The tools for designing and building software are advancing fast. Every day, we use AI to accelerate research, design, development, and business processes for real clients.

Clients are amazed by the efficiency gains, both for our team and theirs. Choosing a partner that embraces and leads with cutting-edge tools means you get more validated learning, more working software, and more momentum out of every dollar.

How AI changes our UX work

Same rigor. New speed.

AI doesn't replace UX judgment. It removes the drag between having a question and having an answer. We pair experienced, US-based designers and researchers with AI-enhanced workflows at every stage, so the expensive part of your project, human expertise, goes toward decisions instead of production busywork.

Here's what that looks like in practice:

• Workshop transcripts become synthesized findings the same week.

• Prototypes are built in real code, so users test something that behaves like the actual product.

• Developers receive a working front-end instead of static mockups.

• You keep the tools and workflows we set up, long after the engagement ends.

Wondering where we draw the lines on quality, data privacy, and disclosure? We've published our principles: How We Use AI →

We compress weeks of traditional discovery into days without skipping the thinking.

• Strategy Alignment Workshop. A focused session that gets stakeholders on the same page about vision, users, and priorities. AI synthesis of the workshop turns your team's raw input into structured findings fast.

• Product Vision Blueprint. A one-page strategic anchor capturing your product's purpose, audience, and goals.

• Market Landscape & Competitive Analysis. AI deep research scans trend reports, competitor products, reviews, and forums to surface patterns, threats, and white space in a fraction of the traditional timeline.

• AI-Powered User Insights. Research-informed persona profiles plus simulated interviews that pressure-test your direction before you invest in live research. When real user data arrives, we refine or replace them.

• Needs-Driven Product Roadmap. A prioritized plan where every feature ties back to a validated user need, so your team knows what to build, when, and why.

• Domain-Tuned AI Agent. A custom AI assistant trained on your discovery inputs: vision, personas, research, and strategy. Your team keeps it as an always-on extension of the project's thinking.

Are we all-AI all the time?
Far from it. We mix traditional research and digital design techniques with AI-enabled processes, continually optimizing to ensure the best balance of quality and speed.

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AI-Accelerated Design

• Experience Architecture & Functional Specs. The structural map and behavioral documentation that connect user needs to buildable features, reducing ambiguity and rework downstream.

• Visual Direction Concepts. Early explorations of tone, layout, and personality so stakeholders align on a creative direction before detailed design begins.

• High-Fidelity UI & Design System Primer. Production-ready interface design and a lightweight, scalable set of reusable components, crafted by experienced designers in Figma. AI tools accelerate the process; human craft sets the quality bar.

Working Prototypes & Starter Code

This is where the AI-enabled process pays off most visibly.

• Clickable Prototype, Built in Code. Using AI-enhanced development tools, we build interactive prototypes powered by actual front-end code. Users navigate real flows and dynamic elements, so testing happens earlier and feedback is more trustworthy than with static mockups.

• Real-User Feedback & Iteration. Unmoderated testing sessions with participants from your target audience, followed by a focused iteration cycle that resolves usability issues before development begins.

• UI Code Starter Repository. Your approved prototype, translated into clean, component-based HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, ready for your development team to integrate. Less guesswork, faster handoff, visual consistency from design through build.

AI Build Tune-Up

Built something with AI or low-code tools in-house? Smart move. Now make it launch-ready.

We evaluate AI-built and no-code products through the lens of proven UX principles: usability, interaction design, consistency, accessibility, and alignment with user and business goals. You get clear, practical recommendations that turn a functional build into a polished experience, without a full redesign.

AI Enablement for Your Team

Want your own team working this way? We help UX, product, and founder-led teams adopt the tools, systems, and processes we use ourselves: tool selection and setup, workflow design, prompt and process libraries, and hands-on training. You gain lasting capability, and the confidence to use it well.

Tom Drugan heads up the AI practice at Slide UX. A systems thinker with experience across the full product lifecycle, from strategy and research through design, development, and launch, Tom has spent the past several years immersed in the tools reshaping how software gets built.

Tom develops the AI methodologies behind our accelerated delivery process and pressure-tests every emerging tool on real client work before it touches yours. He also trains teams, both ours and our clients', to put these tools to work with confidence. Tom believes we're entering the era of the Product Builder, where a small team can carry an idea all the way from research to working software, and he brings a calm, complexity-simplifying presence to engagements where everything about building software seems to be changing at once.

What clients say about working this way

Here are some of the things clients have said about our ability to accelerate research, design, development, and business processes.

“We were referred to Slide UX, and hired them to do a rapid upgrade of the UI for one of our SaaS solutions. Daniel and team were responsive, efficient, exceptionally professional, and cost effective. Slide UX earned our trust; and we will definitely be hiring them for additional work.”

Jonathan Wender
Co-Founder & President, Polis Solutions

“Slide UX has been an excellent design partner, providing impactful solutions that look amazing and are purpose-driven! They expertly ask the right questions, modify features and provide design variations to shorten product development timelines and deliver thoughtful results that anticipate customer needs. Slide UX has integrated seamlessly with our teams, and has turned me into a believer of the efficacy of external design agencies!”

Product Manager, Capital One

“What impressed me the most was how well they understood my product and brand. It felt like they were part of my team, not like I was working with an outside vendor. They understood what I was working on and trying to build.

“Slide UX helped me find the right balance between getting enough information to make a customized AI tool and not too much so that we would lose people in the flow. The project was completed on time, on budget, and exceeded my quality expectations. I knew what to expect and when to expect it.”

Sarah Dooley
Founder and CEO, AI-Empowered Mom

“Their quick turnaround on visual representations after receiving our requirements has allowed us to maintain momentum and keep the project moving forward.

“When Slide UX joined, they quickly applied their interview techniques to not only drive alignment on strategy but also provided valuable written documentation based on their findings. No other company had been able to help us unite our stakeholders. What felt like an impossible task was handled seamlessly by SlideUX, and we’ve made significant progress as a result.”

Rachel Morrell
Senior Director & Web Engineering, SolarWinds

“I had a complex set of screens and workflows to redesign on a limited budget. Slide UX did a great job of delivering bang for the buck.

“I came to Slide UX with a fixed budget and a complicated UX redesign project. We were able to work through an impressive number of iterations in a short time to up-level the UX of our premium module quickly. The initial delivery of their UX changes was very highly received by our market and has increased sales of this premium module. They also gave us enough backlog designs that we continue to roll out improvements based on this very successful project.”

Meredith Zachritz
Director, Product Management, Journyx

“I've had the pleasure of working with Slide UX on user facing designs for a couple projects now, and they have delivered quality materials in quick timelines. They were quick to understand the intent and goal of the user experience I was envisioning, and asked great pointed questions to push my thinking even further. Their designs and prototypes were ready to share with the broader team, and helped drive the decision making process much quicker. Above and beyond this though, they were patient and informative in answering my questions, and helped me learn about how they are thinking about the design which goes beyond what they were asked to help with, which I appreciated greatly. I look forward to continuing to work with them.”

Eric Seo
Senior Product Manager, Capital One Shopping