Philip Sebastian

Philip Sebastian👋

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Designer, builder, founder, and backer of relentless founders.

Previously Apple ↗AppleProduct design work across consumer software and platforms.Apple, SAP ↗SAPEnterprise software, product design, prototyping, and design systems work.SAP, Imgur ↗ImgurA past product and brand contribution from my time working on consumer internet products.View reference, Manhattan Venture Partners ↗Manhattan Venture PartnersVenture platform focused on private technology markets and late-stage growth companies.mvp.vc.

Building stuff in San Francisco since 2008 · Currently in Los Angeles.

I’ve been designing since before Figma and Sketch, back when Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and Illustrator were the stack.

I moved to San Francisco in 2008, right before social media changed everything. The city felt smaller then. More weird. More experimental. I still think about that era a lot and how much technology, ambition, and culture have evolved since.

Currently I’m building korpus.app ↗KorpusAI-native trust infrastructure for suspicious messages, screenshots, and links.korpus.app, exploring moonrise ↗MoonriseA wellness and longevity platform exploring calmer AI-native experiences.joinmoonrise.com, and growing the builder community at sidequest ventures ↗Sidequest VenturesCurated builder community for designer-led founders, repeat founders, and accelerator alumni.Join Sidequest Community. I’m also an investor + advisor to startups, including Golden, Amplemarket, and Paragon. I was one of the founding designers of SAP Build ↗SAP BuildSAP's low-code and pro-code product suite for building enterprise apps, automations, and business sites.sap.com/build, the first enterprise prototype tool and fastest-growing product success at SAP. I was also one of the earliest members of the SAP Fiori ↗SAP FioriSAP's design system and UX foundation for modern SAP software.sap.com/fiori team, the official design language and UX standard for all modern SAP software today.

During my time in San Francisco, I built multiple personal apps that charted in the App Store, some backed by YC alumni, and was lucky enough to be featured in a few publications along the way.

I’ve also been part of a handful of founder communities and accelerator programs including OnDeck ↗OnDeckA founder community and fellowship network for builders, operators, and startup people.joinodf.com, Antler Ventures ↗Antler VenturesGlobal early-stage venture firm and founder residency program.antler.co, Pioneer ↗PioneerA startup tournament and community for ambitious founders building from anywhere.pioneer.app, YC Startup School ↗YC Startup SchoolY Combinator's startup education and founder community program.ycombinator.com, and Buildspace S4 ↗Buildspace S4A builder program and demo day community for people shipping ambitious internet projects.buildspace.so.

I studied design, art, and engineering at San Francisco State, later attended Academy of Art University, and eventually received a scholarship to study at Stanford University in Palo Alto.

Everything I’ve built, worked on, and helped bring to life.

Principles

• Less is more
• Clarity beats complexity
• Trust is a product layer
• Design should improve decisions
• AI should reduce noise, not create more of it
• Ship → learn → refine