SF AppWorks

SF AppWorks

Software Development

San Francisco, CA 933 followers

We’re leaders in design-driven digital product development, helping startups & big companies build the next great thing.

About us

San Francisco AppWorks is a leader in design-driven digital product development. Our diverse and skilled team of visionary UX/UI designers and developers infuse every project and partnership with an entrepreneurial ethos of creativity, agility, and boundless exploration – whether it’s with an early-stage startup or a big, established organization. Drawing on our deep expertise and experience in designing, building, and testing award-winning custom software, we collaborate with and guide our clients through product strategy, prototyping, and the crucial MVP phase. We’ve worked alongside several startups from early-stage through acquisition. We've also helped the Golden Globes, AARP, West Elm, Humana, P&G, and other large organizations think and disrupt like a startup. The result is fresh ideas transformed into sleek, user-centric digital experiences that delight, create impact, and lead to growth. We've been recognized by TechCrunch, Fast Company, and Google for our work, won the grand prize at the Disrupt London Hackathon, and were a finalist for the National Security Innovation Network and Department of Defense's Dense Urban Online Challenge. Visit our website at www.sfappworks.com for full capabilities, case studies, resources, our podcast, and our frequently updated innovation blog, where we share stories and insights from our vast portfolio of work.

Industry
Software Development
Company size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Type
Privately Held
Founded
2012
Specialties
Mobile App Design, Mobile App Development, Mobile App Wireframing, User Interface and UX design, Website Development, Website Design, Technical Strategy, Product Architecture, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Voice Technologies, Innovation, Rapid Prototyping, and Generative AI

Locations

Employees at SF AppWorks

Updates

  • View organization page for SF AppWorks, graphic

    933 followers

    Konstantine Buhler, Partner at Sequoia Capital and AI Engineer, joins ‘The Next Great Thing’ to discuss the vast economic impact of AI, differences between startup and venture capital worlds, and how AI is enhancing business today and shaping the future of technology. From his early days at Stanford to his influential roles in startups and venture capital, Konstantine shares his unique perspective on the evolution of AI, highlighting key milestones such as the deep learning revolution and the impact of groundbreaking algorithms like AlexNet. Here's what you'll learn: · How AI has generated trillions of dollars in value by predicting user behaviors and optimizing business processes, long before ChatGPT. · The differences between startup and venture capital worlds, and valuable advice for entrepreneurs. · The role of AI in enhancing human creativity and connections by taking over mundane tasks. · Insights into Sequoia Capital's Arc program, designed to help startups with market approach, hiring, scaling, and more. · Konstantine's vision for the future of AI, where multiple models collaborate and compete to deliver better outcomes. Don’t miss this episode packed with insights for anyone interested in the AI landscape and its future potential. Tune in now! 🎧 Website Link: https://bit.ly/4d5ERh4 Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3AbbQCo Spotify: https://bit.ly/3LLzB6m #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Startup #VentureCapital #Entrepreneurship #SequoiaCapital #Podcast #Innovation #TechTalks #DeepLearning

  • View organization page for SF AppWorks, graphic

    933 followers

    🆕 on ‘The Next Great Thing’ podcast… It’s not every day you meet a startup founder like Renate Nyborg. She’s been building apps for as long as the App Store has existed. She’s held senior roles at Apple and Headspace. And, she was the CEO at Tinder during the height of the pandemic, where she had a front-row seat to the loneliness epidemic and the challenges of making authentic human connections in a digital world. Renate joins our CEO Andrew Greenstein to share her founder journey and talk about the early days of linking up with Andrew Ng and his AI Fund to create Meeno, an AI-powered app that delivers personalized relationship advice for any issue – with friends, family, coworkers, roommates, dating, you name it. Renate drops so much wisdom and advice in this convo! A few of our faves for founders: 🔎 Always focus on the problem. AI is just a tool, just like any other piece of technology. The magic is in how it’s applied to solve a real user need and bring them joy.  🤖 Beware of getting caught up in the AI hype cycle. Stay grounded in the fundamentals of building and growing a successful company. 🗣️ Be humble and willing to receive blunt, critical user feedback. Talk to them early and often. 👉 Marketing and distribution still matter (perhaps more now than ever)! 👀 Look for partnerships between AI engineers, scientists, and product managers with marketers and storytellers. That’s where the real magic happens. 🪄 Whether you're building the next great AI startup or not, this episode is a must-listen! Check out the full interview on 'The Next Great Thing' website: https://bit.ly/3y9Xpxj Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/4a9vNFW Spotify: https://bit.ly/4b5GWZr #entrepreneurs #founders #startups #growth #loneliness #relationships #AI

  • View organization page for SF AppWorks, graphic

    933 followers

    Startup founders, ask yourself: Do you truly believe in what you’re building? Is the nitty gritty of your day-to-day aligned with your company’s mission and purpose? We love a bold, mission-driven founder story peppered with solid advice for entrepreneurs! 🙌 It’s not every day you talk to founders who spent years prototyping at the Stanford Student Space Initiative, worked at SpaceX, and launched a venture-backed, AI-powered weather intelligence startup. But that’s WindBorne Systems Co-Founders John Dean and Kai Marshland. They join our CEO Andrew Greenstein on ‘The Next Great Thing’ podcast to share how WindBorne’s smart weather balloons first took shape (and flight).🎈 Today, WindBorne’s constellation of 100+ balloons fly longer, are more sustainable, and collect more real-time atmospheric data than conventional balloons. That data is being fed into powerful AI models to create the world's most accurate forecasts – better than Google DeepMind’s GraphCast! – unlocking the potential to improve disaster preparedness and fight climate change around the world. Check out the full episode on 'The Next Great Thing' website: https://lnkd.in/gq9yxaBA Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3U8VCku Spotify: https://bit.ly/3JeQqpe #entrepreneurs #founders #startups #growth #weatherintelligence #climatetech #AIforecasts

