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Leon Lin

Founder

Founder & CEO at 1stCollab

San Francisco, California, United States

Founded1stCollab · YC

About

Leon Lin previously spent over nine years at Pinterest, where he served as Head of Discovery product overseeing Home, Search, and Pins teams, and earlier worked as a tech lead on the Recommendations team. He now leads 1stCollab, a platform facilitating influencer marketing collaborations between brands and creators.

Founder & CEO at 1stCollabYC W23

Intro paths

YC

Leon went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — 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 1stCollab's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Leon can intro founders to 1stCollab's investors below.

1stCollab's investors · 5

Amino CapitalPalo Alto · $100K – $10M checksBrighter CapitalCupertino · $25K – $100K checksf7 VenturesTiburon · $10K – $5M checksWebb Investment NetworkSan Francisco · $500K – $750K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at 1stCollab

VBVarun Bansal
Varun BansalFounder
ALAndrew Liu
Andrew LiuFounder

Experience

  1. 1stCollabCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. PinterestHead of Discovery Product2020 — 2022
  3. PinterestProduct Lead, Feed and Recommendations2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  4. PinterestProduct Manager, Home Feed2015 — 2017
  5. PinterestSoftware Engineer2013 — 2015
  6. Stanford UniversityCS124 (Natural Language Processing) Head TA2013
  7. Stanford UniversityCS224N (Natural Language Processing) Head TA2012 — 2013Stanford, CA
  8. FacebookSoftware Engineering Intern2012Menlo Park
  9. Stanford UniversityCS161 (Algorithms) TA2012
  10. Stanford UniversityResearch Assistant - Koller Lab2011 — 2012Stanford, CA
  11. Stanford UniversityCS124 (Natural Language Processing) TA2011 — 2012
  12. Stanford UniversityCS198 Section Leader2010 — 2011Stanford, CA
  13. A9.comSoftware Engineering Intern2010Palo Alto, CA
  14. Stanford UniversityiGEM Team Co-leader2008 — 2009Stanford, CA

Skills & more

Java21Python35Matlab3JavaScript7PHP3C2C++2Machine Learning28Statistics5Bioinformatics2Android Development5Natural Language Processing1
+5 moreAlgorithmsSoftware EngineeringComputer ScienceData AnalysisProgramming

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Leon Lin?
Leon Lin previously spent over nine years at Pinterest, where he served as Head of Discovery product overseeing Home, Search, and Pins teams, and earlier worked as a tech lead on the Recommendations team. He now leads 1stCollab, a platform facilitating influencer marketing collaborations between brands and creators.
Where does Leon Lin work?
Leon Lin is Founder & CEO of 1stCollab.
What companies did Leon Lin found?
Leon Lin founded 1stCollab.
Where did Leon Lin go to school?
Leon Lin studied at Stanford University (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science); Stanford University (Master’s Degree, Computer Science); The Lawrenceville School (High School).

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