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Kayla Lee

Founder

Founder & COO at Outship · Co-founder at Trace

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedOutship · YCTrace

About

Kayla Lee has worked on natural language processing research at Berkeley AI Research and now leads Outship, a platform focused on engineer hiring.

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

Founder & COO at OutshipYC W25

Intro paths

YC

Kayla went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Outship's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Kayla can intro founders to Outship's investors below.

Outship's investors · 2

Treeo VCSan FranciscoY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Outship

SCSaner Cakir
Saner CakirFounder & CEO

Co-founder at Trace

Intro paths

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In turn, Kayla can intro founders to Trace's investors below.

Trace's investors · 10

Coinbase VenturesStamford · $100K – $10M checksCoinFundNew York · $6M – $10M checks · since 2026GMO VenturePartnersTokyoGoodwater CapitalBurlingame · $5M – $50M checks · since 2026Jump CapitalChicagoPaxosTranspose Platform ManagementHouston · since 2026WefunderSan Francisco · since 2026Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026Zeno VenturesGeneva · since 2026

Co-founders at Trace

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Yash Vardhan PansariCo-founder
SCSaner Cakir
Saner CakirCo-founder

Experience

  1. Outship (YC W25)Co-Founder & COOcurrent2025 — present
  2. Generality, Inc. (YC W25)Co-Founder & COOcurrent2025 — present
  3. Berkeley Artificial Intelligence ResearchResearcher2023 — 2025

Frequently asked questions

Who is Kayla Lee?
Kayla Lee has worked on natural language processing research at Berkeley AI Research and now leads Outship, a platform focused on engineer hiring.
Where does Kayla Lee work?
Kayla Lee is Founder & COO of Outship and Co-founder at Trace.
What companies did Kayla Lee found?
Kayla Lee founded Outship, Trace.
Where did Kayla Lee go to school?
Kayla Lee studied at Y Combinator (W25); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor's, Computer Science); University of California, Berkeley (MS, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science).

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