Anika Ayyar
Senior Product Manager at Instacart
Saratoga, California
Overview
Work Experience
Senior Product Manager
2024 - Current
Instacartshopper is an online grocery platform.
Founding LP
2021
The Neythri Futures Fund is a historic first fund with a mission to increase the diversity quotient in the venture capital ecosystem. The Neythri Futures Fund positions South Asian women front and center as key investors and stakeholders and offers an opportunity to amplify their influence and catalyze innovation. The Fund offers a distinct and differentiated advantage to the startups it invests in - access to the diverse, talent network of its LP base that is composed of senior executives, operators, investors, and board members who are committed to the success of these companies. The Neythri Futures Fund will invest in tech-enabled, venture scale startups led by diverse teams.
Neythri Futures Fund is a venture capital firm.
Raised $10,000,000.00 from Rohini Chakravarthy.
MBA Candidate
2022 - 2024
Investor
2023 - 2023
App Layer AI/ML
Mayfield is an early-stage VC firm investing in enterprise, deeptech, and human and planetary health companies.
Investor
2021 - 2022
Focused on AI-driven video generation, Computer Vision, Synthetic Data, and Developer Tools
Scale is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on intelligent business software.
Product Manager
2018 - 2021
2019-present: PM on YouTube Ads, leading development of video creation tools. • Drove launch of Video Builder, a free, template-based creation tool that enables anyone to create video ads from static assets (images text, logo). 2018-2019: PM on Core Search, developing new forms of User Generated Content. • Drove launch of a more discoverable entry point for users to claim & edit their Google Search profiles, launched the ability for verified users to add social profiles to their knowledge panels. #IamRemarkable Facilitator, PM Speaker Series Lead, UPx Student Outreach Volunteer, APM Intern Coordinator
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Founder
2015 - 2021
The Sheroes Project is an interactive, online, video talk-show to showcase inspirational stories of women in technology and inspire young women to study computer science and engineering.
Programming Tutor
2018 - 2018
Developed curriculum and taught elementary through high school students as Head Programming Tutor for Girls Programming, Intermediate Java, and Intermediate/Advanced Python
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Duke Computer Science Department
2016 - 2018
• Head TA, Legal and Ethical Issues of Data Analytics (Salman Azhar) • Computational Genomics (Alex Hartemink) • Technical and Social Foundations of Information and the Internet (Salman Azhar)
Writer, Duke Research Blog
2015 - 2016
Student Trainer and Tech Tutor, Duke Office of Information Technology
2014 - 2016
Associate Product Manager Intern
2017 - 2017
APM Intern on Local Search within Google Maps • Led cross-functional efforts to define, design, and implement two new features for Google Maps: a "Questions and Answers" module for places on desktop, and an "About" tab for an overview of places.
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
2022 - 2024
Bachelor's Degree
2014 - 2018
High School Diploma
2010 - 2014
Term Abroad
2011 - 2011