Mark Goldberg

The Rise of the Full Stack Designer: Our Series A in Noon

Since day one at Chemistry, we’ve been searching for AI-native design tools. Just as Cursor, Claude, and Cognition are transforming how software is built, we believe a new generation of tools will redefine how products are created. Noon, emerging today from stealth, is soon to be a household name in this category.   

As we’ve explored this shift, we’ve spent time with designers across our network—from Dropbox, OpenAI, Meta, Apple, Windsurf, Perplexity, Granola, and beyond. That’s where we first heard about Noon: a tool that writes code as you design.

From left to right: Soleio (ex-Facebook, ex-Dropbox); Ben Barry (Non-Linear), Mark Goldberg (Chemistry), Aditya Bandi (Noon), Todd Jackson (First Round) Ivory Tang (Chemistry) Johnny Manzari (ex-Apple), John Smothers (Noon)

For years, product development has been defined by handoffs: PM → design → frontend → backend. We believe that AI will collapse this chain. Designers will express intent and receive runnable, testable software…no translation layer required. The result is faster cycles, smaller teams, and a new company archetype built around the “full-stack designer.” This may become one of the most culturally disruptive shifts in product orgs in decades.

When we saw the product demo for Noon, still in stealth, it blew us away. My colleague, Ivory, and I walked out of our first meeting with Aditya Bandi, Noon’s Co-CEO, and called Kristina, Bohan and Ethan: “We just saw the future of product design,” we told them. 

We began introducing Aditya and Kushagra (co-founders and Co-CEOs of Noon) to builders across our network. The feedback was immediate and consistent: “This is a game changer… is there any way to get involved?”

As momentum built, and our conviction deepened, we partnered early with the Noon team and led their Series A. The round includes a who’s who of Silicon Valley’s top designers and product leaders, including Soleio, Scott Belsky, Tobi Lutke and many more.

Noon is now live in early access. If you’re building products, you’ll want to see this firsthand.

Get early access here.

April 2, 2026
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