KodoFounder & CEO
Oct 2025 — Present
Building an AI design platform that turns natural-language prompts into complete, fully editable visual designs.
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Michael Goldstein builds Kodo, an AI design platform for creating fully editable visual work from natural-language prompts. He previously interned at Ramp, participated in Founders, Inc.’s Off Season, and built FloweAI and Neatly.
Michael Goldstein builds Kodo, an AI design platform for creating fully editable visual work from natural-language prompts. He previously interned at Ramp, participated in Founders, Inc.’s Off Season, and built FloweAI and Neatly.
Career
RampIntern
Jun 2026 — Aug 2026
Shipped six merged pull requests, built an internal mail app, and onboarded a user to an unreleased product.
NeatlyBuilder
Aug 2025 — Sep 2025
Built computer-use agents before pivoting the project to Kodo.
Founders, Inc.Off Season Participant
Jul 2025 — Jul 2025
Joined the Off Season program, pitched FloweAI at Demo Day, and participated in its San Francisco founder community.
FloweAIFounder & CEO
Feb 2025 — Jul 2025
Built and launched an AI automation agent, reached roughly 800–1,000 signups, then pivoted the project.
Cosigns Received
Featured Media
x.com
Introducing Kodo
A 46-second launch film demonstrating Kodo’s chat-driven, fully editable design workflow.
usekodo.ai
Building Kodo’s Brand Identity
Michael’s retrospective on developing Kodo’s visual system and the lessons behind its branding workflow.
sfstandard.com
Meet the teen founder riding the AI boom
The San Francisco Standard profiles Michael’s early startup path, Founders, Inc. experience, and pivot to Kodo.