Why Hire a SaaS Product Designer When AI Tools Can Make UI?

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I design growth-ready products — fixing broken UX and aligning teams fast | Interim CPO | AI Product Designer | SaaS UX Strategist | Principal UI/UX Designer | Branding Expert | Founder @ Think 360 I have worked with AI startups & Mid-level enterprise companies, including Aiode, Args.ai, Dental.com, Credello, Akiba Digital, Wellpsyche, Packt, FLdata, and Virtual Dental Care. AI can design your screens. But can it design your strategy? Every week, I see founders posting, “We’re building a SaaS. Should we still hire a designer when AI tools can generate our UI?” Fair question. AI can spin up layouts in seconds, choose colors, and even wire up a Figma prototype. But there’s a big difference between making UI and designing a product. Because what really matters isn’t how polished your interface looks — it’s how well your product fits into someone’s messy, unpredictable, very human life. And that’s where SaaS product designers shine. They connect dots that AI can’t see — business goals, user emotion, ethics, accessibility, trust. They don’t just move pixels; they ask why those pixels exist in the first place. So, before you skip the designer and trust a prompt, ask yourself: Do you want a design that looks right, or one that feels right? 🧠 Read the full article - https://princepaluiux.com/blog/why-hire-saas-product-designer-ai-tools-can-make-ui/