Cassius Kiani » Product and Venture Designer

CASSIUS KIANI, PRODUCT AND VENTURE DESIGN

Bringing digital products and ventures to market through design

I help design new products and ventures by weaving together the threads which connect people, business, and new technologies.

I’ve worked with companies like Bumble, Facebook, and Riot Games. I’m also a PhD and I’m an alumni from Southpark Commons.

SELECT CLIENTS

16 Personalities / Abelian Group / Beanstox / Bumble / Ditchley Foundation / Facebook / Fresha / GoDaddy / King / Mindful Chef / Polydor Records / Riot Games / Slock.it / STUDIO MNGMNT / Voxbone.

SOMATICS TO THE MASSES WITH JONNY MILLER

stateshift is an app that helps you unlock powerful states inside your nervous system, on-demand.

Stateshift is the first app to focus on helping you unlock powerful states inside your nervous system. Practices in the app help you shift down into a deep calm, or shift up into an intense focus.

No stimulants or medications required, all you need is 5-minutes and some headphones.

Stateshift is the first app to focus on helping you unlock powerful states inside your nervous system. Practices in the app help you shift down into a deep calm, or shift up into an intense focus.

No stimulants or medications required, all you need is 5-minutes and some headphones.

AWARD WINNING AI-DRIVEN OPERATING SYSTEM

Adaptiveos is an award-winning ai operating system designed as a piece of narrative fiction.

When AI began to change how we worked, we wanted to explore how it also changed the systems we used for work. AdaptiveOS was our attempt to reimagine that system, starting from the operating system on our computers.

AOS won Muse and London design awards.

DESIGNING THE FUTURE OF FORMS WITH EVERY

Freeform is a wonderful ai-first experience for creating and completing online forms.

Forms are boring and tend to fill people with dread. What would happen if a form sparked joy instead?

That’s the question we wanted to answer with Freeform, an AI-powered form which asks questions based on the creators goals, and the users answers. It’s the most delightful form experience there is.

Forms are boring and tend to fill people with dread. What would happen if a form sparked joy instead?

AI OS FOR PRODUCTIVITY BACKED BY A PE FIRM

Little bird is designed to be the first AI which is truly personalized to you and your goals.

By taking into account all your context, Little Bird is designed to make AI that’s personalized to you. Little Bird knows how you work, what’s going on in your life, and what’s important to you.

Little Bird builds on the the ideas which we put together in AdaptiveOS back in 2023.

AN AI-DOCTOR WITH KHOSLA-BACKED FOUNDERS

Eureka is the only ai doctor which can offer care in the real-world and prescribe medications.

One big promise we wanted to make with Eureka, was can we create the world’s first (and best) AI doctor? And could this AI doctor offer real-care in the real-world?

In 2024, Eureka received it’s first health insurance reimbursement, a massive milestone in this process.

One big promise we wanted to make with Eureka, was can we create the world’s first (and best) AI doctor? And could this AI doctor offer real-care in the real-world?

In 2024, Eureka received it’s first health insurance reimbursement, a massive milestone in this process.

HELPING TO REVISE HOW FORECASTING WORKS

metaculus brings together the world’s best forecasters to solve the world’s hardest problems.

Metaculus allows people to make rich, deep forecasts about the future. Forecasts from Metaculus are among the most accurate in the world.

Our goal was to help make Metaculus more accessible to people who wanted to learn, and use their forecasts to make better predictions.

Metaculus allows people to make rich, deep forecasts about the future. Forecasts from Metaculus are among the most accurate in the world.

Our goal was to help make Metaculus more accessible to people who wanted to learn, and use their forecasts to make better predictions.

A16Z-BACKED, HELPS KIDS BECOME MILLIONAIRES

Mora helps parents make their kids millionaires with America’s best savings accounts.

Savings accounts like the Kid’s ROTH IRA allow kids to engage in tax-free saving and investing until they retire. Over 50 years, as little as $10,000 can become $1,000,000.

Accounts like these are notoriously difficult to setup, but Mora makes it simple and easy.

Savings accounts like the Kid’s ROTH IRA allow kids to engage in tax-free saving and investing until they retire. Over 50 years, as little as $10,000 can become $1,000,000.

Accounts like these are notoriously difficult to setup, but Mora makes it simple and easy.

AI INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM FOR INVESTORS

Abelian intelligence is an ai-driven platform which delivers insights and deep intelligence.

Abelian allows you to request reports on everything from startups, to deeply technical state of the industry style reports.

Intelligence is designed to be your companion and your go to for when you need to make tough, complicated, and deeply technical decisions.

Abelian allows you to request reports on everything from startups, to deeply technical state of the industry style reports.

Intelligence is designed to be your companion and your go to for when you need to make tough, complicated, and deeply technical decisions.

HARLEY STREETS #1 FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY

London’s premier clinic for facial plastic surgeries and aesthetic facial improvements.

GBALondon are known for their flawless ability to complete complex facial plastic surgeries (like facelifts) and to leave behind no trace of their work (no scars, no tell-tale signs).

They’ve operated on celebrities, executives in public companies, and even royal families.

GBALondon are known for their flawless ability to complete complex facial plastic surgeries (like facelifts) and to leave behind no trace of their work (no scars, no tell-tale signs).

They’ve operated on celebrities, executives in public companies, and even royal families.

First Face Cream for Muslim Women

Nura is an all-in-one face cream for modest muslim women which is 100% halal certified.

Nura takes powerful ingredients known to be beneficial for the skin, and delivers these in an all-in-one face cream which is 100% halal certified.

Nura’s magic also involves it’s supply chain, which is also directly sourced from muslim friendly sources, and pro-muslim cultures.

Nura takes powerful ingredients known to be beneficial for the skin, and delivers these in an all-in-one face cream which is 100% halal certified.

Nura’s magic also involves it’s supply chain, which is also directly sourced from muslim friendly sources, and pro-muslim cultures.

BRITAIN’s biggest INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST

the channel island’s International film festival will be Britain’s largest film festival.

Set across Alderney, Guernsey, and Jersey, the Channel Island’s International Film Festival (CIIFF) will be a week long celebration of the cinematic arts.

The channel islands themselves are each their own pocket of paradise, and this sprawling festival set across the three will be an incredible experience.

Set across Alderney, Guernsey, and Jersey, the Channel Island’s International Film Festival (CIIFF) will be a week long celebration of the cinematic arts.

The channel islands themselves are each their own pocket of paradise, and this sprawling festival set across the three will be an incredible experience.

PROVING cognitive regeneration is possible

more lucid offered short retreats with no invasive interventions to improve and regenerate cognition.

Over 14 days, More Lucid offered an intervention which led to a statistically significant improvement in cognition; almost all participants both empirically and statistically showed improvements.

More Lucid is currently creating wearable technologies to bring this intervention to the masses.

Over 14 days, More Lucid offered an intervention which led to a statistically significant improvement in cognition; almost all participants both empirically and statistically showed improvements.

More Lucid is currently creating wearable technologies to bring this intervention to the masses.

a16z backed - making investing fun again

Stonks was the love child of wallstreetbets and twitch.tv designed to make investing fun again.

While it’s now defunct, Stonks was designed to bring back all the joy that the GameStop saga brought us during the pandemic. It was fun, quirky, ridiculous—it brought out the best in people, and the worst in them too.

It was an experience that 10/10 would do again.

“It is foolish to answer a question you do not understand. It is sad to work for an end you do not desire.”