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Josephine Lee

Founder

Founder at Palette

New York, New York, United States

FoundedPalette · YC

About

Josephine Lee studied computer science at MIT and is the CEO of Palette, a Y Combinator-backed company.

LinkedIn ↗

Founder at PaletteYC S26

Intro paths

YC

Josephine 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 Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Palette's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Josephine can intro founders to Palette's investors below.

Palette's investors · 3

Bain Capital VenturesTwenty Two VenturesY Combinator

Co-founders at Palette

SPSerena Pei
Serena PeiFounder

Experience

  1. Palette LabsCo-Foundercurrent2026 — present
  2. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyGraduate Researchercurrent2025 — present
  3. Venture Capital FirmsVenture Capitalcurrent2025 — present
  4. DatadogSoftware Engineering Intern2025New York, NY
  5. Scale AIIntern - GenAI2025
  6. MicrosoftResearch Engineer Intern2025
  7. LinkedInSoftware Engineering Intern2024Sunnyvale, California, United States
  8. Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardResearch Software Engineer Associate2023 — 2024Cambridge, MA
  9. TIAASoftware Engineer Intern2023
  10. ScribeUpSoftware Engineer Intern2023
  11. BoreDMJunior Full Stack Developer2022

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science, Computer Science and Engineering (Course 6-3)2022 — 2026
  2. Y CombinatorYC MIT IAP 2026 Program Grant Recipient2026
  3. Stuyvesant High SchoolHigh School Diploma2018 — 2022

Skills & more

Problem SolvingMicrosoft AzurePostgreSQLDockerGoogle CloudAWS Command Line Interface (CLI)ElasticsearchAWS GlueApache AirflowPySparkDatabasesDjango REST Framework
+12 morePython (Programming Language)JavaScriptC++AWS LambdaSeleniumAmazon Web Services (AWS)React.jsFlaskFirebaseAI AgentsLangChainDistributed Systems

From Josephine's professional profile.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,668

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3

+ 8,661 more

Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia464

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Hemant TanejaS.B.Founded CommureMatt HuangB.S.Founded HotspotsDelian AsparouhovDropoutFounded Nightingale +1Noubar AfeyanPhDFounded ProFound Therapeutics +6Geoffrey von MaltzahnPhDFounded Sana Biotechnology +3Yet-Ming ChiangS.B.Founded Addis Energy +2

+ 457 more

Scale AI mafia42

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Arnav SahuInvestorFounded WolfiaLan XuezhaoAngel investorFounded Basis SetFederico MirásSoftware EngineerFounded PluggyFree WortleyHead of Security/ArchitectureFounded LunaSecNipun KantProductFounded HavenBen ScharfsteinHead of Product, EnterpriseFounded Rume

+ 35 more

Datadog mafia26

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Pierre BetouinVice President Of Product ManagementFounded Tolmo +1Sergio PradaSoftware EngineerFounded Metal +1Brad MenezesSenior Director of Product ManagementFounded Apollo HealthJonathan ParisotGroup Product ManagerFounded ActiondeskKevin HuData ObservabilityFounded MetaplaneAaditya TalwaiLead Software EngineerFounded Lariat Data

+ 19 more

Stuyvesant High School mafia24

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Daryl SewFounded Certainly Health +1Allen KramerFounded CruxKat OrekhovaFounded VaretoJames Lu MorrisseyRegents DiplomaFounded Mentor CollectiveBen LernerFounded DataNitroDebra CleaverHigh School DiplomaFounded Vote.org

+ 17 more

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,289

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars

+ 1,283 more

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Stuyvesant High School52

Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkPrincipal – Public EquitiesInvestor at Glynn Capital ManagementDan BorokCo-Founder and Managing Partner at NVP CapitalTom KarimAssociate at Level EquityEnmi KendallGeneral Partner at Healthy Ventures

+ 46 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Palette Labs2

Josephine LeeInvestor at E14 FundSerena PeiFounder at Palette

Also worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology438

Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Noubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship PioneeringVyas RamananVenture Partner at Third Rock VenturesRhie LimPartner, Global Strategy at One Way Ventures

+ 432 more

Also worked at Datadog55

Kira BusmanInvestor at Index VenturesShardul ShahInvestor at Index VenturesKonstantine BuhlerInvestor at Sequoia CapitalDan FougereInvestor at Index VenturesEric LiawInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Tom LoverroInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

+ 49 more

Also worked at Scale AI70

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

+ 64 more