Katie's world-class designers

byKatie Kirsch

  2. Greg Truesdell

    Head of Design & Creative Director at Andreessen Horowitz

  3. Vardnan Sivarajah

    1. Lighthouse HQ

      Founding Design Engineer

      2026-03 – Present

    2. UNLIMITED

      Founding Design Engineer

      2025-12 – 2026-03

    3. Autodesk

      UI/UX Engineer

      2024-08 – 2025-12

  4. Benji Taylor

    Head of Design for X and SpaceXAI

    1. X

      Head of Design

      2026-03 – Present

    2. SpaceX

      Head of Design, X and SpaceXAI

      2026-03 – Present

    3. Base

      Head of Design

      2025-10 – 2026-03

  5. Ian Silber

    Product designer; formerly OpenAI

    1. OpenAI

      Head of Product Design

      2023-08 – 2026-09

    2. Global Illumination

      Product Designer

      2022-01 – 2023-08

    3. Artifact

      Product Designer

      2021-05 – 2022-01

  6. John Pham

    Head of Product Design at Vercel

    1. Vercel

      Head of Product Design

      2025-09 – Present

    2. Andreessen Horowitz

      Scout

      Present

    3. Highlight

      Founding Engineer

      2021-03 – 2022-03

  7. Emmett Shine

    Founder and Creative Director at Little Plains

    1. Infinite Garden

      Founder Team

      2024-10 – Present

    2. Little Plains

      Founder and Executive Creative Director

      2024-01 – Present

    3. Pattern Brands

      Co-founder

      2018-10 – Present

  8. DANN©

    Designer, filmmaker and creator of Epicurrence

    1. Self-employed

      Freelance Designer

      Present

    2. QuiverAI

      Designer

      Present

    3. Medium

      First Designer

      Past

  9. Ryo Lu

    Product designer and builder

    1. Cursor

      Head of Design

      2025-02 – 2026-08

    2. Notion

      Founding Designer, Product, Design Lead

      2019-09 – 2025-01

    3. Stripe

      Product Designer

      2018-03 – 2019-09

  11. Hannah Gao

    Working on memory and personalization at OpenAI; Stanford student studying mathematics and computer science.

    1. OpenAI

      Member of Technical Staff (Intern)

      2026-01 – Present

    2. Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)

      Undergraduate Researcher

      2025-09 – Present

    3. The Interaction Company of California (Poke)

      Design Engineer (Intern)

      2025-06 – 2025-09

  12. floguo

    Design engineer

    1. Paradigm

      Founding Design Engineer

      2025-08 – 2026-08

    2. Vercel

      Design Engineer (Intern)

      2025-05 – 2025-08

    3. floguo design

      Independent Designer

      2023-03 – 2025-04

  13. Ayon Bhattacharya

    Product Designer at Eve; AI-native designer and educator

    1. Eve

      Product Designer

      2024-02 – Present

    2. JITX

      Lead Product Designer

      2022-02 – 2024-02

    3. Treasure Financial

      Sr. Product Designer

      2021-01 – 2022-02

  14. Bao To

    design engineer and studio artist

    1. Ramp

      Design Engineer

      2026 – 2026-08

    2. The Relationship Company

      Founding Design Engineer

      2026-01 – 2026-05

    3. SageSure

      Design Engineer

      2025-05 – 2025-08

  15. Adrián Mato 🐙

    Designing and building tools for developers at Xbox; startup investor.

