UpdatesThu, Aug 6

Haavn’ Fun: How Edy built SoroJá

My friend Edy Cruz built SoroJá, a free tool that shows people across Brazil where to find the right antivenom after a venomous bite or sting.

OpinionsThu, Aug 6

How I avoid AI slop

I’m absolutely allergic to AI slop. I guess we all are. For me, it evokes the same terror I feel walking into my parents’ basement and realizing that one day…

OpinionsFri, May 29

The case for using more than one AI

Claude Opus 4.8 launched yesterday. It's good. Try it out. But lately, in our workshops, a lot of you have told me: you're tired of the AI model race.

OpinionsWed, May 6

What Claude Design gets wrong about how we work now

I spent the week testing Claude Design. My take: I don't think product designers are the core audience. It feels more like a tool for people who love Canva or…

UpdatesSun, May 3

One Year of Haavn: Why AI Adoption Is A Discovery Problem

Today marks ONE YEAR since Sebastian and I started Haavn 🎉. I don't want to say we've been winging it... but in lieu of hard data around AI adoption…

OpinionsFri, Apr 17

Stop Adding AI to Your Product. Rebuild It for Agents.

"Why do I need Excel?" That's not me ranting, Satya Nadella asked this on a podcast in December 2024 about a 40-year-old tool that still sits at the center of…

Case studiesThu, Apr 2

Make, make, make: AI prototyping with Expedia Group

Last week Haavn ran an AI prototyping session with Expedia Group's design leadership in London. The brief was deceptively simple: make, make, make.

OpinionsSat, Jan 3

Two AI tools that changed how I learn languages

The hardest part of learning a language is speaking. Wrestling with words in real time. Finding the courage to sound foolish.

PressWed, Dec 3

Veo 3 and the emergence of physical reasoning in video models

Physical reasoning has been a blind spot for generative AI. A new paper from Google DeepMind shows their video model Veo 3 developed an understanding of…

UpdatesFri, Oct 3

Six months of Haavn: what we learned

It's been six months of Haavn. That's 156 action items tracked, 152+ meetings run, 10 client projects kicked off, and our first retainer.

UpdatesSat, May 3

Introducing Haavn

I'm excited to announce the launch of Haavn, an AI consultancy I'm building with the brilliant Mary Hurd. AI is here.