we've got is crunched >> logo looks like a replet. >> It does. Yeah. Okay. So AI reimagined for Excel yet s..."
Velvet
">> Interesting logo choice. It's like a little face. You can't really see. >> I can't even see it from here. Yeah. >> So, obviously li..."
Klavis AI
">> Why is it introducing Strata? >> Yeah, I thought this was Clavis. >> Why is there two names when you're just starting? Like, why? [laughter] &g..."
Code Crafters
"That's it. >> Yep. Thank you, Clav. All right. Code crafters. >> Ah. >> Oh, we got the purple gradients. They're here. >> Scary...."
Slashy
">> So, this is slashy. >> Oh, for email. >> Oh, so it looks like notion mail. >> Yeah. Okay. You obviously have a lot of experience with notion ..."
Freya
"up, we've got Freya. >> Oh, >> voice AI that sounds human for enterprise. >> How can I hear it? >> Uh, here we go. Talk to Freya. &g..."
Finta
">> Mhm. >> Automate bookkeeping. Effortless tax filing. Real-time insight. set up in 10 minutes. Back to building by 5:12 p.m. >> Very detailed. Not sure what..."
Vibeflow
"visually. >> Okay. >> Nice. >> Where's the visuals? Um, projects. Explore your projects. Sign in to see projects. >> All right. Well, cl..."