Find your path to Di Qi
1,827 people in our graph share verified history with Di Qi — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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Di Qi: together at Princeton University
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About
Di Qi studied computer science at Princeton and has held positions at Facebook and Y Combinator before starting Lantern, a platform for developing AI applications.
Founder at LanternYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Di went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Lantern's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Di can intro founders to Lantern's investors below.
Lantern's investors · 4
Co-founders at Lantern
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Narek GalstyanFounder
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Owen ColegroveFounder
Experience
- LegoraMember of Technical Staffcurrent2025 — present
- LanternCo-founder / CEO2023 — 2025
- Y CombinatorProduct Engineer2022 — 2023
- StartupCo-founder / CTO2019 — 2022
- MetaMachine Learning Engineer2018 — 2019
- AmazonSoftware Engineer Intern2017
- Princeton UniversityTeaching Assistant (Philosophy)2015 — 2016
- Princeton UniversityCourse Grader (Computer Science)2016
- Washington University in St. LouisResearch Assistant2016St Louis, Missouri, United States
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Di Qi?
- Di Qi studied computer science at Princeton and has held positions at Facebook and Y Combinator before starting Lantern, a platform for developing AI applications.
- Where does Di Qi work?
- Di Qi is Founder of Lantern.
- What companies did Di Qi found?
- Di Qi founded Lantern.
- Where did Di Qi go to school?
- Di Qi studied at Y Combinator; Princeton University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Beijing Normal University.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Beijing Normal University mafia10
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Alasdair ThongChinese LanguageFounded Ada Ventures +1Sonny VuMandarinFounded Elemental MachinesCarolyn EdelsteinMandarin Chinese language studyFounded OpenBiomeJosh GardnerCertificate of FluencyFounded VerataKat WangStudy AbroadFounded PartnerHQDon LinB. S.Founded Telesair
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
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 Princeton University1,000
Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsRyan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of AnthropicFei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at StanfordCat WuInvestor at Index VenturesAndrewAdvisor at Clear Ventures
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Also attended Beijing Normal University29
Sandy YuanAdvisor, AV & Robotics at Verissimo VenturesAkiko ShionoHead of Business Development at NordicNinjaLisa LiSenior Investment Associate at Rocana VenturesAlasdair ThongFounding Partner at Selvedge VentureRocky YuInvestor at AGI HOUSE VENTURESAli-Abbas PunjaniSenior Vice President, PE Team at Helios Digital Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Legora23
Logan BartlettManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesJacob EffronManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesJeannette zu FürstenbergPresident & Managing Director at General CatalystAndy HarrisonGeneral Partner, CEO at S32Wesley TilluPartner at S32 focused on frontier technology investmentsMerritt HummerInvestor at Bain Capital Ventures
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Also worked at Y Combinator427
Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJessica LivingstonCo-founder of Y CombinatorDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceAlexis OhanianFounder & General Partner of Seven Seven SixMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorDalton CaldwellCo-founder of Standard Capital; Partner Emeritus at Y Combinator
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Also worked at Meta464
Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of DropboxGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructure
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Also worked at Amazon1,104
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsBinny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoorBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital
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