Chou: Most web designers work by finding inspiration rather than pure novelty
Bryant Chou · The Age Of The 40-Year-Old Solo Founder Is Here · Y Combinator · Jun 19, 2026 · at 19:20
Bryant Chou, co-founder of Webflow and founder of Ploy, discusses why Ploy emulates human design workflows through curated lookbooks.
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“If you go and work with the agency of freelance web designer, some of the best might come up with something incredibly bespoke and unique that no one's ever seen before, but a lot of them, you know, they get inspiration and that's essentially what we're trying to do here with our product, which is like, Hey, let's like emulate how real humans work.”
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