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Ian Lee

Founder

Founder at Petrarch

Greater Philadelphia

FoundedPetrarch · YC

About

Ian Lee founded Petrarch. He previously worked as a fellow at Meridian AI focused on training data and go-to-market infrastructure for AI applications in financial services, and served as a technical advisor at Scale AI on quality filtering and annotation systems. He holds a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics and psychology from Harvard University.

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Founder at PetrarchYC S26

Intro paths

YC

Ian went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Vivian Midha Shen — the partner who ran Petrarch's batch and knows the company first-hand.

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In turn, Ian can intro founders to Petrarch's investors below.

Petrarch's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Petrarch

SHSamuel Hahn
Samuel HahnFounder
SSSudhish Swain
Sudhish SwainFounder

Experience

  1. PetrarchCEO, Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Meridian AIFellow2026New York, New York, United States
  3. Scale AIGenerative AI Technical Advisor2024 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
  4. University of PennsylvaniaEnergy Industrials Intern - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy2023Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Education

  1. Harvard UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA, Applied Mathematics (Psychology) - on leave2024 — 2026
  2. Y CombinatorS26
  3. The Lawrenceville School2020 — 2024
  4. The Episcopal Academy2011 — 2020

Skills & more

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Valuation1M&A Modeling1Financial Modeling1

From Ian's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Harvard University1,231

Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGRyan IsonoDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures

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Also attended Y Combinator1,463

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

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Also attended The Lawrenceville School44

Zoe van den BolInvestor at Alpha PartnersCorey RitterPartner at ARCH Venture PartnersLuke ArmourInvestor at Chaac VenturesClaire ZauPartner at GSV VenturesDavid StewartVenture Partner at LiveOak VenturesRichard BarkerPartner at Counteract One

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Also attended The Episcopal Academy2

Chad KemmererAnalyst at Volition CapitalAaron KimDirector at Oxeon Partners

Shared employers

Also worked at Meridian AI1

Victoria ZuoPartner on QED Investors' early stage domestic team, focused on early stage fintech and commerce

Also worked at Scale AI46

Mike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalAlexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North AmericaErica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalWilliam ReedInvestor at Spark CapitalAravind BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital

+ 40 more

Also worked at University of Pennsylvania81

Wesley BarrowPartner at Correlation VenturesDavid MagermanManaging Partner at Differential VenturesNuan ZhangInvestor at Episode1Vyas RamananVenture Partner at Third Rock VenturesLouis BernemanFounding Partner at Osage University PartnersBrian HalakManaging Partner at Medical Excellence Capital

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