Theo Richardson
Product Designer
Figma
Theo Richardson designs and builds. He has a background in fine art, a BDes in industrial design from OCAD University, holds a number of patents, and is driven by a simple conviction: things can be better, and design is how you get there.
Outside of his work, Theo builds iOS and web apps independently and writes about the philosophy of making, from ceramics to code.
Schedule
15 mins
St. Lawrence Centre — Bluma Appel Theatre
Build It to Prove It: Go From Opinions to Evidence with Agentic Coding
AI isn’t just changing how we build products, it’s changing how we decide which products are worth building. When realistic prototypes can be created by anyone in a matter of hours, the smartest teams stop debating ideas and start proving them. Drawing on lessons from Pixar to Paul Graham, this talk argues that the competitive advantage is no longer having the strongest opinion, it’s producing the strongest evidence.