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Kelly Lu

Founder

Founder at Overeasy

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedOvereasy · YC

Find your path to Kelly

378 people in our graph share verified history with Kelly — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Alex TranunlockedKelly: together at Ramp (2025)

×4Kelly: together at Discord

Kelly: together at Decagon

×3Kelly: together at Ramp

About

Kelly Lu studied computer science at MIT and has held engineering roles at Discord (infrastructure), MIT CSAIL (computer graphics), and the MIT Media Lab (computational design).

Founder at Overeasy YC S24

Intro paths

YC

Kelly went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Overeasy's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Kelly can intro founders to Overeasy's investors below.

Overeasy's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Experience

DecagonSoftware Engineercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
RampSoftware Engineer2025New York, United States
DiscordSoftware Engineer2023San Francisco Bay Area

Frequently asked questions

Who is Kelly Lu?: Kelly Lu studied computer science at MIT and has held engineering roles at Discord (infrastructure), MIT CSAIL (computer graphics), and the MIT Media Lab (computational design).
Where does Kelly Lu work?: Kelly Lu is Founder of Overeasy.
What companies did Kelly Lu found?: Kelly Lu founded Overeasy.
Where did Kelly Lu go to school?: Kelly Lu studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Engineering); Saint Francis High School; Y Combinator.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3 Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1 Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y Combinator Alexis OhanianPartnerFounded Reddit Fred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1 Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia1,221

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Elad GilPhDFounded Brain Co. +1 Hemant TanejaMinorFounded Hippocratic AI Nat FriedmanBachelor of ScienceFounded Xamarin Brad FeldS.B.Founded Techstars Matt HuangB.S.Founded Paradigm +1 Delian AsparouhovDropoutFounded Nightingale +1

+ 1,214 more

Ramp mafia25

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Karim AtiyehCo-Founder, Co-CEO RampFounded Paribus +2 Ian TraceySenior Staff Software Engineer, Applied AIFounded Hydrant +1 Royce ArockiasamyApplied AI EngineerFounded Pleom +1 Austin HayHead of Marketing TechnologyFounded Clarify AI Kingsley AdvaniInvestorFounded Allocations Daniel BessonovInternFounded Avora

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Ramp mafia25

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ian TraceySenior Staff Software Engineer, Applied AIFounded Hydrant +1 Royce ArockiasamyApplied AI EngineerFounded Pleom +1 Karim AtiyehCo-Founder & Co-CEO (formerly CTO)Founded Paribus +1 Austin HayHead of Marketing TechnologyFounded Clarify AI Kingsley AdvaniInvestorFounded Allocations Daniel BessonovInternFounded Avora

+ 18 more

Discord mafia12

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ankit KumarStaff Software EngineerFounded Ubiquity6 +1 Jason LinInvestorFounded Lifelikecap Amber AthertonHead of Growth (Communities)Founded Zyper Michael LinMachine Learning EngineerFounded Variance Rishab JainDiscord PartnerFounded Prescience, Inc.Zay ChanceStaff Software EngineerFounded Chanceapp

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Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000

Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General Catalyst Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG Brad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars Matt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm Delian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda Drew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of Dropbox

+ 1,994 more

Also attended Saint Francis High School16

Kevin ThauInvestor at Spark Capital Adrian MallingerOperations & Administration at Ballistic Ventures Haley HughesChief of Staff at Climactic Carolyn McGuireTSG Vantage Team at TSG Consumer Partners Michael PanicciaAssociate at Catapult Ventures Gary A. VecchiarelliPresident & Chief Financial Officer at Cleanspark

+ 10 more

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of Kalshi Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of Particle Subomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of Convoy Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear Ventures Collin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby Capital Victor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures

+ 1,994 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Decagon17

Mikowai AshwillInvestor at Spark Capital Aaref HilalyPartner at Bain Capital Ventures Rak GargPartner at Bain Capital Ventures Kristina ShenInvestor at Chemistry Shiv WadhwaniAssociate at Fin Capital Karine PetersVice President at T.Capital

+ 11 more

Also worked at Ramp59

Logan BartlettManaging Director at Redpoint Ventures Alex TranInvestment Team at General Catalyst Clay FisherInvestor at Spark Capital Jacob EffronManaging Director at Redpoint Ventures Austin HayInvestor at Khosla Ventures Jeannette zu FürstenbergPresident & Managing Director at General Catalyst

+ 53 more

Also worked at Discord33

Danny RimerPartner at Index Ventures David SzeAdvisory Partner at Greylock Jason CitronCo-founder of Discord Niko BonatsosFounder and Managing Partner of Verdict Nabeel HyattInvestor helping founders and working on AI that enables human creativity and agency Will ReedInvestor at Spark Capital

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