AI Design for the Enterprise

Creative Next: AI Automation at Work

Amy Yoshitsu, a Founder and the Head of Design for Kleeen software, joins us to talk about their vision for using machine learning to automate a variety of design and engineering tasks for enterprise software.

She introduces us to the plans of her startup, Kleeen Software, which aspires to transform enterprise software by automating a variety of design and engineering tasks. Amy also talks about how Kleeen hopes to level up remote collaboration in the process, shared in part from the perspective of their own distributed team and model.

Memorable Quotes

“Imagine a world where the enhancement of the core features were part of a release all the time instead of just once a year.”

“What makes software a good candidate for automation? Consistency. What makes good UX, what makes good code, or even good features? It is consistency. We were able to determine patterns and repetition in something, and that something may be a good candidate for automation if we can do that.”

“When designers are creating wonderful things and working with engineers who aren't totally bogged down by the tedious tasks on their end, they can be excited about and engaged in making the product they're working on its best.”

“The process is about making connections and determining patterns, and then the goal is to automate those patterns away.”

“Our goal is that anyone can quickly make a high fidelity prototype of a flow or a product to clearly communicate their ideas.”

“The skills that are gonna be important are critical and analytical thinking, creativity, and emotional intelligence. And the requirements for these will only grow, especially in the design world.”

“Maybe technology could facilitate people having different experiences that are outside of the limitations of their body and identity. And maybe this will help people to understand each other and maybe themselves a little bit more.”

“Enterprise spaces are more appropriate for this automation oriented approach than let's say the consumer or the medical product space.”

“We start with the problem, we understand the data that we have right now around that problem, and then we back into the right algorithm for a specific situation.”

“We are able to decompose UI and teach our system about these modular concepts.”

Who You'll Hear

Dirk Knemeyer, Social Futurist and Producer of Creative Next (@dknemeyer)

Jonathan Follett, Writer, Electronic Musician, Emerging Tech Researcher and Producer of Creative Next (@jonfollett)

Amy Yoshitsu, Co-Founder and Head of Design, Kleeen Software (AmyYoshitsu.com)

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