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title: "Krishna GJ - Co-Founder in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Krishna GJ, Product Designer | AI Native | Design Engineer | Ex-Freshworks & Ex-Zoho based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes antigravity and codex."
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# Krishna GJ on Tal

## Headline

Product Designer \| AI Native \| Design Engineer \| Ex\-Freshworks & Ex\-Zoho

## About

My current obsession is simple: “How can we put brains behind every pixel?” It drives me to design interfaces that are not static but intelligent, systems that learn, adapt and anticipate\. I’m a self\-taught Product Designer who thrives at the intersection of design, data and AI\. As an AI\-native designer, I’ve spent the past 8\+ years crafting experiences that don’t just look good, they move metrics, solve messy problems and make technology feel human\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

antigravity

codex

## Work experience

Co\-Founder at Cookie Kitchen, Apr 2026 \- Present · 5 mos, Bengaluru

AI\-Native Product Designer at Birdeye, Jun 2026 \- Jul 2026 · 2 mos, Bengaluru

Senior Lead Product Designer at CommerceIQ, Jan 2026 \- May 2026 · 5 mos, \- Leading the transformation of an existing SaaS platform into an AI\-native & agent\-first product experience\. \- Reduced design\-to\-build cycle by 50% by building a Cursor \+ Lovable prototyping pipeline which was adopted as a standard practice by the organisation, and helped support a $350K opportunity\. \- Responsible for hiring, critique, and elevating design quality, while managing and mentoring a team of designers\.

Senior Product Designer at CommerceIQ, Aug 2023 \- Jan 2026 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Lead Designer & Founding Team at Drivetrain, Jan 2021 \- Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, \- Led 0 to 1 product design from concept to MVP launch in 6 months along with building a complex design system\. \- Reduced onboarding and setup effort by 32%, successfully launching the website within 2 weeks to support early pipeline\. \- Mentored junior designers while revamping design processes and culture\.

Senior Product Designer at Freshworks, Apr 2020 \- Jan 2021 · 10 mos, On\-site, \- Led end\-to\-end design for Freshchat’s conversational bot builder from early concept to launch\. \- Designed multilingual and accessible experiences across live translation, localisation and global UI scalability\.

Product Designer at Freshworks, May 2018 \- Apr 2020 · 2 yrs, Tamil Nadu, India

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \(B\.E\.\), Electronics and Communications Engineering, SSN college of engineering

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