About Mengxi (Kara) Wang

Designer.
Operator.
Founder.

Kara if you know me. Mengxi on the document. Founder of Elara — Spanish-first AI companion for Latinas, built with Alejandra Ramirez. She brings 1.8M+ engaged Latinas and the voice. I bring product, design, and the operator brain.

Before Elara: 9 years across Capital One (60K-user MFA flow, an ML chatbot that cut support time 60%), Techstars (founder advisory), a Web3 launch at Token2049, and a 5-villa boutique development in Bali I'm seeing through to handover myself.

I'm not a designer who codes. I'm an operator who ships. If you want polished Figma that never gets built, I'm not your designer. If you want someone who'll join the construction call at 11pm Bali time to argue about tile grout — hi.

Mengxi (Kara) Wang
Experience

Where I've been.
What I shipped.

2026 – Present
Elara
Founder · Product, design, build
Spanish-first AI companion for Latinas. 4,610 surveys in. 1.8M+ audience ready. Raising $500K pre-seed.
FounderAIConsumer
2024 – Present
Stack.so
UX + Brand Consultant · Product
SocialFi crypto creator platform. 87 hrs documented, $13K billed. Token2049 + Paris Blockchain Week launch.
Web3Brand0→1
2023 – Present
Techstars NYC
Design & UX Consultant
Early-stage founder advisory — UX, positioning, decks that actually raise money. Reframe.AI: $2M closed.
TechstarsAdvisory
2019 – 2023
Capital One
Senior UX Designer · TECH.XD / Delivery Experience
Shipped: MFA flow to 60K users, Kai ML chatbot (−60% support time), TIR registry for 7,000 associates (NPS −2 → positive), OnePipeline (−50% failed builds). Founded the internal design community of practice.
Fortune 100Enterprise UXDesign Systems
2017 – 2019
Capital One
Scrum Master · TECH HR
Coached 7 agile teams. Led internal tooling and event delivery for Tech HR.
ScrumInternal Tools
Skills & tools

What I actually
know how to do.

Strategy
Product strategy
Brand positioning
Investor storytelling
0→1 product
Design
Product design
Design systems
Brand identity
Onboarding & trust
Tools
Figma
Framer
AI-assisted workflows
Also building

Beyond Elara.
What else I'm running.

🏝️
Shakiro Villas
5 boutique villas in Tumbak Bayuh, Bali. I designed the architecture direction, sourced materials, built the investor deck, and meet every buyer personally. Delivering 2026.
● Active · Under construction
🎧
Protocol Agency
Managing artists Eli Fola and Amoeba — creative direction, release strategy, and brand across music and culture.
● Active · Ongoing
Education

Where I started.

University of Texas at Austin
BBA · Marketing & Information Systems
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Exchange · Marketing

Talk?
Inbox is open.

Investors raising on Elara, founders who want a senior generalist, product teams hiring — open inbox. 24-hour reply window unless I'm on construction site in Bali (then 36).

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