I build AI-first products and ship them: from zero-to-one platforms to agent-powered tools that solve real problems.
9+ years in SaaS, now fully focused on AI agents, orchestration, and turning models into products people actually use. I've been a founding PM, a product marketer, a podcast creator, and a mentor, always building and shipping. Formerly lead and grew products + teams at Zoho Corp.
Currently leading AI-led initiatives at Stitchflow, working with models, agents, and orchestration tools to reimagine corporate IT visibility.
What I work on
- AI Products: agents, orchestration, LLM-powered workflows, prompt engineering
- Open source: authoring reusable agent skills and creative tools (Peanut Illustrations, notch-kit, AI product skills, brand-system), installable across Claude Code, Cursor & 40+ agents via skills.sh
- Zero-to-one: taking products from idea → prototype → shipped (did this with VaniHQ, Event Tech SDK, and more)
- AR/XR: building immersive experiences like Bengaluru Hogona AR
- GenAI Filmmaking: creating AI-animated films with Luma AI, Midjourney, Runway, and ElevenLabs — watch on YouTube
- Product strategy: positioning, GTM, competitive analysis, growth loops
- Builder tools: Augment, Codex, Claude Code, Google AI Studio, Cursor
- Hardware experiments: Arduino, LED matrices, serial protocols, and tiny playful interfaces
| Project | What it is |
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| Peanut Illustrations | An AI-agent skill that turns a short idea, judgment, process, or metaphor into one clean hand-drawn concept illustration starring a deadpan peanut. Built for blog posts, Notion docs, methodology notes, and visual explainers. |
| Concepts to GIFs | A HyperFrames-powered system for turning abstract concepts into seamless animated infographic GIFs. Content lives as structured data; the engine handles themes, metaphors, motion, rendering, and proof checks. |
| Pixel Canvas | A 32x8 Arduino Nano + MAX7219 LED matrix that becomes a desk pixel-art display, scrolling text board, Claude status companion, and tiny retro game console with Snake, Pong, Breakout, Life, Space Invaders, and Runner. |
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Product Lead at Stitchflow — building AI-first corporate IT visibility products, working across agents, models, and orchestration tools.
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Hands-on builder, not just PM — I build and ship full-stack apps end to end, from the prompt layer and backend to the UI. Not just specs, working software.
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8+ years at Zoho Corporation — Founding PM of VaniHQ (visual collaboration platform, 0 → 1), Product Manager for Hardware + SDK in Event Tech, and Lead Product Marketer for MarTech/Omnichannel automation.
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Creator of The Founder's Foyer — a podcast and builder collective for founders. 1st Place, Professional–Indie Podcast Category, Battle of Voices 2024. Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
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Stanford Seed Mentor — mentoring early-stage B2B/SaaS entrepreneurs. Previously mentored 500+ minutes on ADPList.
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LinkedIn Top 200 Creator in India (2022) — awarded $2,000 Creator Accelerator grant. Published in AI Time Journal, G2, Digital Marketing Magazine, The Hindu, and Email on Acid.
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HBR Advisory Council member — providing editorial insights for Harvard Business Review.
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Co-authored poetry collections: "Whistling Silence" and "Rekha Scribbles" — because building isn't just about code.
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Silver Medallist at SSN College of Engineering — B.E. in Electronics & Communications, Top 0.1% of Anna University ECE department.
Agent skills and tools I build and maintain: some installable across Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, and 40+ agents via the open skills.sh ecosystem, and some as direct-install local skills. All MIT licensed.
| Skill | What it does | Install |
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| notch-kit | Ship a native macOS notch app in minutes. Abstracts notch detection, panel config, and hover animations so any agent can build the UI while you focus on app logic. Swift. | npx skills add aishwaryaashok14/notch-kit |
| peanut-illustrations | Turn a short prompt into one white-background, hand-drawn concept illustration with a deadpan peanut doing the core explanatory work. Built as a reusable Codex + Claude skill. | Clone and copy peanut-illustrations/ into your agent skills folder |
| thefoundersfoyer-ai-product-skills | 6 practitioner-grade AI product skills: Positioning Autopsy, Growth Loop Diagnostics, Behavioral Product Design, Rigorous Thinking Coach, Vibe-to-Ship Coach, and AI Teammate Coach. | npx skills add aishwaryaashok14/thefoundersfoyer-ai-product-skills |
| brand-system | Generate a full brand system (palette, typography, voice, and a rendered moodboard) through a short guided Q&A. | npx skills add aishwaryaashok14/brand-system |
| Project | Description |
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| Typeletter | A virtual typewriter for mindful, distraction-free writing. Realistic keystrokes, ambient soundscapes (rain, jazz, beach), ink colors, wax seals, and email/image export. Built with React. Featured in the Product Hunt newsletter. |
| claude-llm-tools-memory-demo | A teaching app showing how an LLM levels up across three tiers: raw output → tools (RAG, web search, Playwright) → tools + persistent memory. Paired with a competitor-research agent built on skills, subagents, and MCP servers. Next.js + TypeScript. |
| bengaluru-hogona-ar | A web AR experience bringing scenes from Bengaluru to life |
| personal-reflections-os | A structured-thinking operating system for personal reflection |
| One Good Thing | No-code pandemic wellness curation tool |
| VaniHQ | Visual collaboration platform — built 0 → 1 at Zoho |
🎙️ The Founder's Foyer — My podcast and builder collective for early-stage founders, creators, and builders. 65+ episodes of hallway conversations on Product, Ideas, and Growth — featuring guests like Shreyas Doshi (ex-Stripe, Google, Twitter), Wes Kao (Co-Founder, Maven), Dan Shipper (Founder, Every), and leaders from Google, Meta, and high-growth startups. 1st Place, Battle of Voices 2024. Listen on Spotify · Apple Podcasts · YouTube.
🎬 AI Films — My GenAI filmmaking channel. I create AI-animated short films and visual stories using Luma AI, Midjourney, Runway, and ElevenLabs — pushing the boundaries of what's possible when AI meets storytelling. Featured work includes "Glimmers", an AI-animated film blending generative visuals with narrative craft.
🌐 aishashok.com — My personal space where I write about technology, product management, design, and life philosophy. Includes my product & tech articles, newsletter, art, poetry, and thoughts on building at the intersection of growth mindset, empathy, and ethical tech.
🎨 Rue Des Arts — My handpainted watercolor art shop. Fine-binding notebooks, art prints, postcards, and travel tags inspired by streets and stories from Madras, Goa, Jaipur, Hampi, and beyond. Every piece is hand-illustrated — because I believe builders should create with their hands too.
✍️ Newsletter — Where I write about AI, product building, and the founder journey.
🌱 Building at the intersection of AI and product. Always happy to chat about AI agents, product strategy, or founder journeys. Open to mentoring, collaborations, and interesting conversations.