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.
Founder at LumonaYC W24
Intro paths
YC
Philena went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Philena can intro founders to Lumona's investors below.
Lumona's investors · 1
Co-founders at Lumona
DW
Dylan WalkerFounder
QZ
Qiong Zhou HuangFounder
Experience
- LumonaCo-Founder and CPO2023 — 2024
- Reddit, Inc.Software Engineer Intern2023
- MathWorksSoftware Engineer Intern2022
- GemSoftware Engineer Intern2021San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
Next.jsReact.jsTerraformQdrantLLMSupabaseGo (Programming Language)KubernetesApache Kafka
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Frequently asked questions
- 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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