Founder-minded product
builder designing AI
systems, workflows, and
user experiences.
I work across product management, system architecture, UX, and operations to turn ambiguous ideas into real, usable products.
About Me
I'm deeply interested in entrepreneurship, product management, system architecture, operations, UI/UX, and design.
I enjoy working end-to-end — from understanding user problems, to designing workflows, to shaping systems that scale.
I prefer shipping prototypes over writing long documents, and I learn fastest by building real things and iterating based on feedback.
Operating Principle
“I believe good products come from understanding real workflows, not just building features.”
Selected Work
AgentOS
Aug 2025 — Proof-of-Concept Sprint
An AI-native operating system designed to let autonomous agents perceive, reason, and act inside real software environments.
Agentic Browser
Jan 2025 – Present (Ongoing Research & Prototype)
An AI-first browser prototype exploring how autonomous agents can operate within the user’s interface layer while collaborating with humans in real time.
BOOZ — Liquor Delivery MVP
Oct 2024 – Dec 2024
A real-world MVP built to test speed, demand, and execution under tight constraints using Bubble.io.
Air Purifier
Mar 2023 – May 2023
An exploratory hardware project focused on systems thinking where constraints are physical and non-negotiable.
Experience & Research
UX Research Participant (Selected & Referred)
@ Google Feb 2022 – Sep 2025Selected and repeatedly referred to participate in paid Google UX research initiatives (participant in contracted studies) across YouTube, Google One, and Circle to Search.
IT Intern
@ Pioneer Automation Services May 2024 – July 2024Joined the internal tools team to support senior engineers in improving operational efficiency, reporting accuracy, and workflow automation.
Focus Areas & Capabilities
- Turning ambiguous problems into scoped, buildable products
- Making trade-offs between speed, quality, and leverage
- Shipping MVPs to learn from real usage, not assumptions
- Designing workflows users can understand without explanation
- Balancing power and simplicity in complex systems
- Using UX feedback and research insights to drive product decisions
- Designing systems that tolerate failure and ambiguity
- Building internal tools that unblock real work
- Thinking in workflows, state, and recovery — not just features
- Rapid prototyping with AI-assisted development
- Google Anti-Gravity (Agent First IDE)
- Bubble.io for fast, real-world MVPs
- GitHub for version control and iteration
- Figma for workflow and interaction thinking
- Notion & Trello for execution and operational clarity
Education & Certifications
Education
B.Tech, Electronics & Communication Engineering
Engineering fundamentals combined with hands-on product building, systems thinking, and real-world experimentation outside the classroom.
Y Combinator Startup School (Online)
Selected as one of ~10,000 participants globally for YC’s 3-month online startup program focused on early-stage product building, validation, and founder execution.
Certifications
Google UX Design Specialization
Coursera · Apr 2024
End-to-end training in user research, interaction design, usability testing, and UX decision-making for real products.
View CredentialMicrosoft AI Product Manager
Coursera · Nov 2025
Focused on building AI-powered products, defining AI use cases, product strategy, and responsible AI deployment.
View CredentialLet’s Build Something
If you’re building startups, AI-first products, internal tools, or new workflows, I’d love to talk.
Especially interested in early-stage, founder-led teams.
HarshalDorlikar112@gmail.com