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AI isn't just changing the tools designers use. It's changing how they build, ship, and stand out. In this episode of Design Review, Stephen Haney, founder of AI-native design tool Paper, joins YC's Aaron Epstein to demo the agent-first workflow that's making Paper one of the fastest-growing design tools...

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