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Open · Design — Series B Materials
Apache-2.0Runs LocallyBYOK
Growth-Equity Fundraising — Discussion Materials

Open Design

The open-source, agent-native design platform — raising a Series B to build the enterprise and cloud layer atop a 60K+-star open core.
Sample deck · round terms and growth curves are demo data
The raise$28M Series B, led by Vantage Peak Capital, at a $180M pre-money valuation
The moat217+ community plugins, 21 auto-detected coding agents, Apache-2.0 — switching costs compound with every workspace
DateJuly 2026
Headline figures60K+ GitHub Stars · 300+ Contributors · 217+ Plugins · 129 Design Systems · 21 Coding Agents
Sample statusTemplate deck: headline OSS metrics follow the project README; round terms, ARR, and growth curves are illustrative demo data.
July 2026
Open Design — sample deck Page 1 / 10 · github.com/nexu-io/open-design
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Open DesignSeries B Materials02 / 10
Contents

The case for investing, argued in eight chapters

From open-source traction to the enterprise layer we're building next — the full growth-equity case for Open Design's Series B.

  1. Market painp.03Enterprise AI design tools are closed, expensive, and lock in your data
  2. The solutionp.0421+ coding agents, BYOK, zero lock-in — the open alternative
  3. Tractionp.0560K+ stars, 300+ contributors, 217+ plugins — and paying pilots
  4. The wedgep.06Installs, plugins, and design systems compound into one flywheel
  5. Unit economicsp.07$500 → ~$73 per seat per month — the BYOK economics we underwrite
  6. The moatp.08Four ways to build AI design tools, one compounds faster
  7. The askp.09$28M Series B to build the enterprise and cloud layer
  8. Get in touchp.10Round terms, data room access, and how to reach the team
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Open Design · §1Market Pain03 / 10
Section 1 · Market pain

Enterprise AI design is closed, expensive, and locks up your data.

Cloud AI design seat$500/mono BYOK, no self-host
Enterprise design tool spend$9.4B+21% YoY
Teams citing data lock-in61%as a purchase blocker
Model lock-in1 agentno agent choice
Open Design cost~$73/mo−80%+ per seat

Open Design installs — cumulative growth (demo curve)

Shape illustrative · headline: 60K+ stars
60K 40K 20K 0 30K mark
Cumulative installs (demo) 30K reference line
"Every enterprise design team we talk to says the same thing: the cloud AI design tools that finally work are the ones they're least allowed to use."

Three constraints define the market we're selling into. (i) Cloud AI design platforms are locked to one model — no agent choice, no self-hosting, no BYOK — which is a hard no for regulated buyers. (ii) Design happens on the desktop: local files, Figma exports, and code repos need an agent with full terminal power, not a cloud sandbox that can't see them. (iii) The coding agents buyers already pay for — Claude Code, Codex, Cursor — sit unused for design because nothing wires them into a complete workflow. Open Design is the open alternative built for exactly that gap.

License
Apache-2.0
Where it runs
Locally
Keys
BYOK
Open Design — sample deck 03 / 10 · market sizing illustrative · headline figures from README
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Open Design · §2The Solution04 / 10
Section 2 · The solution

21+ coding agents, zero config.

Open Design doesn't rebuild agents — it plugs in the ones already on your machine. Installed CLIs are auto-detected from PATH, and any OpenAI / Azure / Google-compatible endpoint connects through BYOK. The agent gets full terminal power: local files, Figma exports, and code repos are directly readable. This is the product wedge the raise is built to scale.

