Summary
Jenny Fan is a Staff Product Designer and founder with 11+ years crafting 0-to-1 digital products and AI-native MVPs, currently embedded in early-stage startups and Ramp. She combines academic rigor—a Master in Design Engineering from Harvard and past research on democratic legitimacy and digital governance—with hands-on product leadership from Palantir and IDEO to ship pragmatic, high-craft solutions in ambiguous, technical domains. As an adjunct professor at NYU, she mentors the next generation of designers while advising on LLM workflows, agentic AI tooling, and market validation for VC-backed teams. Her independent studio has helped launch and validate products across consumer and enterprise AI, and she also invests in AI-driven consumer startups, blending strategic design, research, and early-stage investing.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master in Design Engineering Design Engineering, Master in Design Engineering Design Engineering at Harvard University
B.S. Economics Management and Information Systems, B.S. Economics Management and Information Systems at The Wharton School