When Katie Kirk set out to build her design collaboration platform in Bubble, she knew the journey wouldn't be easy. But what she didn't anticipate was just how crucial the right technical support would be in transforming her vision into a Demo Day-worthy product.
Last week, Katie was announced as one of just four finalists selected from Cohort 8 to present at Immerse's Demo Day—a significant achievement that came on the heels of intensive development work and strategic technical mentorship from WeGetDesign.
The Project: An AI-Powered Design Collaboration Platform
Katie's platform is designed to streamline the creative collaboration process between clients and service providers. At its core, the application features an AI-powered chat interface that helps users generate project concepts and visual assets, which then flow seamlessly into a structured project creation workflow.
The application needed to handle complex data relationships—from AI-generated conversations and images to multi-step project forms—all while maintaining an intuitive user experience.
The Support Process: Weekly Sessions and Critical Problem-Solving
WeGetDesign provided Katie with consistent weekly technical mentorship throughout October 2025, tackling progressively more complex technical challenges.
Early October: Building the Foundation
In the first sessions, Omar Moulani and Daniel Nash from WeGetDesign helped Katie establish the fundamental architecture of her application. They worked through critical data structure decisions and debugged workflow issues.
One particularly frustrating bug—where Katie's forms wouldn't advance between steps—turned out to be a case sensitivity issue in her URL parameters. "How is anyone supposed to figure this out?" Katie remarked, capturing the reality many no-code builders face.
Mid-October: Conquering AI Integration
The most technically demanding work came in integrating OpenAI's API for both text chat and image generation. Katie encountered multiple JSON parsing errors that could have derailed her entire demo.
Through patient debugging, the team isolated the problem: double quotation marks in the formatted JSON were breaking the API calls.
"It was the double quotations, but it was actually from the format JSON safe—the thing that I built to prevent these issues," Omar explained after they finally cracked it.
The Result: Demo Day Recognition
On October 17th, 2025, just two days after her successful internal demo, Katie Kirk was named one of four Cohort 8 finalists for Demo Day. The announcement specifically recognized finalists who "demonstrated significant, tangible progress on their MVPs, maintained a high level of engagement both inside and outside the classroom, and have displayed incredible amounts of grit."
What Made the Difference
- Consistent, Structured Support: Weekly sessions ensured problems didn't compound.
- Patient Problem-Solving: Helping Katie understand the underlying issues, not just quick fixes.
- Custom Solutions: Using proprietary tools when standard plugins proved problematic.
- Strategic Timing: Intensive support right before her demo ensured everything worked when it mattered most.
Congratulations to Katie Kirk on becoming a Cohort 8 Demo Day finalist! We're proud to have been part of your journey and can't wait to see where you take this platform next.