AI Design Agency | UX for AI Products & Agents — Mara Bureau

Design for AI, built for clarity

Interfaces for AI and agentic products that make capabilities and limits clear.

Built for Teams That Move Fast

AI product categories are being defined in real time.

Here's what working with mara.ink gets you.

Interfaces that show users what's happening and why

AI features fail when users don't understand or trust them. We design clear feedback states, confidence indicators, and controls that let users understand and adjust AI behavior — not just a black box with a "Generate" button.

Specialists in chat, agent, and multi-step AI workflows

From chat interfaces to autonomous agents performing multi-step tasks, we design flows that make AI actions legible — showing progress, reasoning, and points where users can intervene.

First-time experiences that calibrate trust correctly

Setting the right expectations early prevents both over-trust and under-trust in AI features. We design onboarding that demonstrates capability honestly and builds confidence over time.

Design systems that keep up with fast-changing AI capabilities

AI product capabilities change quickly. We build flexible design systems and component libraries so your team can ship new AI features without redesigning core patterns each time.

Interfaces that show users what's happening and why

Specialists in chat, agent, and multi-step AI workflows

From chat interfaces to autonomous agents performing multi-step tasks, we design flows that make AI actions legible — showing progress, reasoning, and points where users can intervene.

First-time experiences that calibrate trust correctly

Setting the right expectations early prevents both over-trust and under-trust in AI features. We design onboarding that demonstrates capability honestly and builds confidence over time.

Design systems that keep up with fast-changing AI capabilities

AI product capabilities change quickly. We build flexible design systems and component libraries so your team can ship new AI features without redesigning core patterns each time.

Our Process

Collaborating with us is simple. From first call to first delivery, here's how it works.

Product & Capability Review — We review your AI product's current and planned capabilities, your users, and where confusion or distrust shows up.

UX Mapping for AI Interactions — We map key AI interactions — prompts, outputs, agent actions, errors — and find where clarity and control are missing.

Design in Sprints — We design interfaces, feedback states, and onboarding flows in sprints, testing direction through prototypes.

Delivery & Implementation Support — We deliver developer-ready designs and component libraries, with our own developers available for marketing site builds.

OUR RESULTS

2 years of building products for ambitious companies. Here's the impact.

$110M+

raised and earned by companies we've designed for.

Why founders choose to work with us

STARTUPS

We help founders go from first pitch deck to first product release — design that moves fast without looking rushed

SAAS

Interfaces and websites built to acquire, convert, and retain users at scale.

FINTECH

Products that build trust around money — clear, compliant, and confidence-inspiring by default

AI

Interfaces for AI and agentic products that explain capability, limitations, and control from the first interaction.

B2B

Websites and products that build credibility with business buyers and support longer sales cycles.

E-COMMERCE

Stores around how people shop — from product pages to checkout, built to convert.

Healthcare

As a healthcare design agency, we design websites and products for providers and health tech companies — built for trust, clarity, and accessibility

EdTech

As an edtech design agency, we design learning platforms and products that make complex content easy to navigate for students and educators alike

Real Estate

Platforms that showcase properties beautifully and turn visitors into leads.

Web3 & Crypto

Branding and products for DeFi and token projects that need to be taken seriously

Looking for something specific? We already built it.

Technology partner for Plan B

We developed everything from branding to the pitch deck

30+

Screens designed

$150,000

Grant from AvaLabs

8 weeks

Project delivery

30+

Screens designed

$150,000

Grant from AvaLabs

8 weeks

Project delivery

Who We Work With

We work with SaaS teams and businesses of all sizes. Collaborate with a design agency that adapts to your needs and goals.

Homepage & Core Pages

Homepage, about, and services pages designed to explain what you do and build trust within seconds.

Landing Pages

Campaign and conversion-focused pages designed for specific offers, audiences, or channels.

CMS & Content Structure

A content model that makes adding blog posts, case studies, or resources straightforward for non-technical teams.

Responsive & Performance-Optimized Design

Layouts that hold up across devices and load fast, since both affect rankings and conversion.

SEO Foundations

Metadata, heading structure, and internal linking set up correctly from launch, not bolted on later.

Interactive & Animated Elements

Micro-interactions and motion that add polish without sacrificing usability or load time.

Outdated Site Holding You Back

Still running a 5+ year old site that doesn't reflect what you do now? We redesign around your current business, not the one you had when it launched.

Site That Doesn't Convert

Getting traffic but few leads or signups? We diagnose where visitors drop off and redesign the pages and flows that matter most.

Pre-Launch for a New Product or Company

Need a site ready before a launch date? We scope and design for a fixed deadline without cutting corners on the pages that drive signups.

Migrating Off an Old Platform

Stuck on outdated tech or a platform you've outgrown? We redesign and rebuild on a modern stack while preserving your SEO equity.

Scaling Content Without a Designer

Marketing team publishing pages faster than design can keep up? We build templates your team can use independently going forward.

Fundraising or Investor-Facing Site

Need a site that holds up under investor scrutiny? We design with the credibility signals serious buyers and backers look for.

Selected

Designed across complexity, not just interfaces

Larv - ERP & IoT Dashboard for Insect-Farming Labs

ERP designed for an industry running on spreadsheets and paper logs
Live IoT dashboards replacing manual habitat checks across the lab
Breeding and lineage records with research-grade traceability
Sales and inventory connected to real-time lab data

Insect-farming laboratories run on some of the most data-dense operations in agritech - yet no software was built for them.

You may ask us

FAQ

What makes AI product design different from typical UI/UX design?

AI products produce variable, sometimes uncertain outputs, and often act on a user's behalf (in the case of agents). Designing for this requires patterns for showing confidence levels, explaining reasoning, allowing intervention, and handling errors gracefully — challenges that don't exist in deterministic software in the same way.

Do you design interfaces for AI agents that take autonomous actions?

Yes. We design agentic interfaces that show what an AI agent is doing, why, and give users clear points to review, approve, or stop actions — balancing automation with user control.

How do you design for user trust in AI products?

We focus on calibrated trust — helping users understand what the AI can and can't do accurately, through onboarding, confidence indicators, and transparent communication about limitations. The goal is neither blind trust nor excessive skepticism, but appropriate trust based on actual capability.

Can you help us explain a technical AI product to non-technical buyers on our website?

Yes. This is a common challenge for AI companies. We design marketing sites and product pages that translate technical capability into concrete value, often using examples, demos, and plain-language explanations rather than jargon.

Our AI capabilities change frequently — how do you design for that?

We build flexible design systems and component libraries that separate core interaction patterns from specific feature implementations, so new AI features can be added without redesigning the underlying experience each time.

Do you work with both AI-native startups and companies adding AI to existing products?

Yes. We work with AI-native companies building products from scratch, and with established companies integrating AI features into existing products — where the challenge is often making new AI features feel native rather than bolted on.

What problems
we solving

At our core, we believe in delivering high-quality designs in days, not weeks. This ensures that your project stays on track and progresses smoothly, minimizing delays and maximizing efficiency.

Budget range*

Our Process

Collaborating with us is simple. From first call to first delivery, here's how it works.

OUR RESULTS