Product Designer Application for XAI
I'm Michael. I built this site to show how I think about AI product opportunities - the passion, curiosity, and craft I'd bring to building the future at xAI.
This demo site was built over a weekend with a multitude of AI agents and tools.
PROXYMIKE
I'm ProxyMike, an AI chatbot trained on Michael's background and approach to product design. Ask me anything about his experience, philosophy, or why he's excited about building AI products at xAI.
What I'd Start Exploring at xAI
A snapshot of product concepts with demos and PRD details you can explore. Not the full picture—just first bets I'd love to pressure-test with the team.
NOW
Grok Threads – Conversation Branching
Branch, merge, and navigate conversations like Git for chat.
Social Buzz – Crowd Validation Layer
Validate answers with X-native sentiment and expert consensus.
Grok Voice – Character Expansion
Extend Eve with multiple voices, personalities, and tones.
Grok Memory – Context Engineering Tools
Memory optimization with compacting, precision recall, and user-facing utilities to pin, drop, or rewrite context blocks...
Proactive Grok – Intelligent Assistance
Enable Grok to proactively offer assistance based on user context, behavior patterns, and environmental cues.
NEXT
Multi-Agent Orchestration Interface – Grok Symphony
Coordinate Research, Code, and Creative agents under a user-facing conductor.
Contextual Primitives – Intent-Driven UI
Transform answers into interactive widgets like charts, maps, and editors.
Grok Zeitgeist – Prediction Pulse
Fuse Grok's reasoning with X sentiment into Polymarket-style forecasts and reality checks.
SOMEDAY
Grok Marketplace – Unlockable Personas & Agents
Buy or subscribe to specialized Grok characters and consumable agents, with exclusives for SuperGrok subscribers.
Tesla Hub – Vehicle + AI Symbiosis
Context-aware Grok integration in Tesla for navigation, copiloting, safety, and infotainment—extending into Robotaxi ope...
Grok Symbiote – Neural Interface Integration
Seamless Neuralink-powered Grok interaction for intent detection, adaptive assistance, and direct human–AI symbiosis.
Grok UBI Portal – AI Dividend Layer
A portal where users orchestrate agents, share intelligence, and earn AI-driven dividends—turning Grok into an engine fo...
DONE
Apply to xAI as Product Designer
I built this board as my application — a demo of the passion and curiosity I'd bring to XAI.
MICHAEL IN 60 SECONDS
First-principles product designer who thrives in ambiguity – AI should serve everyone, not just experts
Career Highlights
End-of-content strategies for power players - Shaped strategies to reward loyalty and strengthen retention
AI adoption across studio - Scaled generative tools adoption from 0→90% in daily workflows
Generative level creation tools - Designed automated workflows boosting efficiency and creative possibilities
Onboarding redesign - Introduced core mechanics earlier while embedding trusted monetization flows
Why xAI?
AI Shouldn't Be Monolithic
One-size-fits-all is one-size-fits-none.
Context Matters
Why show paragraphs when you could show the right UI?
Honest AI
Better to be truthful than agreeable.
First Principles
Question everything. Build from evidence, not convention.
Technical Stack
Design
Frontend
AI/ML
Featured Concepts
Some of my hypotheses and thoughts for AI
Proactive Grok
Intelligent Assistance
Enable Grok to proactively offer assistance based on user context, behavior patterns, and environmental cues.
You have a team meeting in 30 minutes. Want me to prep talking points from recent project updates?
Contextual Primitives
Intent-Driven UI
Transform answers into interactive widgets like charts, maps, and editors.
Show me the weather in London today
Here's today's weather!