Gabriel Valdivia

Gabriel Valdivia

THE HIRED GUN

@gabrielvaldivia · Independent

Drafted Jul 29, 2026

Product Designer

Bills himself as 'design co-founder as a service,' embedding with startups like Daylight and Slingshot AI. Previously VR and storytelling at Facebook, Daydream at Google, and the Patreon app.

Often drafted with

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  Kevin Twohy@kevintwohy
  Product Designer

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  Ryo Lu@ryolu_
  Product Designer

  Designs at Cursor after early stints at Notion and Stripe, working toward a world where anyone can make software.

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  Rauno Freiberg@raunofreiberg
  Product Designer

  Designer at Vercel and author of Devouring Details, an obsessive catalogue of interface micro-craft that has quietly become required…

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