    1. Xbox

      Designer, Developer Tools

      Present

    2. GitHub

      Senior Design Director

      2019 – 2026

    3. Microsoft

      Lead & Design Manager, Azure Pipelines

      2018 – 2020

  17. Bryce

    1. Reve

      Designer

      2026-03 – Present

    2. Mirage

      Product

      2024-09 – 2026-02

    3. Tesla

      Engineering

      2022-11 – 2023-04

  18. Jeff Orr

    1. Grow Therapy

      Sr. Manager, Product Design & Design Engineering

      2022-12 – Present

    2. webuildyourapps.com

      Founder & Product Designer

      2019-01 – 2022-12

    3. Maply, Inc.

      Co-Founder & CEO

      2015-10 – 2019-01

  19. Josh Merrill

    1. Voyance

      Founder

      2025-06 – Present

    2. Confirm

      Cofounder and CEO

      2019-11 – 2024-01

    3. Carta

      Founding Chief Product Officer

      2013-05 – 2019-02

  21. Grace Zhang

    1. Partiful

      Design Engineer

      2021-08 – Present

    2. Computer Science Instructional Laboratory (CSIL)

      DevOps Engineer

      2020-01 – 2023-03

  22. Mathurah Ravigulan

    1. Design Eng Club

      Founder

      2025 – Present

    2. Netflix

      Design Engineer

      2024-08 – Present

    3. Rabbitholeathon

      Co-founder

      2022 – Present

  24. Stanley Huang

    1. Replit

      Design Engineer

      2025-08 – Present

    2. Figma

      Software Engineer

      2020-05 – 2025-08

    3. Splunk

      Frontend Software Engineering

      2019-09 – 2019-12

  26. Peng Zheng

    Designer exploring AI agents, bots, and product experiences

    1. SpaceXAI

      Product Designer

      Present

  27. Ramy Majouji

    Staff Product Designer at Brex

    1. Brex

      Staff Product Designer / Design Engineer

      2021 – Present

    2. Glossier

      Product Design Lead

      2019 – 2021

    3. Cadre

      Product Designer

      2015 – 2019

  28. Giovanni D'Antonio

    Member of Technical Staff at Thinking Machines Lab

    1. Cognition

      Researcher

      2026-09 – Present

    2. Sequoia Capital

      Scout

      2026-01 – Present

    3. Thinking Machines Lab

      Member of Technical Staff

      2025-12 – 2026-09

  29. Jesse Kulp

    1. Apple

      Member of the Design Staff

      2026-01 – Present

    2. Google DeepMind

      Founding Designer

      2024-03 – 2026-01

    3. Google

      UX Lead, ML Developer Platforms

      2021-07 – 2024-03

  30. Jeroen Ransijn

    1. Figma

      Staff Product Designer

      2025-08 – Present

    2. Webflow

      Staff Product Designer

      2024-01 – 2025-08

    3. Airtable

      Product Engineer & Designer

      2018-11 – 2023-09

  31. Evan Coutre

    1. Google

      Product Design @ Google Labs

      2026 – Present

    2. Character.AI

      Head of Design

      2023 – 2025

    3. Venture Backed Startups

      Product & Design Consultant

      2020 – 2025

  32. Aakanksha Mirdha

    Independent design lead for early-stage startups; product designer and software maker

    1. Playground

      Product Design Lead

      2021-10 – 2024-07

    2. Cruise

      Senior Product Designer

      2019-10 – 2021-10

    3. Uber

      Product Designer

      2017-05 – 2019-10

  33. Conway Anderson

    AI product builder and designer focused on spatial computing, augmented reality, and AI-powered experiences.

    1. Enhanced Reality Inc.

      Founder

      Present

    2. Uber

      UX Consultant

      2018 – 2019

    3. Academia.edu

      VP of Product

      2014 – 2016

  34. Evil Rabbit

    1. Vercel

      Head of Creative Design

      2026-07 – Present

    2. Evil Rabbit

      Freelance Designer

      2014-12 – 2016-06

    3. Auth0

      Product Designer

      2015-02 – 2016-05

  35. Anushriya Bhardwaj

    Senior Product Designer @Databricks

    1. Databricks

      Senior Product Designer

      Present

    2. Hadrius

      Founding Product Designer

      2024-03 – 2025-07

    3. Zeda.io

      Senior Product Designer

      2022-09 – 2025-03

  36. Putri Karunia

    Founder and design engineer at Lunagraph

    1. Lunagraph

      Founder and Design Engineer

      Present

    2. Twill

      Founder, Designer and Engineer

      Present

  37. Naman Kedia

    1. OpenAI

      Design Engineer

      2025 – Present

    2. Slack

      Design Engineer

      2021 – 2025

    3. Fleek

      Co-founder

      2019 – 2022

  38. Will Hobick

    Head of Design Engineering at Rocket

    1. Big Thinkers

      Co-Founder

      2026-02 – Present

    2. Rocket

      Head of Design Engineering

      2025-05 – Present

    3. FlutterFlow

      Lead Product Designer

      2024-04 – 2025-05

  39. Samuel Lo

    1. Poly

      Founding Designer

      2022-06 – Present

    2. MarketAngelo

      Co-Founder, Head of Product

      2020-11 – 2022-04

    3. Kintsugi

      Product Intern

      2021-10 – 2022-01