Darsh Thakkar

Product Manager · Builder · Storyteller

I build products that bring people together, blending product thinking, design, and a love for sound and motion. This page is a playable instrument; turn on sound and have a go.

Currently leading AI product experiences at Microsoft Teams· CS + HCI from Georgia Tech

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01 — About

Who I am

Product

Product Manager at Microsoft Teams — working across AI, community, and global growth. I lead with problems, insights, and tradeoffs, not feature lists.

Builder

CS background, builder by temperament. When I'm exploring an idea, I'd rather sketch it as a working prototype than write it up — it gives both of us something real to react to.

Human

HCI from Georgia Tech, and obsessed with people and their stories. Inspired by Yes Theory to seek discomfort and bet on myself. I co-founded Product Buds (a global community for aspiring PMs) and create as @darshdigs.

02 — Work

Featured work

Uber Flow — Walk Mode

Big events break pickup: riders and drivers circle, blind to each other. A scrollytelling case study reimagining the last 100 feet of an Uber pickup at live events.

MarketplaceCase study

PreGame

A festival companion: explore the artists playing, build your own set-by-set schedule, and export it to your phone's lock screen. Designed, built, and shipped — live now.

Consumer appMusicShipped

Duolingo — Flock

Learning alone is lonely — and lonely churns. Flock is an async friend-league: small groups compete across any subject on normalized weekly scores, turning friends into the acquisition engine.

GrowthConcept

Waymo — Auto Airport Pickup

Your calendar already knows your flight, so why schedule the ride? A concept for autonomous airport pickups that arrange themselves from your Google Calendar.

AVConcept

Music in Meetings

Meetings are transactional; connection isn't. I prototyped music as social glue for Teams calls — a hackathon bet that won and made it into product planning.

Microsoft TeamsHackathon → productComing soon

LinkedIn Profile Integration

A name in a chat is anonymous. I brought LinkedIn context into Teams profiles so people could see who they're really talking to — and trust built faster.

Microsoft TeamsComing soon

03 — Experiments

Experiments & curiosities

I'm happiest mid-side-project. Inspired by Yes Theory to seek discomfort, I keep building and tinkering for the joy of it — and it's where most of my product instincts start.

Interactive light art

I perform light shows with LED gloves — motion, rhythm, and code you can feel. Interfaces, but physical.

AI tinkering

Vibe-coding prototypes and pushing on what new models can do — usually the fastest way for me to actually test an idea.

Audio as interface

Turning sound into interaction — this very site is a playground for it. (Flip the sound toggle and sweep the hero.)

Creating in public

I share what I'm learning about product, building, and growth as @darshdigs.

Chess

Leveling up my game — patience, patterns, and seeing a few moves ahead.

Drone photography

Chasing new perspectives from the air.

04 — Connect

Let’s connect

Building something, hiring, or just want to talk product and ideas? Reach out — I’m always up for a good conversation.

@darshdigscoming soonSpotify playlistcoming soonRésumécoming soon

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