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Gleb Kuznetsov

Chief Design Officer at Brain Technologies and Founder/CEO of design studio Milkinside

ExecutiveLeads from the frontHybrid schoolAIProductBrand
A top-tier craft executive actively defining what human-centered AI product design looks like, betting that AI raises rather than replaces design talent.

Signature win. Built Milkinside into an award-laden AI-product design studio (27+ Webbys, Red Dot, CES) shaping how AI experiences feel for Apple, Samsung, and Airbus.

The case

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Craft27+ Webby awards plus Red Dot, iF, CES Innovation for products like the iFly A380 and SAS apps; widely cited benchmark for emotional/motion product craft.10
CommunicationProlific public voice (talks at Digital Design Days, podcasts, Medium, 24K+ following) articulating a clear thesis on how AI products should feel; persuasive but more visionary than systems-rigor framing.8
BusinessFounder/CEO of Milkinside studio serving Apple, Google, Samsung, Airbus, Mercedes; CDO at Brain Technologies; Stanford MBA; ties design directly to shipped commercial AI products.8
EducationBuilds and manages design teams, mentors publicly, and stakes a 'design talent becomes more respected' future for AI; strong influence but limited documented org-wide reskilling at scale.4
InnovationPushing the practice toward AI experience design (Brain Technologies, Imagica) and encoding taste/judgment into AI products; frames AI as elevating human creativity, not replacing it.9

Endorsed by peers

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OverallI'd work for them29
CraftRaised my craft bar49
CommunicationMade the case for design39
BusinessMade design matter to the business39
EducationTaught me something I still use20
InnovationShowed me a new way to work44

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