Where does Philena Liu work?

Philena Liu is Founder of Lumona.

Where did Philena Liu go to school?

Philena Liu studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).

Philena Liu

Founder

Founder at Lumona

Pasadena, California, United States

FoundedLumona · YC

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About

Philena Liu is co-founder and CFO of Lumona. She holds a degree in computer science with a minor in mathematics from MIT, where she taught in a student-run web development program and directed a mathematics tournament. Her background includes research in natural language processing and machine learning.

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

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Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Lumona

Dylan WalkerFounder

Qiong Zhou HuangFounder

Experience

LumonaCo-Founder and CPO2023 — 2024
Reddit, Inc.Software Engineer Intern2023
MathWorksSoftware Engineer Intern2022
GemSoftware Engineer Intern2021San Francisco Bay Area

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Next.jsReact.jsTerraformQdrantLLMSupabaseGo (Programming Language)KubernetesApache Kafka

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Who is Philena Liu?: Philena Liu is co-founder and CFO of Lumona. She holds a degree in computer science with a minor in mathematics from MIT, where she taught in a student-run web development program and directed a mathematics tournament. Her background includes research in natural language processing and machine learning.
Where does Philena Liu work?: Philena Liu is Founder of Lumona.
What companies did Philena Liu found?: Philena Liu founded Lumona.
Where did Philena Liu go to school?: Philena Liu studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science).

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