Escha Vera - Designing Perplexity’s Comet and Using AI Like an Artist
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Imagine it’s your first day as a designer at Perplexity... and the VP of Design hands you the keys for their all-new AI browser, Comet.
That’s the story for Escha Vera.
So this week’s episode is a deep dive into her design process and what it looks like to use AI like an artist.
- How she designed Comet onboarding experience
- Creating generative invite codes using multiple AI tools
- How she created the Perplexity design system from scratch
- How she productized AI without leading with chat interfaces or prompts
- What are her principles for designing AI experiences that prioritize usability
- + a lot more
- Soleio sent the intro to Henry Modisett
- She worked at Descript before joining Perplexity
- Previously worked on Daylight Computer and Motif
- Collaborating with Phi Hong on branding at Perplexity
- Uses Suno for music generation and remixing
