This is a massive day for us at Maze: We’re thrilled to announce our $40 million Series B led by the amazing @victoriatr at @felicis 🎉 A quick thread on what that means for us & the future of research 👇 (1/5)

@0zne I love this so much 🔥

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🔥 Hot of the press!

We're thrilled to bring you new episodes of The Optimal Path Podcast 🎧💫 In this episode, @RoyOlende , Head of UX Research at @Zapier, talks to @mazedesignHQ about the different modalities of learning that take place inside organizations. Tune in 👇

We’re excited to bring together a panel of experts from @SoFi, @CapitecBankSA , and @BMO to discuss how #FinServ companies can stand out in 2024! Find out how to elevate your org’s impact through UX & 2024 trends ✨ Join us on Jan 23 👇

🫵 We Need You 🫵 With the year coming to a close, it's time to start thinking about 2024 🔭 At @mazedesignHQ, we're creating a report on the future of user research. Take this short survey to let us know how your product team conducts research 👉

Looking forward to a nuanced discussion about AI + research with @userinterviews' Sherwin Yu. ⚖️ Join us Nov 29, as we'll explore what's real (and what's hype) about AI and share recommendations for the future of research. Register here 👉

RT @mazedesignHQ: As AI becomes more central to our daily experiences, it is irrevocably changing the way products are built—and how users…

Game changer 👀

Looking forward to sitting down with @jakesaper at @emergencecap to talk about how we’ve seen AI being implemented in UX across the industry. We’ll share the best examples of AI in UX and delve into how we built Maze AI💡 See you there!

@ThomGroutars @UnrevealedHQ Incredible - so excited for this!

Find someone who looks at you the way @beh_zod looks at me talking about research and AI

When we first started talks at @Maze about a conference, I had no idea that two years later we’d be hours away from our second one, with over 13,000 product folks from around the world signed up to join us. 🤯 👉 If you haven’t had a chance to register yet, you can still get a (free) ticket here:

RT @mazedesignHQ: Are you ready to embrace the power of curiosity, collaboration, and continuous learning? 🪩 With #DiscoConf23 only six da…

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⭐ JOIN US AT DISCO CONF 2023! ⭐ After the success of last year's edition, we're back and excited to host some of the industry's most influential leaders from @NotionHQ , @figma , @Microsoft , @Shopify , and many more. Register for free here

AI is the best thing to happen to User Research. The buzz lately has been all about how AI can optimize workflows, cut costs, and automate mundane tasks. While these are fantastic developments that help teams conduct research faster, there is a much deeper and more dramatic shift about to happen at the strategic level. ⏰ Time-to-Right, Not Time-to-Market At Maze, we believe that AI is about to level the playing field in design and development for organizations of all sizes. This means that, for the first time, a company’s ability to build products fast is no longer a differentiating factor, making time-to-market - once the most significant competitive edge for companies - irrelevant. Instead, what matters most is a company’s ability to build the right product faster than its competitors: At Maze, we call this ‘time-to-right’. Time-to-right is not about going to market fast but about how fast your company can identify and solve user needs, making user insights and, by extension, User Research the new center of gravity for the successful organizations of tomorrow. 🌌 The Dawn of a User-Led Era AI is poised to shift how fast and how often we get access to user insights, but it’s not changing the indisputable value of research: an intimate understanding of users and their needs, and the continuous learning and re-learning of those ever-evolving needs. These strategic aspects of research are not automatable because, irrespective of tactics, its essence has always been about solving human pains. There’s no taking the human out of the process. This is how organizations remain competitive and defensible against competitors, major economic shifts, and large-scale change—by harnessing the voice of the user at scale. With AI, Research is no longer a backseat driver; it's the driver. We delve deeper into this paradigm shift in our latest article. Find out how your organization can stay ahead of the curve by focusing on ‘time-to-right’ and making research the center of your strategic decisions. 👇 Read more about it here 👇

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RT @mazedesignHQ: ICYMI—Our latest Research Maturity Report is now live and ready for you to explore 🔭 We surveyed over 500+ professionals…