Learn how top design teams actually use AI.
Straight from the people who run them. One guest practitioner and one brief every month. Ship six and earn the d.AI certificate.
d.AI in 90 seconds.
From junior designers to CDOs.
Designers at every level.
Juniors who graduated just before AI reached the curriculum and need a portfolio that proves they can use it. Seniors who want a system instead of a pile of tricks. Leads who need to set the standard for their team.
A private digital community.
The monthly brief with its resources and challenges, a thread to post work and get it reviewed, and a library of guides for when you get stuck. Every past brief stays in the archive, so you can pick up any of them.
How the best design teams use AI.
Every month covers one workflow that leading design teams already run, shared by someone who runs it. Stack them up and you stop waiting on handoffs: you research, build and ship, and speak the language of product, engineering and business.
Plenty of briefs need no code at all. Where one uses an AI coding tool, you learn what you need inside d.AI.
+ whatever the best teams start doing next. The topics follow the guests, and the guests follow the field.
A synthesis pipeline for a real dataset, with every insight traceable to a quote.
Synthesis in hours, not weeks. Teams feed interview transcripts, support tickets and survey answers to a model, then cluster themes with the source quotes attached. Researchers spend their time judging insights instead of tagging sticky notes.
A live prototype of one flow, deployed to a link anyone can open.
From frame to working prototype. Designers skip the clickable mockup and build prototypes in code with AI coding tools. Real data, real states, real latency. Usability tests run on the thing itself, the same week.
An agent that audits a design system and reports what's out of sync.
Systems that maintain themselves. Agents audit components for drift, draft documentation, check contrast and keep tokens in sync between Figma and code. The system team reviews changes instead of writing them.
One real screen taken from wireframe to pixel perfect UI with an AI partner in the loop, plus the prompts that got it there.
Faster hands, same taste. The judgement stays yours: hierarchy, spacing, type, motion. AI takes the production side: variants, states, responsive versions, copy drafts and code. Designers describe the intent and critique the output, and ship UI that used to take a week in an afternoon.
An automation that removes one recurring chore from your own week.
Automating the work around the work. Handoff specs, critique notes, release notes, request triage. Design ops teams hand the repeatable parts to agents so designers spend the week designing.
One month. One guest. One brief.
Each month a practitioner from a top design team shares how their team uses AI. We turn it into one brief, with resources and challenges, for the whole community. Just one a month, so there's time to go deep. It's all async: no live calls, no fixed times, you work when it suits you.
The guest
A practitioner from a top design team shares how their team really uses AI: the tools, the prompts, what broke, what stuck.
The brief
A brief is a real design challenge you make and submit. Each month's brief is built on the guest's workflow, with resources and smaller challenges that build up to it. You have the month to make it, with the community to get you unstuck.
Ship it
Post what you made before the month ends. Review what others made. Every accepted submission earns 10 credits toward your certificate.
- 1 guest
- 1 brief
- 10 credits
- Async
Upcoming guests
One a month
John is a product design leader focused on building products powered by AI and helping teams turn complexity into clear, impactful experiences. He is currently Product Design Director at Fin (formerly Intercom), where he is helping build its AI customer service platform.
Guests from teams you respect. Designers doing great work with AI share exactly how they do it, so you can try it yourself.
In the community all month. Each guest stays for their month, so you can ask questions and get their guidance.
Program by d.MBA. About 100 designers have been making with us in AI Makers Club since early 2026.
Earn your d.AI certificates.
Each brief you ship earns 10 credits. At 60 credits you earn the d.AI 60 certificate, then d.AI 120, d.AI 180 and on from there. Your latest one shows on your community profile.
Certificate · Design AI Academy
has successfully completed the requirements of the d.AI program in applied AI for design.
Verifiedd.AI · 120 / 120 credits · December 2027- Maya Chen d.AI 601dPosted in Show & Tell
- Tom Okafor d.AI 1203dPosted in Brief 01
- Sofia Reyes d.AI 1801wPosted in Meet & Greet
Start with this month's brief.
d.AI is a continuous program, so you can join at any time and get access right away. Pick up the current brief, and your credits start with your first submission.
Billed monthly. Cancel anytime.
First 77 members only. The price never goes up for you.
- A new brief every month from a top design team
- Resources and challenges built on their workflow
- The community, guides and d.AI certificate
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FAQ.
Is this a course?
No. AI moves too fast for a fixed course that's out of date by the time you finish it. d.AI is a continuous program and a community you keep using. Every month brings a new workflow from a team that runs it, and you learn it by making something with it.
I'm new to AI, or I've never written code. Is that a problem?
No. You learn what you need inside each brief. Plenty of briefs need no code at all, and where one uses an AI coding tool, the resources walk you through it.
Do I need to keep up with every AI launch?
No, that's our job. We follow the models, the tools and the threads, then bring you the one workflow worth your time, already proven by a team that uses it. Mute the rest and get back to designing.
When can I start?
Right now. Join today and start on this month's brief. There's no start date and no cohort to wait for, and your credits count from your first submission.
I'm a junior designer looking for work. Is this for me?
Yes. Teams are hiring designers who already work with AI, and most design degrees haven't caught up yet. d.AI gives you real projects for your portfolio and a dated certificate that shows you made them.
Who are the guests?
Practitioners from design teams known for their work with AI: heads of design, design leads, design systems and research leads. They share how their team actually works, we turn that into the month's brief and resources, and they stay in the community for the month to answer questions.
How do credits work?
Each accepted brief earns 10 credits. At 60 credits you earn the d.AI 60 certificate, then d.AI 120, d.AI 180 and on from there. That's six briefs per certificate, at whatever pace suits you.
What happens after I reach 60 credits?
You keep earning certificates. Someone at d.AI 180 has shipped eighteen briefs with eighteen guests, and it shows. Each certificate is dated, so a recent one proves you're current, not just certified once.
What if I miss a month?
Nothing breaks. The next brief arrives on schedule, your credits stay where they are, and you pick up whenever you're ready.
What tools will we use?
Whatever the guest's team uses, which usually means an AI coding tool like Claude Code or Codex, plus the design and research tools you already know. Entry tiers are usually enough and aren't included in the price.
Are there live calls?
No. Everything is async. The brief, the resources and the community are there whenever you are, so it fits around a full time job and any time zone.
How much time does it take?
As much as you want to give it. There's one brief a month, and most fit into a few focused evenings.
Is my work mine?
Yes, entirely. Everything you make is yours to keep and put in your portfolio.
Can I sign up my team?
Yes. For teams of five or more, write to support@d.mba with your team size and we will send you a team offer.
Who runs d.AI?
Alen Faljic and Tom Prior, the founder and program director of d.MBA, the business school for designers. We've spent years teaching designers new skills with the "learn by doing" method. d.AI is that method, pointed at AI.