#51: The future of in-product collaboration between AI and humans | Steven Fabre (Founder @ Liveblocks)

Welcome to another episode of Supra Insider. This time, Marc and Ben sat down with Steven Fabre, co-founder and CEO of Liveblocks, a company helping product teams seamlessly build collaborative experiences—now with AI copilots in the mix.

In this conversation, Steven shares his journey from being a designer at InVision to leading a developer tools company that’s rethinking collaboration in the AI era. They talk about how Liveblocks is evolving from enabling human-to-human collaboration to supporting humans and AI working together in real time—and what that means for interface design, trust, and product differentiation.

Steven also shares how he's staying ahead of the curve by studying patterns across tools like Figma, Notion, Stripe, and Claude—and how building great developer tools today means thinking about developer experience and end-user UX at the same time.

Whether you're a founder, product leader, or designer thinking about how AI might shape your product, this episode offers a grounded and inspiring look at what's coming next.

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In this episode, we covered the following topics:

* How Liveblocks helps teams add multiplayer collaboration to any product

* Why collaboration patterns from tools like Figma and Notion are becoming standard UX

* The shift from collaborating with humans to collaborating with AI agents

* Why visibility and trust are essential for AI copilots

* The future of product development tools like Bolt and Cursor

* How Steven thinks about staying one step ahead in a rapidly evolving landscape

* Developer experience, open protocols like MCP, and the challenge of AI SEO

* And much more!

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Links:

* Steven Fabre: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-fabre-5510bb38/

* Steven Fabre X: https://x.com/stevenfabre

* Liveblocks: https://liveblocks.io/

* Ben: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benerez/

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