Elena Wagenmans and Amy Zhou met at Stanford and hold B.S. and M.S. degrees in Product Design and Mechanical Engineering. After shaping consumer electronics and novel materials at Apple, they set out to redefine how personal stories become physical treasures.

At Taiyaki, they fuse AI, precision engineering, and masterful metalsmithing into a singular craft to unlock creative expression. In partnership with leading researchers in computational geometry and manufacturing automation, they turn a sketch, photo, or fleeting idea into a ready-to-produce, heirloom-quality jewelry piece - every detail refined, from alloy choice to finish to the weight in your hand.

This is more than jewelry. It’s a revolution in design and manufacture, collapsing the distance between concept and craft so that imagination alone dictates what can be made real.