Punchcut is Expanding its AI Prototyping Application.

Punchcut Expands AI Prototyping Application

Punchcut, a design and innovation agency that helps companies unlock their growth potential through human-centered artificial intelligence (AI), announced the appointment of Akshat Srivastava as Director of Design Engineering. Srivastava will lead the growing AI Prototyping and Development application, helping clients deliver scaled intelligent products by integrating user experience (UX) strategy, technical R&D, and AI-based design systems.

As the Chief Design Technologist at Punchcut, Srivastava has managed design engineering and innovation strategy for clients such as Google, Samsung, Amazon, and Ford. By specializing in generative AI, spatial computing, and multimodal interfaces, he guides organizations in transforming design visions into production-ready systems.

Punchcut CEO Ken Olewiler stated, “Every company is facing the challenge of AI transformation, and they need elite experts to guide them on this journey. Akshat’s leadership enhances our ability to create AI experiences that are not only technologically advanced but also offer profound human experiences for our clients."

The expansion of Punchcut’s AI Prototyping and Development application is based on its expertise in agentic AI. This represents a new wave of intelligence capable of independently planning, reasoning, using tools, and coordinating in multi-agent environments. As this evolution demands a new design paradigm, experiences are shifting from predictable and deterministic screens to fluid, intent-driven collaborations. Experiences need to be supported by interfaces that allow users, AI agents, and connected services to dynamically negotiate their goals and offer adaptive, explainable, and emotionally resonant interactions. Punchcut’s expanded application designs experiences that strike the perfect balance between emotional resonance, personalization, and scalability to help companies manage these changes.

Akshat Srivastava added, “Designing core technology with a certain understanding and practical authority has become more critical than ever. Our deep expertise in prototyping with production quality enables us to truly feel the next generation of interfaces we envision and to test their behaviors with precision and rigor. This hands-on, build-to-learn approach is at the core of our AI Prototyping and Development application.”