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Pablo Stanley

Design + code at Vercel (v0); co-founder of Lummi (acquired by Udemy 2025), creator of Humaaans and Open Peeps

SeniorLeads from the frontNew schoolAIBrandProduct
A hands-on builder leading the AI transition by shipping AI design tools and free, open systems that lift the entire design community rather than thinning it.

Signature win. Built Lummi from a 2020 idea into an AI design-tools company acquired by Udemy in 2025, while shaping how a generation of designers work with AI.

The case

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CraftPioneered modular mix-and-match illustration systems (Humaaans, Open Peeps, Avataaars); held the design bar as lead at InVision and co-founder/designer of Carbon Health, now shipping at Vercel v0.9
CommunicationSketch Together YouTube, global keynotes, and AI-design masterclasses make design legible to huge audiences; rare clarity in teaching how to design AI experiences.9
BusinessCo-founded Carbon Health and built Lummi from 2020 to a 2025 Udemy acquisition; proven ability to turn design tools into durable, acquired companies.8
Education[Education recalibrated toward editorial baseline] Relentlessly ships free CC0 libraries used by design teams worldwide, runs tutorials/critiques on Sketch Together, and elevates Latinx designers via 'Diseño Cha Cha Cha'.8
InnovationBuilt AI design tools (Lummi, Musho) and works on v0 to lower the floor for everyone — AI adoption that empowers more creators rather than replacing them; passes the elevate test.9

Endorsed by peers

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OverallI'd work for them107
CraftRaised my craft bar113
CommunicationMade the case for design113
BusinessMade design matter to the business101
EducationTaught me something I still use101
InnovationShowed me a new way to work113

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