  • View organization page for SF AppWorks, graphic

    933 followers

    🎙Just dropped: A thought-provoking episode of ‘The Next Great Thing' podcast, recorded LIVE at #SXSW 2024! A jam-packed room of 300+ people in Austin joins us to explore ‘The Paradox of Loneliness and Technology.’ Host Andrew Greenstein, CEO of SF AppWorks, is with three incredible panelists:  ⭐️Leslie Witt - Chief Product & Design Officer at Headspace, a mindfulness & meditation app used in 200 countries around the world with 70M+ downloads ⭐️Kyle Rand - Co-Founder & CEO at Rendever, an award-winning VR platform for seniors that harnesses the power of shared experiences to combat social isolation and loneliness ⭐️Erick Hachenburg - Founder of Tenor, the creator of GIF Keyboard, which transformed how a billion people communicate worldwide Together, they discuss, dissect, and debate technology's role (good and bad) in the loneliness epidemic – and how it’s affecting us all, from young adults to older generations. 🔍 What you'll learn: ➡️The difference between loneliness and social isolation ➡️The impact loneliness has on our mental and physical health (it’s as bad as smoking 15 cigarettes a day!) ➡️Technology’s dual role as both a cause and cure to the loneliness epidemic across various touchpoints, including social media, AI, Big Tech, and remote work ➡️Strategies tech companies can employ to nurture users’ mental health and help create authentic human connections (not just boost engagement metrics) ➡️How to both build and use technology more responsibly and with greater intention to foster meaningful relationships with others This is a complex issue that can’t be solved in an hour! But it’s conversations like this that point us in the right direction, facilitate constructive dialogue, and – most importantly – raise awareness of what we can do as tech leaders and individual tech users to create a healthy, less lonely digital future.   🎧Tune in here: https://bit.ly/3Ts5ofW #SXSW2024 #lonelinessepidemic #mentalhealthawareness #tech4good

  • View organization page for SF AppWorks, graphic

    933 followers

    Can a technical agency partner help you level up your tech game? What key qualities in an agency should you look for? We asked Silicon Valley veteran, ex-Googler, and two-time startup founder Arvind Jain. He’s the Co-Founder and CEO of Glean, an AI-powered workplace search assistant. Arvind taps into tech agency firepower when his team needs someone with a specialized skill set for a short period of time -- say a 6-month custom mobile app build or a re-platforming project. In these instances, working with an agency is easier, faster, and less costly than hiring (and firing) an employee in-house. What does Arvind look for in a tech agency partner? Agencies that ask questions about your culture. Because the right fit is about more than just specialized skills. Will this person – or people – fit seamlessly into your team on day one? Can they hit the ground running with a solid understanding of your company’s vision, purpose, and values? If you’re asking yourself these same questions about a tech agency partner, let us know – we want to hear from you! Oh, and while you’re at it, don’t miss our full interview with Arvind on 'The Next Great Thing' podcast: https://lnkd.in/d2XZM7se Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/48GUN6M Spotify: https://bit.ly/3OYk5pP #techagency #agencypartner #softwaredevelopment #customsoftwaredevelopment

  • View organization page for SF AppWorks, graphic

    933 followers

    NEW on ‘The Next Great Thing’ podcast.

    View organization page for Moonhub 🚀, graphic

    5,805 followers

    Our CEO, Nancy Xu, joined The Next Great Thing podcast and had a fantastic conversation with Andrew Greenstein, the CEO of SF AppWorks 🙌 She talked about how AI is changing the recruiting game – giving candidates access to better jobs and freeing human recruiters to do more of what they love: building relationships 🤝 Nancy also shared how being the child of immigrants (and a stint training for the USA Math Team, a.k .a. “The Nerd Olympics”) has fueled her passion for expanding access to opportunities 🤓 You don’t want to miss it 🚀 🎧 Tune in to the full episode on ‘The Next Great Thing’ website, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eMj3p2hM

  • View organization page for SF AppWorks, graphic

    933 followers

    NEW on ‘The Next Great Thing’ podcast… We’re with the incredible Nancy Xu, named to TIME’s inaugural #TimeAI100 list and the visionary founder of Moonhub.🌙✨Nancy shares how her experience as a first-generation immigrant has fueled her passion for expanding access to opportunities. Her journey from the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) to starting a traditional recruiting agency turned Moonhub into what it is today: an AI-powered assistant that’s revolutionizing recruiting at scale, freeing human recruiters from the boring stuff and matching more people with better jobs. 🚀 Highlights from the episode: ➡️How AI assistants can source otherwise overlooked candidates for hiring across diverse roles. ➡️How AI works with – not against – humans to improve recruiting (think: AI-in-the-loop when it comes to humans, not human-in-the-loop when it comes to AI). ➡️The role of policy, legislation, and education in mitigating AI's short-term impact on job displacement. ➡️Nancy's optimistic outlook on AI's long-term benefits and the future of recruiting. 🎧Tune in for a super-cool founder story and a fascinating look at the intersection of AI and recruiting. Check out the full episode on 'The Next Great Thing' website: https://lnkd.in/duRciHWy Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3Sq0Aay Spotify: https://bit.ly/3uvHeJ2 #AI #opportunity #recruiting #innovation #techleadership #futureofwork #TimeAI100 #entrepreneurs #founders #startups

Similar pages

Browse jobs