About
Garreth Lee previously worked on pretraining data at Cohere and tokenization at Hugging Face, and is now co-founder at Mundo AI.
Founder at Mundo AIYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Garreth went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Mundo AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Garreth can intro founders to Mundo AI's investors below.
Mundo AI's investors · 4
Co-founders at Mundo AI
Experience
- Mundo AI (YC W25)CPO, Member of Technical Staffcurrent2025 — presentVancouver, BC
- Hugging FaceMachine Learning Engineer2024 — 2025Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- WealthsimpleData Scientist2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- CohereMember of Technical Staff2023 — 2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- UBC Sauder School of BusinessResearch Assistant2022 — 2023Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- ASTROData Analyst2022
Skills & more
Machine Learning9Public Speaking19SQL7Python (Programming Language)7
Languages English · Indonesian
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Garreth Lee?
- Garreth Lee previously worked on pretraining data at Cohere and tokenization at Hugging Face, and is now co-founder at Mundo AI.
- Where does Garreth Lee work?
- Garreth Lee is Founder of Mundo AI.
- What companies did Garreth Lee found?
- Garreth Lee founded Mundo AI.
- Where did Garreth Lee go to school?
- Garreth Lee studied at Y Combinator; The University of British Columbia (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Statistics).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianYC Summer 2005Founded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded Pursuit +1
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Y Combinator mafia4,716
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ryan SheaEntrepreneurshipFounded StacksTarek MansourFounded KalshiSuhail DoshiEating beans & riceFounded Playground +1Subomi OluwalanaW22Founded ConvoyDarius "Bubs" MonsefS19Founded Sightbox +3Matthew ScholzFounded Oisin Biotechnologies +3
+ 4,709 more
University of British Columbia mafia80
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Weiting LiuBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)Founded Everyday.me +2Tal ElyashivMBAFounded Exactor +1Alexander HarmsenBachelor of Applied ScienceFounded PortfolioPilot +1Alex SismanisBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)Founded L1 Advisors +1Will LawrenceBIEFounded Greenlite AI +1Moody AbdulBusiness and Economics TutorFounded Klarify +1
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Wealthsimple mafia8
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Jordan DearsleySoftware Engineer InternFounded Superpowered +1Ajay MehtaDirector, Wealthsimple InternationalFounded FamilyLeafRudy AdlerCo-FounderFounded 1000MemoriesBrett HuneycuttCo-founder & CPOFounded 1000MemoriesVictor ZhangHead of CryptoFounded OrbiterJason GoldlistHead of MarketingFounded Venue.ink
+ 1 more
Cohere mafia7
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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 VenturesMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital
+ 1,994 more
Also attended The University of British Columbia379
Joan MirallesHead of Administration & Valuation at Inveready Technology Investment GroupZack GrimmerInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Carolina BrochadoInvestor at EQT VenturesRares CrisanInvestor at Notable CapitalMarianne WuVenture Partner at Congruent VenturesBrendan BakerPartner at Rackhouse Venture Management Lp
+ 373 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Mundo AI (YC W25)3
Also worked at Hugging Face16
Pat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalClément DelangueCo-founder & CEO of Hugging FaceThomas WolfCo-founder & Chief Science Officer of Hugging FaceErica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalPaulina SzyzdekPrincipal at E12 Venture Capital, LlcBrian BenedictCo-Founder & CRO at Asymmetric Capital Partners
+ 10 more
Also worked at Wealthsimple27
Karan MehandruManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupPhil TomkinsonFinance & Portfolio Associate at Giant Ventures Global LlpRahul MehtaCo-founder at DST GlobalTom StaffordCo-founder at DST GlobalToby TriebelPartner at FinTech CollectiveRiley FinchInvestment Associate at NextGen Venture Partners
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