{"slug": "meet-the-a16z-design-engineer-fellows", "title": "Meet the a16z Design Engineer Fellows", "summary": "Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) announced the 73 fellows selected for its inaugural Design Engineer Fellowship, an 8-week cohort of AI-native design leaders from companies like OpenAI, Cursor, Stripe, and Google. The fellows include prominent designers such as Joshua To, Ian Silber, and Yuliya Gorlovetsky, who are shaping the future of software design and development.", "body_md": "# Meet the a16z Design Engineer Fellows\n\n### The 73 fellows we've selected to join the inaugural cohort\n\n[America](https://www.a16z.news/t/america) | [Tech](https://www.a16z.news/t/technology) | [Opinion](https://www.a16z.news/t/opinion) | [Culture](https://www.a16z.news/t/culture) | [Charts](https://www.a16z.news/t/charts)\n\nA few weeks ago, we announced [the a16z Design Engineer Fellowship](https://www.a16z.news/p/introducing-the-a16z-design-engineer?utm_source=publication-search)—an 8-week cohort of AI-native design leaders at the forefront of how software will be designed and built in the future.\n\nWe received thousands of applications from talented people around the world. **Today, we’re excited to share more about the 73 fellows we’ve selected** **to join the inaugural cohort** who are leading design at companies like OpenAI, Cursor, Stripe, Ramp, Vercel, Pinterest, and Partiful.\n\nMany fellows wrote the original playbooks in product design like - [Joshua To](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshto/) from Meta, [Ian Silber](http://linkedin.com/in/iansilber/?skipRedirect=true) from OpenAI (prev. Instagram), and [Yuliya Gorlovetsky](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuliyagorlovetsky/) from Stripe.\n\nSome are currently building category defining products, zero to scale - like Dann Petty at QuiverAI, [Ryo Lu](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryo-lu-7060b534/) at Cursor and [Nicholas Garro](https://www.linkedin.com/in/evilrabbit) at Vercel.\n\nOthers are design leaders at tech powerhouses like - [Ammaar Reshi](http://linkedin.com/in/ammaarsreshi/?skipRedirect=true) at Google, [Maheen Sohail](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maheensohail/) at Meta, and [David Hoang](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhoang2/) at Atlassian.\n\nAcross the board, these fellows are the ones writing and rewriting how great products get made, building design systems that scale, and raising the standard for what a design team can ship.\n\nWe hope that you’ll join us in celebrating everything this group has already done, and everything they’re about to do next.\n\nCongratulations and welcome, a16z Design Engineer Fellows! *To stay in the loop on applications for the next cohort, fill out this form.*\n\n*This newsletter is provided for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. Furthermore, this content is not investment advice, nor is it intended for use by any investors or prospective investors in any a16z funds. This newsletter may link to other websites or contain other information obtained from third-party sources - a16z has not independently verified nor makes any representations about the current or enduring accuracy of such information. If this content includes third-party advertisements, a16z has not reviewed such advertisements and does not endorse any advertising content or related companies contained therein. Any investments or portfolio companies mentioned, referred to, or described are not representative of all investments in vehicles managed by a16z; visit https://a16z.com/investment-list/ for a full list of investments. Other important information can be found at a16z.com/disclosures. You’re receiving this newsletter since you opted in earlier; if you would like to opt out of future newsletters you may unsubscribe immediately.*", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meet-the-a16z-design-engineer-fellows", "canonical_source": "https://www.a16z.news/p/meet-the-a16z-design-engineer-fellows", "published_at": "2026-06-26 17:20:09+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-26 17:46:48.289961+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "generative-ai", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["Andreessen Horowitz", "OpenAI", "Cursor", "Stripe", "Google", "Vercel", "Meta", "Atlassian"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meet-the-a16z-design-engineer-fellows", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meet-the-a16z-design-engineer-fellows.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meet-the-a16z-design-engineer-fellows.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meet-the-a16z-design-engineer-fellows.jsonld"}}