Prototyper raises $450K for full-stack AI design assistant

The Problem We're Solving

Design handoffs kill product velocity. Engineers wait for specs, designers rebuild components, and products ship late. Our customers workflow is unnecessarily fragmented across multiple tools, slowing them and their teams down and creating unnecessary friction.

Our Journey

In just 6 months since our private beta:

• Over 2,000 designers and developers have joined our product
• Teams from Fortune 500 companies and fast-growing startups are using Prototyper
• Prototyper has generated over 10,000 production-ready components

"I've been designing software since 2013, and watched tools multiply in the market while productivity didn't grow at all," says Thijs Verreck, the founder of Prototyper. "Using 5 different apps just to take a sketch to production showed me we needed to rethink the product design workflow from scratch."

What Makes Prototyper Different

Prototyper unifies software design in one workspace:

• Sketch a wireframe, get production-ready components instantly
• LLM-native design system that matches your brand
• Perfect developer handoffs, automatically generated
• One unified canvas for design, product, and code

"What suprised me most about Prototyper isn't just the technology – it's their clear understanding of how product teams work," says Oliver Binkhorst at DutchTechX. "They're not just building features; they're actively removing friction from the entire product development cycle."

The Future of Design

Backed by a $450k pre-seed investment from Abstraction Capital and our early investor Apertu Capital, we're building a product that adapts to you, not the other way around. Prototyper understands context, anticipates needs, and understands good design principles automatically – all while keeping you in complete creative control.

"I'm very excited to be working on the cutting edge of Human-Computer Interaction," says Thijs. "The impact of AI is undeniable, and a once-in-a-lifetime moment. And I think we have a shot at rethinking how we interact with AI."

What's Next

We're focusing on three key areas:

1. LLM-native design systems Building the world's most intelligent design system that learns and adapts to your needs

2. LLM-native code runtime Creating a LLM controlled code runtime where designers and developers speak the same language

3. Production-ready output Ensuring every design can be shipped to production without friction

"What makes Prototyper special isn't just what it does – it's how it feels," notes Taylor Clauson from Abstraction Capital. "Too many tools in this space have an aperture that doesn't cover all of the important workflows in moving from sketch to production; with Prototyper, users can go from concept to testing a prototype in minutes. It's a creative partner that helps designers focus on what matters most - crafting exceptional user experiences."

About Prototyper

Prototyper is rethinking how we interact with AI to create the world's best full-stack designer. We're remote-first and built with a focus on top 1% quality, craft and utility. Our mission is to set the standard for how we will interact with LLMs for the coming decades.

Our investors are:

• Taylor Clauson from Abstraction Capital
• Apertu Capital