About
Frank Lee is cofounder and CEO of Inari. He previously led product teams at Dapper Labs working on gamification and marketplace features for NBA Top Shot and NFL ALL Day, and held roles at Opendoor developing ML pricing products and expanding business operations across multiple cities between 2016 and 2020. He has also worked at Amazon.
Founder at InariYC S23
Intro paths
YC
Frank went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Inari's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Frank can intro founders to Inari's investors below.
Inari's investors · 2
Co-founders at Inari
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Eric KimFounder
Experience
- AmplitudePrincipal Product Manager, Agents, MCP, VoC, Wavecurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- InariCEO / Co-Founder2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Dapper LabsGroup Product Manager2022New York City Metropolitan Area
- Dapper LabsLead Product Manager2021 — 2022New York City Metropolitan Area
- HoistProduct Lead2020 — 2021New York City Metropolitan Area
- OpendoorProduct Manager2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- AmazonSr. Business Analyst2014 — 2016Greater Seattle Area
Skills & more
Voice of the Customer AnalysisProduct R&DProduct DevelopmentAI AgentsModel Context Protocol (MCP)Generative AI2Large Language Models (LLM)2Product Operations2SalesFront-End DevelopmentUX ResearchProduct Management8
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Business StrategyStrategic PlanningUser Experience (UX)Business OperationsLeadershipExperimental DesignBusiness AnalyticsData AnalyticsFigma (Software)SQLJavaScriptHTMLLanguages Chinese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Frank Lee?
- Frank Lee is cofounder and CEO of Inari. He previously led product teams at Dapper Labs working on gamification and marketplace features for NBA Top Shot and NFL ALL Day, and held roles at Opendoor developing ML pricing products and expanding business operations across multiple cities between 2016 and 2020. He has also worked at Amazon.
- Where does Frank Lee work?
- Frank Lee is Founder of Inari.
- What companies did Frank Lee found?
- Frank Lee founded Inari.
- Where did Frank Lee go to school?
- Frank Lee studied at Y Combinator; UCLA (B.A., Business Economics); Fudan University (Business Administration, Management and Operations).
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