Currently raising · @holaelara

Building
Elara.
Designing the rest.

Daily AI support for Spanish-speaking Latinas — in her language, her voice.

I'm Mengxi (Kara) Wang — founder, product designer, and zero-to-one operator. Previously 9 years across Capital One, Techstars, and early-stage AI and Web3 teams. Currently building Elara with Alejandra Ramirez.

Mengxi Wang
AI · Consumer · Founder
Elara
Daily AI support for money, clarity, and stability — co-founded with Alejandra Ramirez. Spanish-first, pre-launch.
4,610 surveys · 1.8M+ audience
Fortune 100 · Enterprise UX
Capital One
4 years shipping at scale — MFA, dev tools, ML chatbot, design systems. Founded an internal design community of practice.
60K users on MFA
Real Estate · Operator
Shakiro Villas
5 boutique villas in Bali — founder-designed, founder-led. Brand, investor deck, pricing strategy, and ops built from zero.
5 villas · Bali
Web3 · Founding Designer
Stack.so
Founding product designer and creative lead. Brand voice, creator campaigns, onboarding flows, and Token2049 launch assets.
0→1 launch

Nine years
building things
that shipped.

60K
Users on the MFA flow I redesigned at Capital One. Shipped to production, used daily across the company.
4,610
Survey responses informing Elara v1. Real women, in their own words, shaping the product.
1.8M+
Audience behind Elara's launch — co-founded with creator Alejandra Ramirez. Day-one distribution, not paid acquisition.
9+
Years across Fortune 100, Techstars, AI, Web3, and physical product. The range is intentional.

Projects.

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Building now AI · Consumer · Founder
elara.
Elara
Daily AI support for money, clarity, and stability — in her language, her voice. Spanish-first, pre-launch. Co-founded with Alejandra Ramirez, whose 1.8M+ engaged Latina audience becomes day-one distribution. Currently raising pre-seed ($500K). I lead product, design, and build direction; she leads voice, community, and distribution. Founded May 2026, launching into 80K direct community first.
4,610 survey responses  ·  1.8M+ audience  ·  $500K raising
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Fortune 100 · Enterprise UX 9 yrs
Capital One
4 years embedded across TECH.XD and Delivery Experience. Shipped MFA flow redesign (60K users), developer tooling, an ML chatbot, and a 3K+ user registry tool. Founded and ran an internal design community of practice.
60K users on MFA  ·  4 yrs shipped at scale
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Web3 · Founding Designer
Stack.so
Founding product designer and creative lead at an early-stage Web3 creator platform. Brand voice, creator acquisition campaigns, token incentive messaging, referral and onboarding flows, and Token2049 launch assets.
0→1 launch  ·  Token2049
Real Estate · Operator Bali
Shakiro Villas
5 boutique villas in Tumbak Bayuh, Bali — founder-designed, founder-led. Built the brand, investor deck, pricing strategy, and all sales materials. Treated a construction project like a product launch.
5 villas  ·  brand + ops + sales
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Building something
worth talking about?

I'm always open to conversations with founders, investors, and product teams working on things that matter. Whether it's about Elara, a collaboration, or a role — say hi.

Currently
Elara
Spanish-first AI · pre-seed · raising $500K
Building
Roles & conversations
Investors · collaborators · product roles
Open
Location
Remote globally
New York City