Faria Anzum

Faria Anzum — Founder at Orbbit. Talks and sessions delivered at UXDX.

Faria Anzum

Founder

Faria Anzum is Founder of Orbbit and a product design leader with experience across design, strategy, and emerging technology. She has held design roles at Canva and Relevance AI, where she worked across developer experience, strategic integrations, and AI-powered products. Her work sits at the intersection of product thinking, systems design, and innovation, with a strong focus on how AI is changing the way teams decide, build, and lead. Outside of work, she writes about technology’s impact on society and the kinds of intelligence we want to cultivate in ourselves and our machines.

Past talks

1 talk · 1 event

2026

UXDX Community: Sydney: Design, Research and AI in ActionMay 2026

Talk

Why Designers Make Great Founders in the Age of AI

As AI reshapes how products are built, product designers are increasingly well placed to become founders. This talk explores why: designers are trained to spot unmet needs, navigate ambiguity, and connect user insight to product direction. But the shift from designer to founder is more than a title change. It means moving from shipping features to owning outcomes, making sharper bets, and carrying responsibility across product, strategy, and growth. Through real examples from building products and founding a startup, Faria will share what changes, what carries over, and how designers can start building companies of their own.

Faria Anzum