Summary
Putri Karunia is a founder and design engineer with 9 years of experience building products at the intersection of design and code, currently leading Lunagraph—an AI-powered infinite design canvas that writes production-ready UI code. Previously she co-founded Typedream (YC W20, later acquired by Beehiiv) and served as Co-Founder/CTO and CPO, combining product leadership with hands-on engineering. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she also contributes as a senior software engineer at Beehiiv and runs Twill, a studio that helps fast-moving startups ship polished UI/UX. Putri’s work emphasizes tight feedback loops between design and implementation, and she advocates for tooling that makes design and code inseparable. Her background in EECS from UC Berkeley and startup exits reflect both technical depth and proven product-market execution.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley
W20, W20 at Y Combinator