Find your path to Cole
135 people in our graph share verified history with Cole — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Chiraag DeoraunlockedCole: together at LogRocket (2021–2023)
×2Cole: together at Neo
Cole: together at LogRocket
×3Cole: together at Illinois Institute of Technology
About
Cole Gawin attended USC and is building intelligent systems technology at Lemma, a startup in the Y Combinator F25 batch.
Founder at LemmaYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Cole 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 Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Lemma's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Cole can intro founders to Lemma's investors below.
Lemma's investors · 5
Co-founders at Lemma
JZ
Jerry ZhangFounder
Experience
- Lemma (YC F25)Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- NeoScholar Finalistcurrent2024 — present
- LavaLabPresident2025Los Angeles, California, United States
- LavaLabDirector of Development2024 — 2025Los Angeles, California, United States
- LavaLabCohort Member2024Los Angeles, California, United States
- TandemSoftware Engineer Intern2025New York City Metropolitan Area
- USC Information Sciences InstituteUndergraduate Student Researcher2024 — 2025Marina del Rey, California, United States
- Code The ChangeTechnical Lead2024 — 2025
- 180 Degrees Consulting at USCConsultant2024Los Angeles, California, United States
- Nora MusicHead of Product & Engineering2024Los Angeles, California, United States
- Class CompanionMachine Learning Engineer2023
- FiveableSoftware Engineer I2022 — 2023
- FiveableJr. Software Engineer2021 — 2022
- LogRocketTechnical Writer2021 — 2023
- RemNoteTechnical PM Intern2022
- ExpoDeveloper Relations Intern2022
- Better ProgrammingFreelance Technical Writer2019 — 2021
- CodeWarriorsApp Revamp Lead2020 — 2021
Skills & more
User Experience (UX)2Data Science2DevOps2EntrepreneurshipTechnology LeadershipProduct OperationsData Analysis1Social ImpactWeb Development1Product Engineering1Large Language Models (LLM)1Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Machine LearningFull-Stack DevelopmentProject ManagementWeb ScrapingCognitive ScienceSoftware DevelopmentUser Interface DesignTechnical WritingAnalytical SkillsLeadershipProblem SolvingFigma (Software)- Startup Bootcamp — NYU Leslie Entrepreneurial Institute
- Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification — Coursera
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Cole Gawin?
- Cole Gawin attended USC and is building intelligent systems technology at Lemma, a startup in the Y Combinator F25 batch.
- Where does Cole Gawin work?
- Cole Gawin is Founder of Lemma.
- What companies did Cole Gawin found?
- Cole Gawin founded Lemma.
- Where did Cole Gawin go to school?
- Cole Gawin studied at University of Southern California (Bachelor's degree, Cognitive Science; Minors in Computer Science & Philosophy); Y Combinator; Deerfield High School.
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Y Combinator mafia10,230
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University of Southern California mafia349
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Illinois Institute of Technology mafia32
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Neo mafia13
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LogRocket mafia4
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Same school
Also attended University of Southern California970
Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalMarc BenioffCo-founder, Chair & CEO of SalesforceGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesVojtech HornaInvestor at Index VenturesNatalie VaisInvestor at Spark Capital
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Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
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Also attended Deerfield High School7
Isabel GlassChief of Staff & Investor at Cade VenturesJi KimVenture Advisor at Mangusta CapitalBen CharlsonSenior Associate at Ten ElevenMichael GargiuloAnalyst at ProtagonistChris SchererPrincipal at Brentwood AssociatesJason KornreichFinance Manager at Grain Management
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Also attended Illinois Institute of Technology79
Joseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Victor Pascucci IIIManaging General Partner, Cofounder at Energy Capital VenturesLina NilssonInvestor at EPIC VENTURESKatherine HeSenior Investment Associate at TDK VenturesJustin SmollarPrincipal at Method CapitalMinni ShahiInvestor at Sand Hill Angels
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Shared employers
Also worked at Lemma (YC F25)1
Also worked at Code The Change2
Also worked at Fiveable1
Also worked at LogRocket8
Neeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesChiraag DeoraPrincipal at GreycroftStan ReissPartner at Matrix PartnersDan WilliamsPartner at Delta-v CapitalMax SchiresonPartner at Battery VenturesKendall CookManager of Events and Community at Flare Capital Partners
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