Aakanksha Mirdha

Aakanksha Mirdha

THE DRIVER

@mirdhaaakanksha · Independent

Drafted Jul 30, 2026

Product Designer

Designed for Uber and Cruise before Playground AI, and now works independently as design lead for early-stage startups. Ships small plugins and apps on the side, apparently unable to stop.

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  Frank Bach@zendadddy
  Product Designer

  Building at Anthropic, with Instagram, Headspace, DoorDash, and Red Bull behind him.

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  Nate Parrott@nateparrott
  Design Engineer

  Designs at Anthropic after a stint at The Browser Company.

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  John Pham@JohnPhamous
  Design Engineer

  At Vercel by day and an angel investor the rest of the time, working out of Seattle.

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