Summer Kim

Summer Kim is a seasoned research, UX, and product leader with a distinguished track record of building and scaling user-centered innovation at global technology companies. She currently serves as a UX Partner at StratMinds VC, a San Francisco based venture firm specialising in Applied AI, where she advises portfolio companies on product strategy and user experience. She also leads the firm’s Acceleration Program, guiding early-stage AI startups from concept to scalable execution.

Kim is known for her ability to integrate vision, research, design, and business strategy into cohesive product experiences that drive growth. Throughout her career, she has built first-of-their-kind research and insights functions at world-class organisations. She was the founding Head of Insights at Google Communications, WhatsApp (Facebook), and Roblox, establishing research practices that shaped product direction at scale. Her leadership helped translate deep user understanding into clear product vision and intuitive experiences, contributing to the growth of platforms that collectively serve more than a billion users worldwide.

With a rare blend of strategic thinking and hands-on execution, Kim excels at uncovering actionable insights, aligning cross-functional teams, and transforming emerging technologies into meaningful, human-centered solutions. Today, her work focuses on helping companies design AI experiences that are not only technically advanced, but also useful, trustworthy, and delightful for people at every level of adoption.

Kim holds a Master’s degree in Technology Management from Columbia University, a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design from Carleton University, and pursued architectural studies at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.