--- title: Inside Metalab, Silicon Valley’s Best-Kept Design Secret description: Metalab is a remote-first product design studio that has designed digital products for major tech companies like Slack, Google, Robinhood, and Uber since 2006.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/inside-metalab-silicon-valley-s-best-kept-design-secret-jo9amiybj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Inside Metalab, Silicon Valley’s Best-Kept Design Secret | daily.dev og:description: Metalab is a remote-first product design studio that has designed digital products for major tech companies like Slack, Google, Robinhood, and Uber since 2006.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/inside-metalab-silicon-valley-s-best-kept-design-secret-jo9amiybj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JO9aMiybJ.png og:image:alt: Inside Metalab, Silicon Valley’s Best-Kept Design Secret og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Inside Metalab, Silicon Valley’s Best-Kept Design Secret **[Codrops](https://daily.dev/sources/codrops)** · 4 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Metalab is a remote-first product design studio that has designed digital products for major tech companies like Slack, Google, Robinhood, and Uber since 2006. The agency has shipped over 475 products used by 2.2 billion people, including 24 unicorns. Their portfolio spans AI, fintech, healthcare, and SaaS, with recent work including Suno's music generation platform, Uber's core features, Windsurf's developer tools rebrand, and the Atomic Habits app. Operating with a lean, execution-focused approach, their global team of designers, engineers, and strategists works fully remote with dedicated client teams. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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