The operating system
for design teams.
From the PM's first problem to the user's measured outcome — one workflow, built the way design actually happens.
No surveillance. No tickets. No tools borrowed from engineering.
AI runs the operations. You lead the design.
What changes when you
stop borrowing tools.
20 min reconstructing status every Monday
Friday digest lands in inbox automatically
Slack DMs to find out who's blocked
Design Radar shows it in under 10 seconds
Figma link dropped in a comment at handoff
AI-generated handoff brief with decisions, edge cases, build sequence
"What happened to that request?"
Full audit trail on every transition
PM submits a solution, not a problem
AI intake gate blocks it before it enters design
No idea if design is moving a metric
PM calibration score tracks prediction vs. actual
Monday morning reconstruction
No more Slack DMs to find out who's blocked. Design Radar shows team status in under 10 seconds.
Ops overhead for design leads
AI runs the daily ops cycle. Leads spend time leading design, not chasing status updates.
Impact accountability
PMs predict impact at intake, log actuals after shipping. Every request closes the loop.
From idea to impact.
One system.
PM brings a problem. AI blocks it if it's a solution.
Designer moves through five scientific stages. No deadlines. No timers. No surveillance.
Dev builds from a locked spec. PM logs actual impact. AI closes the loop.
Block solutions. Demand problems.
Requests enter through an AI gate that classifies them as problem-framed, solution-specific, or hybrid. Solution-specific requests are blocked until the PM articulates the actual user problem.
"Make the button bigger"
Solution-specific · blocked"Conversion dropped 12%. What's causing friction?"
Problem-framed · queuedFive stages. No deadlines. No surveillance.
Designers open a Design Stream, not a ticket. The AI Context Brief lands with the problem already framed. Work happens in Figma with version locking and a three sign-off quality gate. Reflections replace status updates. The point is thinking work, not ship-it work.
Handoff Intelligence. Design QA gate.
Handoff Intelligence packages the frame, redlines, edge cases, and acceptance criteria into a single dev-ready spec. The dev kanban routes every ticket through a Design QA gate, so nothing ships without designer confirmation.
Measure the outcome. Close the loop.
After ship, Lane measures the outcome the PM asked for in stage 01. Did the metric move. Did user behavior change. Designer reflections log what worked. PM calibration scores update — PMs who frame problems well earn more design attention.
"Friction was at the address step, not the button."
“Every tool I tried treated my designers like engineers with deadlines. They aren't. The work doesn't fit on a Gantt chart, and pretending it does is why design teams burn out.”
└ Nischal, Co-Founder
AI runs the ops.
You lead the design.
AI Intake Gate
Blocks solution-specific requests before they reach design. Extracts the real problem from hybrid submissions. AI-generated priority, complexity, and assignment — with reasoning, not dropdowns.
Design Radar
The Design Head's Monday morning view. Who's in flow, who's stuck, what shipped, what's at risk — in under 10 seconds. Replaces the standing standup.
AI Context Brief
When a designer opens a request, an AI-generated brief appears instantly: plain-language rewrite, related past work, key constraints, questions to ask, and exploration directions.
Handoff Intelligence
AI-generated handoff brief for devs at the moment of handoff. Design files locked at handoff — post-handoff Figma changes trigger automatic dev alerts.
PM Calibration
PMs predict impact at intake. After shipping, they log actuals. AI compares the two, builds a rolling accuracy score, and generates a "What We Learned" brief. Framed as calibration, not blame.
Idea Board
Anyone in the org submits ideas. The org votes anonymously. Top-voted ideas are validated by AI and the Design Head — approved ones auto-create a problem-framed request. Democratises problem sourcing beyond PMs.
“Surveillance produces performance. Support produces truth. We built Lane on that line, because every dashboard I've ever shown a designer made them slower, not better.”
└ Nikhil, Founder
No utilization percentages
Designers set their own capacity preferences. Leads see team health signals — Available, Stretched, Overloaded — never individual tracking.
No "last active" timestamps
Privacy is the default. Lane never tracks time per task, screen activity, or Figma frequency.
No individual speed rankings
We measure impact, not velocity. What changed for users — not how fast the designer moved.
No forced status updates
Reflections are the designer's own words, in their own time. AI nudges go to the designer first — never escalated to their manager automatically.
Team
From $87/month (3-seat minimum)
- AI intake gate
- 4-phase workflow
- Figma OAuth + version locking
- 3-sign-off quality gate
- Designer reflections
- Dev kanban with Design QA
- Weekly AI digest
- Design Radar
- AI Context Brief
- Handoff Intelligence
- PM calibration scores
- Idea Board with voting
Enterprise
SSO, SLA, dedicated support
- Everything in Team
- Lane Agent
- Skills System
- Figma Agent
- Cross-tool integrations
- SSO & advanced security
- Dedicated support + SLA
Questions we hear most.
How is Lane different from Linear, Jira, or Notion?
Linear and Jira are ticket systems built for engineers — linear, deadline-driven, execution-first. Notion is a doc tool. Lane is a workflow built around how design actually happens — non-linear, exploratory, problem-first. Design Streams replace tickets. Five scientific stages replace sprints. The whole tool is shaped to thinking work, not ship-it work.
Do we need to migrate off Figma?
No. Lane runs on top of Figma via OAuth. Designers keep designing in Figma. Lane handles everything around the design work — intake, context, handoff, impact measurement.
Does Lane track individual designer activity?
No. No last-active timestamps. No time-per-task tracking. No individual velocity scores. No “who opened Figma at 11pm” reporting. We measure team health and shipped impact — never individual surveillance.
What does the AI intake gate actually do?
When a PM files a request, our model classifies it as problem-framed, solution-specific, or hybrid. “Make the button bigger” gets blocked. “Conversion dropped 12% on the checkout step — what’s causing the drop-off?” passes through and auto-creates a Design Stream with priority and complexity already estimated.
Can PMs use Lane without designers learning a new tool?
Yes — PMs file through a single intake form and receive digests. Designers get a workspace built around their actual workflow. The tool shape-shifts by role.
Do you integrate with Slack?
Not in V1. We made this call deliberately — Slack-first workflows reproduce the chaos Lane is built to fix. Lane sends digests via email and surfaces escalations in-app. Slack notifications are on the roadmap for V2, opt-in, summary-only.
What happens to my data if I cancel?
Full export of every Design Stream, brief, and impact log as JSON + CSV. Thirty-day grace period before deletion. No dark patterns, no hostage data.
When does the beta open and how do I get in?
Beta cohort opens Summer 2026, capped at 100 design teams. Join the waitlist above — we prioritize design leads at teams of 8+ designers. We’ll reach out personally before granting access.
We run our own design team on Lane.
We think yours will love it too.
Surveillance produces performance. Support produces truth.
Lane optimizes for truth.