Cole Gawin
Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer at USC Information Sciences Institute
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCole Gawin is a product engineer and AI/ML scientist with 11 years of hands-on experience building AI-first products and developer tools from concept to launch. As Co-Founder and CTO of Lemma (YC F25) he’s focused on automated prompt optimization and next-generation intelligent systems, blending cognitive science training from USC with practical CS chops. He has led engineering and product teams across startups and student incubators, launching AI features like assignment generation, vector search pipelines, and GPT-powered chatbots in production. Cole pairs research experience probing LLM common-sense reasoning with a track record of rapid prototyping and shipping (including award-winning student products and tooling for 6k+ content pages). Based in San Francisco, he mentors early founders and builds developer curricula, reflecting a rare mix of product instinct, academic curiosity, and operational grit.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Cognitive Science; Minors in Computer Science & Philosophy, Bachelor's degree Cognitive Science; Minors in Computer Science & Philosophy at University of Southern CaliforniaY CombinatorDual Enrollment Computer Science, Dual Enrollment Computer Science at Illinois Institute of TechnologyDeerfield High School
Github Skills (72)
javascript10
webapp10
styled-jsx10
documentation10
mental-health10
phrases10
simple-api10
react10
api9
ios9
responsive-design9
isomorphic9
flutter9
macos9
sdk8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
chroline/lynk
Nov 2021 - Oct 2022
⛓ open-source "link in bio" clone
Contributions:14 commits, 3 PRs, 32 pushes in 11 months
customizationlink-in-biolink-shortenerlinktreelinktree-alternative
chroline/words-aas
Mar 2021 - Jan 2022
📘 a simple API to generate unique randomized words & phrases.
Contributions:2 releases, 46 commits, 20 PRs in 11 months
apirandomizedphrasesenglishaas
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