About
Deokhaeng Lee studied computer science at Duke University and previously worked as an engineer at Carousel Technologies. He also founded Hyprnote.
Founder at CharYC S25
Intro paths
YC
Deokhaeng went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) โ any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future โ the partner who ran Char's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile โ
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In turn, Deokhaeng can intro founders to Char's investors below.
Char's investors ยท 1
Co-founders at Char
JJ
John JeongCo-founder, Co-CEO
YL
Yujong LeeFounder
Experience
- TheVenturesResearch2026Seoul, South Korea
- The Boston Consulting GroupRA2025
- Hyprnote (YC S25)Co-Founder2025
- Carousel Technologies (YC W24)Product Engineering2025New York, United States
- Republic of Korea Naval AcademyMilitary Service2022 โ 2024
- Company K PartnersSummer Analyst2022Seoul, South Korea
- Superb AI Inc.Software Engineering Intern2021 โ 2022
Skills & more
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Deokhaeng Lee?
- Deokhaeng Lee studied computer science at Duke University and previously worked as an engineer at Carousel Technologies. He also founded Hyprnote.
- Where does Deokhaeng Lee work?
- Deokhaeng Lee is Founder of Char.
- What companies did Deokhaeng Lee found?
- Deokhaeng Lee founded Char.
- Where did Deokhaeng Lee go to school?
- Deokhaeng Lee studied at Duke University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Y Combinator (S25); Korean Minjok Leadership Academy (High School Diploma).
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Duke University mafia127
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Also attended Duke University522
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Shared employers
Also worked at TheVentures1
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