Varun Bhardwaj
Product leader · AI, data, and platform
I've spent the last decade building AI, data, and platform products at Meta, Walmart, Dropbox, and Autodesk, from 0-to-1 launches to platforms at global scale. On my own time I design, build, and ship my own apps, and two of them are live on the App Store today.
I like talking to teams building in AI, data, and platform, so if that's you, I'm at vbhardw@gmail.com.
At work
- Meta 2025 – 2026
Led the launch of personalized recommendations across Meta Pixel and the Conversions API, which beat the incremental revenue target.
- Walmart 2025
Led product strategy for Guided Workflows, a low-code platform that standardized how contact-center agents resolve cases for Marketplace sellers.
- Dropbox 2021 – 2024
Built the data intelligence platform behind Dash, and launched Advanced Key Management for the enterprise business, which lifted retention.
- Autodesk 2019 – 2021
Owned BIM 360, the field collaboration product used on construction jobsites, and grew usage year over year.
- iHear Medical 2014 – 2019
Led the team that brought a novel hearing aid with integrated hardware and software to market.
On my own
Apps I design, build, and ship solo. Each page walks through the decision that shaped it.
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HomeComms Live
An intercom for the whole house, where you hold a button and your voice plays on every speaker you own, whether that's Sonos, Echo, or Chromecast.
App Store · 175 territories
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Split Decision Live
A daily phrase puzzle with two ways in. Play it solo, or play co-op, where each of you owns a different word and neither one can finish alone.
App Store · solo and co-op daily
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Wordblade Beta
Slash through flying letters to spell the word. Fruit Ninja's feel, a word game's brain. No accounts, no ads, no tracking.
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Mesa Prototype
Small-group nutrition accountability, where you declare a goal and check in and the group witnesses it. No progress bars, no scores.
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“There is no version of the numbers where strong trust positioning and a real revenue line coexist comfortably.”
AI Credit-Card Advisor Passed
I built the business case for it, and then I recommended against building it.
Also building
- Inner Circle · a private family network for one child · prototype
- Home Maintenance Copilot · iOS maintenance planner, deliberately no AI · working build
- Center Stage · AI speaking coach sold through career programs · strategy
- WhatsApp ↔ Claude bridge · text yourself to run coding agents on your Mac · personal tool