About
Regina Lin is CEO and co-founder of Dex. She studied mathematics and computational science at Harvard, and previously co-founded Contour AI, an LLM evaluation devOps platform, while also contributing to e-commerce marketplace development and working in technology investment roles.
Founder at DexYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Regina went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Regina can intro founders to Dex's investors below.
Dex's investors · 5
Co-founders at Dex
KG
Kevin GuFounder
Experience
- ThirdLayer (YC W25)Co-Founder, CEOcurrent2025 — present
- various financial firmstech investing2023 — 2024
- Stealth Startupcofounder2023 — 2024
- Harvard UniversityMath 152 (discrete mathematics)2022 — 2024Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- BazarProduct2022 — 2023
- Epoch Performing ArtsFounder2017 — 2022
Skills & more
Leveraged Buyouts (LBO)14Data Analysis4Management6
Languages Python · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Regina Lin?
- Regina Lin is CEO and co-founder of Dex. She studied mathematics and computational science at Harvard, and previously co-founded Contour AI, an LLM evaluation devOps platform, while also contributing to e-commerce marketplace development and working in technology investment roles.
- Where does Regina Lin work?
- Regina Lin is Founder of Dex.
- What companies did Regina Lin found?
- Regina Lin founded Dex.
- Where did Regina Lin go to school?
- Regina Lin studied at Y Combinator (W25); Harvard University (BA, Mathematics & Concurrent Master's in CSE); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cross-Registered (3 courses)).
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