Design Leader @Headspace
Who is Priyanka Marawar?
A UX design leader with over a decade of experience, driving impact with mission driven startups, nonprofits and public institutions. Priyanka brings her diverse toolkit (research, service, product), a data driven approach and deep empathy to address pressing problems across our health and education systems- access, quality and equity. At Headspace, she’s built expertise in influencing positive behavior change and achieving health outcomes at scale.
Keynote: How Headspace built Ebb, a safe reflective AI companion
Priyanka Marawar, Product Design Manager at Headspace, shares how their team created Ebb—a compassionate AI companion that offers a guided reflection experience, built with member safety and wellbeing at its core. She speaks candidly about the skepticism surrounding AI in mental health and walks through the iterative design process that helped turn a complex idea into a trusted tool. Along the way, she emphasizes the importance of listening—really listening—to users’ attitudes toward AI and bringing diverse voices and stakeholders into the room. The success of Ebb’s launch shows what’s possible when GenAI is approached with intention, ethics, and a deep respect for people’s mental health and wellbeing.
