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Original: Lenny Rachitsky · 01/03/2026

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Jenny Wen discusses the obsolescence of the classic design process and shares insights on her role at Anthropic and the future of design in the age of AI.

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“The classic discovery mock iterate design process is becoming obsolete.” — Jenny Wen on the changing landscape of design.
“Whether AI will eventually surpass humans in taste and judgment.” — Discussion on AI’s role in design.
“The three archetypes Jenny is hiring for now.” — Insights into hiring practices at Anthropic.

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Jenny Wen leads design for Claude at Anthropic. Prior to this, she was Director of Design at Figma, where she led the teams behind FigJam and Slides. Before that, she was a designer at Dropbox, Square, and Shopify.Listen on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple PodcastsWe discuss:Why the classic discovery mock iterate design process is becoming obsoleteWhat a day in the life of a designer at Anthropic looks like, including her AI tool stackWhether AI will eventually surpass humans in taste and judgmentWhy Jenny left a director role at Figma to return to IC work at AnthropicThe three archetypes Jenny is hiring for nowWhy chatbot interfaces may be more durable than most people expectBrought to you by:MercuryRadically different bankingOrkesThe enterprise platform for reliable applications and agentic workflowsOmniAI analytics your customers can trustWhere to find Jenny Wen: X: https://x.com/jenny_wen LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennywen Substack: https://jennywen.substack.com Website: https://jennywen.caReferenced: Figma: https://www.figma.com Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com v0: https://v0.app Navigating a Design Career with Jenny Wen | Figma at Waterloo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHcBPMh2ivk Claude Cowork: https://claude.com/product/cowork Use Claude Code in VS Code: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/vs-code Claude Code in Slack: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/slack Lex Fridmans website: https://lexfridman.com Head of Claude Code: What happens after coding is solved | Boris Cherny: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/head-of-claude-code-what-happens OpenClaw: https://openclaw.ai OpenAIs CPO on how AI changes must-have skills, moats, coding, startup playbooks, more | Kevin Weil (CPO at OpenAI, ex-Instagram, Twitter): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/kevin-weil-open-ai Marc Andreessen: The real AI boom hasnt even started yet: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/marc-andreessen-the-real-ai-boom Socratica: https://www.socratica.info Anthropics CPO on what comes next | Mike Krieger (co-founder of Instagram): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/anthropics-cpo-heres-what-comes-next Radical Candor: From theory to practice with author Kim Scott: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/radical-candor-from-theory-to-practice Evan Tanas legibility matrix on X: https://x.com/evantana/status/1927404374252269667 How to spot a top 1% startup early: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-spot-a-top-1-startup-early Palantir: https://www.palantir.com Stripe: https://stripe.com Linear: https://linear.app Notion: https://www.notion.com Julie Zhuos website: https://www.juliezhuo.com Sentimental Value: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27714581 The Pitt on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/The-Pitt-Season-1/dp/B0DNRR8QWD Noah Wyle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Wyle ER on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0FWZSDYRP Retro: https://retro.app Granola: https://www.granola.aiRecommended books: Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Candor-Kick-Ass-Without-Humanity/dp/1250103509 The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Broker-Robert-Moses-Fall/dp/0394480767 Insomniac City: New York, Oliver Sacks, and Me: https://www.amazon.com/Insomniac-City-New-York-Oliver/dp/162040494XProduction and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed.My biggest takeaways from this conversation: Read more

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Originally published at https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-design-process-is-dead.