How agents connect
  • Auto-detection of installed CLIs on PATH — no setup screens
  • BYOK: Anthropic / OpenAI / Azure / Google + 14 media providers
  • Full terminal execution — not a cloud sandbox
  • Same workflow surface for every agent: prototypes, slides, video
  • Apache-2.0: fork, self-host, commercial use all allowed
AgentDetectionKeysPrototypesSlidesDashboardsImagesHTML VideoConfig
Claude CodePATHBYOK✓✓✓✓✓zero
Codex CLIPATHBYOK✓✓✓✓✓zero
Cursor AgentPATHBYOK✓✓✓✓✓zero
OpenClawPATHBYOK✓✓✓✓✓zero
Hermes AgentPATHBYOK✓✓✓✓✓zero
Deepseek TUIPATHBYOK✓✓✓✓✓zero
KimiPATHBYOK✓✓✓✓✓zero
QoderPATHBYOK✓✓✓✓✓zero
Copilot CLIPATHBYOK✓✓✓✓✓zero
Gemini CLIPATHBYOK✓✓✓✓✓zero
Kiro CLIPATHBYOK✓✓✓✓✓zero
Mistral VibePATHBYOK✓✓✓✓✓zero
…and more — 21 agents in total————————
Any compatible endpoint via BYOK————————
Open Design — sample deck 04 / 10 · 21 coding agents · auto-detected from PATH
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Open Design · §3Traction05 / 10
Section 3 · Traction

Six artifact families, already earning their keep.

The agent reads full context and produces real runnable files — previewed and edited in a sandbox, exported to engineering, or turned straight into a marketing video with HyperFrames. Every output family below is already in active use across our design-partner pilots, the proof point behind this raise.

OutputWhat it isTypical useFormatSandbox previewEditableGit-diffableHandoffVideo-readyPlugins
PrototypeHigh-fidelity mobile & web prototypesProduct designHTML/CSS/JS✓✓✓To engineeringvia HyperFrames✓
Live ArtifactInteractive dashboards & live briefsOps & reportingHTML + data✓✓✓Share as pagevia HyperFrames✓
SlidesCreative decks & research reportsStorytellingHTML deck✓✓✓Print / PDFvia HyperFrames✓
ImagePosters, illustrations, product mockupsMarketingPNG / SVG✓✓✓Asset exportas footage✓
HyperFramesHTML-to-MP4 marketing shorts & demosLaunch videoHTML → MP4✓✓✓MP4 render—✓
VideoCinematic generative footageBrand filmMP4✓——MP4 render—✓
One workflowidea → direction → artifact——————217+
One memoryevery choice feeds the next run——————129 DS
Open Design — sample deck 05 / 10 · six artifact families in active pilot use · 217+ plugins
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Open Design · §4The Wedge06 / 10
Section 4 · The wedge

A flywheel that compounds.

Six dimensions of the Open Design footprint, anchored on 60K+ GitHub stars under Apache-2.0. Each dimension reinforces the next: more installs draw more plugin authors, more plugins draw more design systems, and more design systems raise the switching cost for every workspace that adopts one. Bars indicate relative ecosystem scale (demo); the figures on the right are the headline numbers from the project README.

"This isn't a feature moat, it's a compounding one — every workspace that plugs in makes the next one cheaper to win."
GitHub StarsApache-2.0 open source
60K+
Contributorscommunity-built
300+
Pluginsprototypes · slides · posters · dashboards
217+
Design SystemsGitHub / Figma / local import
129
Coding Agentsauto-detected · zero config
21
Monthly costvs. cloud AI design · $500 → ~$73
−80%
0%25%50%75%100%
Stars
60K+
Plugins
217+
Cost vs. cloud
−80%
Open Design — sample deck 06 / 10 · bar widths illustrative · figures from README
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Open Design · §5Unit Economics07 / 10
Section 5 · Unit economics

BYOK economics that do the work.

With Open Design, teams bring their own keys — Anthropic, OpenAI, Azure, or Google — and pay providers directly, with no platform markup. Compared to a closed cloud AI design subscription, one pilot engineering team reported their monthly bill dropping from $500 to ~$73: over 80% less for the same design output, with zero infrastructure cost on our side to serve it.

