Sebastian 忠威 Speier

Today marks my first six months on the @perplexity design team. I like to wait a while before announcing a new job, because you never know how that first hump is going to go.. But this has truly been an incredibly empowering and exciting opportunity, and the change of scenery from 𝒷𝒾𝑔 𝓉𝑒𝒸𝒽 has been deeply refreshing and restorative for me. I’m working with some of the most talented people I’ve ever met; people who inspire me every day, and I’m honored to call them my team, my colleagues, my friends. Every week is a new opportunity to learn something, and the only real obstacle is my own fear.

I’ve been incredibly lucky to design the first AI-powered mobile web browser. It’s not every day that you get to design an app by yourself and watch it drop into the hands of over a million people in its first week. iOS is coming very soon—we’re just ironing out a few wrinkles!

I’m stoked for everything we’re going to build on this team, and I am feeling super grateful for all the help and guidance along the way. Here’s to another six months, and then another, and then many, many more.