# How Brex is building an AI-first operations org

[The Art of Evals: How Figma Put People at the Center of Its AI Product](https://review.firstround.com/figma-ai-eval-process/ "The Art of Evals: How Figma Put People at the Center of Its AI Product")  
Building, testing and validating with human craft and creativity.  
May 28, 2025

[This Startup Built Internal Tools to Fuel Major Growth — Here’s Their Approach](https://review.firstround.com/this-startup-built-internal-tools-to-fuel-major-growth-heres-their-approach/ "This Startup Built Internal Tools to Fuel Major Growth — Here’s Their Approach")  
As CEO of Percolate, Noah Brier knew he needed to get his rapidly growing company aligned. Building their own tools worked magic.  
January 27, 2015

[The Hard Way Pays Off: Inside Sierra’s Design Partner Strategy](https://review.firstround.com/sierra-design-partnership/ "The Hard Way Pays Off: Inside Sierra’s Design Partner Strategy")  
Instead of chasing low-friction pilots, Sierra asked design partners to pay, commit time and co-build — converting 100% of these partners into...  
September 23, 2025

[EvolutionIQ Just Got Acquired for $730M — Here's Their Playbook For Building an Enduring AI Business](https://review.firstround.com/evolutioniq-path-to-pmf/ "EvolutionIQ Just Got Acquired for $730M — Here's Their Playbook For Building an Enduring AI Business")  
We sat down with the founding team for the inside story of one of the first major vertical AI exits.  
February 05, 2025

[Radical Candor — The Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss](https://review.firstround.com/radical-candor-the-surprising-secret-to-being-a-good-boss/ "Radical Candor — The Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss")  
Kim Scott cut her teeth as a manager at Apple and Google, and now helps create great leaders as an author and coach for companies like Twitter. Here's...  
November 24, 2015

[Speed as a Habit](https://review.firstround.com/speed-as-a-habit/ "Speed as a Habit")  
All things being equal, speed will determine whether your company succeeds or not. Here's how to make it core to your culture.  
July 21, 2015

[The Secret to a Great Planning Process — Lessons from Airbnb and Eventbrite](https://review.firstround.com/the-secret-to-a-great-planning-process-lessons-from-airbnb-and-eventbrite/ "The Secret to a Great Planning Process — Lessons from Airbnb and Eventbrite")  
Poor planning can spell disaster for companies and sow distrust among teams. Drawing from their careers at Eventbrite and Airbnb, Lenny Rachitsky and...  
September 25, 2019

[Firsthand: Seven Years Inside Applied Intuition, the Quietly Dominant Physical AI Company](https://review.firstround.com/firsthand-applied-intuition/ "Firsthand: Seven Years Inside Applied Intuition, the Quietly Dominant Physical AI Company")  
I joined Applied Intuition as a new-grad engineer back in early 2019, when it was just a handful of us working above a bar on Murphy Ave in Sunnyvale...  
June 03, 2026