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Andy Lee

Founder

Founder at Deeptrace

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedDeeptrace · YC

About

Andy Lee is a co-founder at Deeptrace. He previously worked on visualization and simulation for Tesla's Optimus project, and on build and flight reliability for SpaceX across the Starship, Falcon, and Dragon programs.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Founder at DeeptraceYC F25

Intro paths

YC

Andy went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Deeptrace's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Andy can intro founders to Deeptrace's investors below.

Deeptrace's investors · 2

Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Deeptrace

SSSri Somasundaram
Sri SomasundaramFounder

Experience

  1. Deeptrace (YC F25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. TeslaAutopilot Engineer2025Palo Alto, California, United States
  3. SpaceXSoftware Engineer2024Hawthorne, California, United States
  4. Lumen TechnologiesSoftware Engineer2023

Skills & more

Public Speaking2Python (Programming Language)2Java3C++2JavaScript2

From Andy's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Andy Lee?
Andy Lee is a co-founder at Deeptrace. He previously worked on visualization and simulation for Tesla's Optimus project, and on build and flight reliability for SpaceX across the Starship, Falcon, and Dragon programs.
Where does Andy Lee work?
Andy Lee is Founder of Deeptrace.
What companies did Andy Lee found?
Andy Lee founded Deeptrace.
Where did Andy Lee go to school?
Andy Lee studied at Y Combinator; Georgetown University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); The Harker School.

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Shared employers

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