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Josephine Lee

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BS/MEng Candidate, MIT EECS at The E14 Fund · Founder at Palette

New York, New York, United States

FoundedPalette · YC

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About

BS/MEng candidate at MIT EECS.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

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.

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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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Palette's investors · 8

Agrolimen VenturesBain Capital VenturesBoston · $1M – $100M checks · since 2022Kima VenturesParis · $50K – $5M checks · since 2022Liquid VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks · since 2022Lyra Capital Pty LtdTwenty Two VenturesPalo Alto · $50K – $250K checks · since 2022Ugly Duckling VenturesCopenhagen · $540K – $1.1M checks · since 2026Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

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

Skills & more

Distributed SystemsGo (Programming Language)

From Josephine's professional profile.

Colleagues at The E14 Fund

Andrea Porras
Head of Community at The E14 Fund
Anna Zeng
Investor at E14 Fund
Annan Zhang
Investor at E14 Fund
Annie Doris
Investor at E14 Fund
Anoop Sonar
Investor at E14 Fund
Artem Lukoianov
Investor at E14 Fund
Calvin Chin
Managing Partner at E14 Fund
Christina Farhat
Investor at E14 Fund

Frequently asked questions

Who is Josephine Lee?
BS/MEng candidate at MIT EECS.
Where does Josephine Lee work?
Josephine Lee is Founder of Palette and BS/MEng Candidate, MIT EECS at The E14 Fund.
What companies did Josephine Lee found?
Josephine Lee founded Palette.
Where did Josephine Lee go to school?
Josephine Lee studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Engineering (Course 6-3), Masters of Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); Y Combinator (YC MIT IAP 2026 Program Grant Recipient); Stuyvesant High School (High School Diploma).

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Shared employers

Also worked at Palette Labs1

Serena PeiFounder at Palette