Ideas for progress.
Neua is an independent applied-AI product lab that builds live products on one shared package platform, plus Neua Publishing House.
Two practices.
One platform.
Neua is an independent applied-AI product lab. Software that ships, and books that put people in every profession. Each is a distinct practice; together they share a platform, a philosophy, and a point of view.
Applied-AI product work shipped as real software: agentic workflows, generative product surfaces, and developer tooling. Neua Studio powers 6 live products, with 7 more in beta or development, on a shared platform of 54 in-house packages.
The platform behind every product.
272 shared components across 54 packages. Canvas powers the interface. Engine powers the backend. One foundation, many distinctive products. Taste is repeatable, not flattened.
Founded by
Cedric J. Strickland
Head of Product, Gmail Enterprise & AI at Google. Building billion-user products at Google and Microsoft since 2013. Adjunct Professor at the University of Washington. Author and illustrator of the children's picture book "My Black Job".
"Shared primitives should accelerate taste, not flatten it."
Cedric J. Strickland is a product and AI executive who has been building billion-user products at Microsoft and Google since 2013. As Head of Product, Gmail Enterprise & AI at Google, he owns the AI-first roadmap for Gmail Enterprise, work that shipped publicly in Gemini Spark and Google Workspace Studio, and that he presented on stage at Google Cloud Next '26. Previously at Microsoft, he led Windows product across three roles over a decade, activating the first 100M Windows 10 users and pioneering ML-driven releases to 900M+ monthly active devices.
Alongside that work he founded Neua, an independent applied-AI product lab, and wrote and illustrated My Black Job: A Story of Black Careers (Neua Publishing House, 2025), helping kids see themselves in every profession.
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