Akhila Kosaraju — Co-Founder
Your climate solution is technically superior, but you're losing to companies that simply tell their story better. You watch as: ✺ Investors see you as just another startup instead of the category leader you actually are ✺ Strategic Partners pick inferior solutions because yours feels complicated and overwhelming ✺ Customers stick with familiar solutions because yours doesn't feel urgent or necessary I'm Akhila, and I've seen this story too many times. After working with impact based orgs for over 5 years, I learned that breakthrough solutions need more than great science, they need trusted positioning. For climate solutions, this gap is even wider. That's exactly why I built What if Design. We bridge the gap between breakthrough climate science and market success through strategic design. Our approach is simple: ✺ We understand your technology deeply (yes, we read the technical papers) ✺ We create complete solutions where brand story, user experience, and messaging work together to build trust and drive action ✺ We bring in human-centered research to map how decisions really get made in complex organizational structures (spoiler: it's messier than org charts suggest) Result: Your solution becomes the market leader it deserves to be. You get: ✺ Faster funding cycles: Investors immediately grasp your value ✺ Scalable growth: Strong foundation supports rapid expansion ✺ Clear competitive advantage: Your positioning becomes your moat ✺ Higher user adoption: People choose your solution without needing to be "educated" We know this works because we chose this path deliberately. When we realized we wanted to work on world-changing problems, we spent over a year in climate learning from technical founders who had revolutionary science but struggled to turn it into business value. Our clients now are backed by the US Department of Energy, Accel, YC and include unicorns. They've secured $45M+ in funding because we made their value impossible to ignore. They too, started with breakthrough technology that nobody understood or trusted. If that sounds familiar, let's talk about changing your story. Reach out at https://cal.com/akhilak/what-if-design
Stackforce AI infers this person is a versatile design strategist with expertise in UX/UI for SaaS and healthcare industries.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Experience: 9 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- User Experience (ux)
- Product Design
- Graphic Design
- Public Speaking
- Project Management
- Visual Design
- Web Design
Career Highlights
- Co-founded a successful design studio.
- Increased client revenue through strategic redesign.
- Led impactful projects in healthcare and social initiatives.
Work Experience
What if Design
Co-founder, Lead Design Strategist (2 yrs 9 mos)
MeetKiwi
Co-founder, Design Lead (2 yrs 10 mos)
KODE Labs
Product Management + Customer Success (3 mos)
University of Michigan
Primary Instructor (GSIR) (1 yr 3 mos)
Entrepreneurs Leadership Program
ELP Fellow (11 mos)
Oudio
Co-Founder (7 mos)
Bhumiputra Architecture
Project Architect (8 mos)
Junior Architect (1 yr 1 mo)
ARCASIA Student Jamboree 2018
Official Delegate (0 mo)
MIA Design Studio
Architectural Intern (5 mos)
MICD Associates
Architectural Intern (1 mo)
Manasaram Architects
Summer Architectural Intern (2 mos)
Multiple Companies
Freelance Design Consultant (3 yrs 9 mos)
Education
M.Des at University of Michigan
Climate Change : Learning for action at Terra.do
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
High School at Narayana Junior College
High School at KCP Siddhartha Adarsh Residential Public School
