Summary
Paul Stamatiou is a design-led product leader with 16 years of experience building consumer-facing products at scale, currently serving as Head of Design at Sesame in San Francisco. He blends hands-on design and engineering fluency—having led creation and media experiences at Twitter and shipped core product foundations at Kraken—with startup grit from co-founding multiple YC-backed ventures including Limitless and Rewind.ai. Paul has repeatedly operated at the intersection of UX, product strategy, and engineering, driving teams to ship complex features like camera, video, and composition workflows for millions of users. He’s raised significant venture capital and helped build a personalized AI platform, demonstrating both product vision and fundraising acumen. Known for a pragmatic, code-capable design practice, he brings a builder’s mentality to design leadership and product execution. Although deliberate about attention (he keeps LinkedIn notifications off), he stays deeply engaged in product and startup ecosystems.
16 years of coding experience