AI Startup Studio (WIP)

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TIMELINE

Jan 2026 - Present

TEAM

4 Engineers

ROLE

Product Designer & Developer

TOOLS

Figma

OVERVIEW

As part of Columbia's Startup Studio: AI-Accelerated Building & Validation course, our team is building a mobile platform for discovering social activities through trusted networks and community taste.


The product lets users follow friends, log what they do, and surface recommendations powered by personal signal and broader community activity — merging the trust of close connections with the reach of scalable discovery.


I lead product design while contributing to development. The project follows a full startup lifecycle — from research and validation to MVP development and iterative testing with real users — while leveraging AI to accelerate both product design and engineering workflows.

Currently conducting UX interviews and validating problem space… Coming soon!

Hold on, I'm iterating…

New York, NY

01:53:12

Sunday, Mar 15, 2026

© 2026 Cynthia Jin. All rights reserved.

Hold on, I'm iterating…

New York, NY

01:53:12

Sunday, Mar 15, 2026

© 2026 Cynthia Jin. All rights reserved.

Hold on, I'm iterating…

New York, NY

01:53:12

Sunday, Mar 15, 2026

© 2026 Cynthia Jin. All rights reserved.