AI-Native Product Executive

Akila Kesavasamy

AI-native product executive with 15+ years building and scaling products at the intersection of AI, consumer, and enterprise. Proven track record owning P&L, leading high-performing teams, and shipping agentic platforms and multimodal AI experiences at global scale (100M+ users).

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Building

Personal AI Products

A few things I'm building independently — exploring what AI can do for everyday human moments and high-stakes preparation.

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Launch Highlights

Shipping at global scale

Two flagship launches that defined chapters of my career at Meta — both announced by Mark Zuckerberg on the main stage.

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Facebook Messenger · iOS

LightSpeed

Rewrote Messenger to be 2× faster, 4× smaller — scaled to 350M+ MAU worldwide

Led a 150+ person team through a complete rewrite of Messenger iOS. Drove +4% DAU growth in the US and announced by Mark Zuckerberg on stage at F8.

02

Ray-Ban Meta · Assistive Multimodal AI

Be My Eyes on Meta AI Glasses

Meta's first assistive multimodal AI experience — exceeded MAU goals by 30%

Integrated real-time visual AI with live human expertise via Be My Eyes to help blind and low-vision users navigate the world independently. Announced by Mark Zuckerberg at Connect '24.