# Akash Talyan

> Akash Talyan is a Product Designer at Zip (ziphq.com), a San Francisco-based AI procurement platform valued at $2.2 billion. He leads design for the agent experience team, building the human-AI interfaces that power enterprise procurement automation. With a Master's in Human-Computer Interaction from Georgia Tech and a career spanning Coinbase, Verily Life Sciences, and Lucid Software, Akash brings rare depth to the challenge of making agentic AI workflows feel intuitive to real enterprise users.

- **Role:** Product Designer at Zip
- **Organizations:** Zip (ziphq.com), Verily Life Sciences, Lucid Software, Coinbase, Ancestry, Honda Cars India Ltd, Georgia Institute of Technology
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** Master of Science, Human-Computer Interaction (MS-HCI) & Industrial Design, Georgia Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida
- **Known for:** Led agent experience design team at Zip, a $2.2 billion AI procurement platform, Redesigned Lucid Software's integration marketplace, driving a 42% increase in monthly application integrations, Contributed to Coinbase Wallet redesign and established multi-wallet system architecture

## Career timeline

- **~2018** — Design Engineer at Honda Cars India Ltd, early career in manufacturing and industrial design
- **~2020-2022** — MS-HCI student and Graduate Research Assistant at Georgia Institute of Technology
- **~2021** — UX Design Intern at Ancestry, focused on P2P messaging center and media sharing
- **~2021-2022** — UX Design Intern at Verily Life Sciences, Health Platforms team
- **2022** — Product Designer at Coinbase, redesigned Wallet settings page and built multi-wallet system
- **2023-2024** — Senior Product Designer at Lucid Software, redesigned integration marketplace resulting in 42% increase in monthly application integrations
- **2024** — User Experience Designer at Verily Life Sciences, supporting participant insights and experience on the Verily Me consumer app
- **2024-present** — Product Designer at Zip, leading the agent experience team designing human-AI interfaces for enterprise procurement

## Achievements

- Led agent experience design team at Zip, a $2.2 billion AI procurement platform
- Redesigned Lucid Software's integration marketplace, driving a 42% increase in monthly application integrations
- Contributed to Coinbase Wallet redesign and established multi-wallet system architecture
- Completed MS-HCI at Georgia Institute of Technology - one of the world's top HCI programs
- Transitioned from mechanical engineering to leading-edge AI UX design - a rare cross-disciplinary trajectory
- Worked across three of San Francisco's most prominent tech companies: Coinbase, Verily, and Zip

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — Zip raised $190M Series D at a $2.2B valuation, expanding the platform Akash designs for
- **2024** — Leading agent experience design team at Zip, focusing on AI-powered procurement UX
- **2024** — Zip crossed 1,100+ employees and expanded AI procurement orchestration features

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akashtalyan

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Last updated: 2026-05-27