Cloud AI design baseline$500 / mo
Open Design + BYOK~$73 / mo
Monthly cost reduction−80%+
Platform fee$0
Sign-up requiredNone
LicenseApache-2.0

Illustrative monthly bill — usage × provider mix (demo grid)

Team usage intensity
LightCasualTypicalHeavyStudio
Setup Cloud seat ×1$500$500$500$500$500
Cloud seat ×2$1,000$1,000$1,000$1,000$1,000
OD + BYOK$22$45~$73$110$160
OD + local agent$0$0$0$0$0
Savings vs. cloud−96%−91%−80%+−78%−68%

Highlighted cell = reported case ($500 → ~$73) · other cells illustrative demo values

What BYOK buys you
✓ No platform markup ✓ Provider of your choice ✓ Keys stay on your machine ✓ 14 media providers ✓ Self-host allowed ✓ No sign-up
Open Design — sample deck 07 / 10 · reported case: $500 → ~$73 / mo · grid illustrative
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Open Design · §6The Moat08 / 10
Section 6 · The moat

Four ways to build AI design tools, one compounds faster.

Option A · Cloud AI design

Closed-source, paid, cloud-only platforms

$500Indicative / month

For

  • Proved an LLM can truly design
  • Polished hosted experience
  • Nothing to install

Against

  • Locked to one model — no agent choice
  • No self-hosting, no BYOK
  • Your files leave your machine
Option B · Recommended

Open Design — open, local, agent-driven

~$73Indicative / month

For

  • 21 coding agents, auto-detected, zero config
  • Full BYOK — over 80% lower monthly cost
  • Apache-2.0: fork, self-host, commercial use

Against

  • You bring your own keys and agents
  • Desktop-first — designed for your machine, not a hosted SaaS
Option C · Classic design tools

Canvas tools without an agent workflow

ManualEvery iteration

For

  • Mature ecosystems and muscle memory
  • Precise hand control of every pixel

Against

  • No idea-to-artifact generation
  • Output isn't runnable code
  • No memory that compounds across runs
Option D · DIY agent scripts

Hand-rolled prompts and one-off pipelines

HighMaintenance cost

For

  • Total flexibility
  • Uses agents you already pay for

Against

  • No design systems — token drift everywhere
  • No sandbox preview or editing surface
  • Every workflow rebuilt from scratch
Open Design — sample deck 08 / 10 · cost figures: reported case · others qualitative
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Open Design · §7The Ask09 / 10
Section 7 · The ask

$28M Series B to build the enterprise & cloud layer.

We're raising $28M at a $180M pre-money valuation to convert a 60K-star open core into a durable enterprise business — without ever taking the option to close the source away from the community that built it.

Prior rounds: a $4M seed (2024) and a $14M Series A (2025) funded the open-source core and the first 217+ plugins. This round funds hosted sync, enterprise SSO/audit, and a managed plugin marketplace — the paid layer enterprises ask for on top of a product they already trust.

Use of proceeds

Open Design — sample deck 09 / 10 · $28M Series B · $180M pre-money · illustrative terms
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Open Design · ClosingGet In Touch10 / 10
Closing

Back the open core, fund the enterprise layer.

Why now, why this round

Open Design is the open-source, local, agent-driven design platform. From idea to prototypes, web pages, slides, and HTML video — the full product-design workflow runs on the buyer's own machine, with the coding agents they already use.

Open. Apache-2.0 from the first commit: fork it, self-host it, build a business on it. 300+ contributors have shaped the platform, and a 217+ plugin ecosystem covers prototypes, slides, posters, dashboards, and more — a distribution engine no closed competitor can replicate at this cost.

Local. No sign-up, no upload. Local files, Figma exports, and code repos are directly readable in place, and API keys never leave the user's machine — full-stack BYOK across Anthropic, OpenAI, Azure, Google, and 14 media providers. This is why regulated enterprises can finally say yes.

Agent-native. 21 coding agents are auto-detected from PATH with zero config, and 129 design systems keep every artifact on brand. This raise turns that adoption into a durable, recurring enterprise business.

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