Summary
Sash Zats is a founder and seasoned software engineer based in New York with 11 years of experience building consumer and research-grade products. He led high-impact projects at Meta spanning MetaAI, CTRL Labs, hardware selection and core surfaces like Facebook News Feed, Instagram and Threads, bridging neuroscience-driven input modalities with production Android and iOS clients. He built the Origami Design Authoring macOS app used in CEO presentations and keynotes and drove cross-platform animations infrastructure that let designers ship performant interactive experiences. His earlier work as a lead iOS engineer and interactive developer sharpened his skills in performance optimization, testing/CI and UX-driven architecture. Now founding Intelligence Inc., he combines product-first engineering with an unusually broad background — from a master’s in ferrous metallurgy to deep UX and hardware prototyping — to tackle problems at the intersection of AI, creator monetization and human-computer interfaces. He has also explored blockchain-enabled tools to help creators earn from new digital capabilities.
11 years of coding experience