Cole Lee

Founding Design Engineer @ Attention Engineering

About

hi! i’m cole — design engineer × creator. i build products and stories that blend culture, art, and ai. founding team at attention engineering, building the future of personal software. creator telling stories to 300k+ humans and with brands i like. recent projects > launching razorblade campaign with nvidia (upcoming jan 2025) > launching claude code with anthropic (upcoming dec 2025) > launched kling o1 with higgsfield (dec 2025) > launched nanobanana pro with google deepmind (dec 2025) > launched claude artifacts campaign with anthropic (nov 2025) > launched premiere on mobile with adobe — 10m+ views (nov 2025) > launched nanobanana in google lens with deepmind (oct 2025) > ai gallerist with a16z at studio 525, nyc (sep 2025) > featured creator on times square, nyc (sep 2025) before > built ai at windsurf → cognition > built music analytics at spotify > b.s. + m.s. in cs at stanford

Country

United States

City

Stanford

Industry

Consumer Goods

Skill

XR Development, XR Design, AR Development, Game Development, Lens Studio, Agile Methodologies, React Native, Adobe Photoshop, Data Structures, Microsoft Office, Video Production, Product Development, Software Development, Social Media Marketing, Branding & Identity, Adobe Creative Suite, Operating Systems, Figma (Software), Google Ads, Python (Programming Language)

Experience

Founding Design Engineer

Attention Engineering

2025-11 - Present · 11 mos

The personal OS.

Creator

2025-9 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

Stories about the creative technology revolution. Mar 2026 — Cooking something up with OpenAI & Notion Mar 2025 — Launched Manus campaign in partnership with Meta Feb 2025 — Autodesk campaign for Media & Entertainment Suite Jan 2025 — Joined as New Media Fellow & Scout at Andreessen Horowitz Jan 2025 — Launched Claude Code campaign with Anthropic Nov 2025 — Launched Claude Artifacts campaign with Anthropic Oct 2025 — Launched Premiere on Mobile with Adobe (10M+ views) Oct 2025 — Launched Nanobanana in Google Lens with DeepMind Sep 2025 — AI Gallerist with Andreessen Horowitz at Studio 525, NYC

Founding Member

The Collective

2025-9 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

Product & Growth

Windsurf

2025-1 - 2025-9 · 9 mos

Windsurf (Acq. Cognition)

Graduate Teaching Assistant in Computer Science

Stanford University

2024-9 - 2025-6 · 10 mos

Stanford, California, United States

CS148: Computer Graphics and Imaging CS278: Social Computing

Director of Creative Experiences

Stanford XR

2024-3 - 2025-6 · 1 yr 4 mos

Directed VFX short films for Immerse The Bay @ Stanford and Reality Hack @ MIT Managed social media promotions for Stanford’s annual conference Broadcast to 400+ attendees and sponsors including Meta, Snap, Niantic, Unity, Microsoft

Product, Generative AI

Smartsheet

2024-7 - 2024-9 · 3 mos

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Built generative AI to turn language into data-driven visuals.

Product, Music

Spotify

2022-6 - 2024-7 · 2 yrs 2 mos

New York, United States

Developed analytics tools for the North America Music Team to measure the impact of playlists.

Global Editorial Intern

Spotify

2022-6 - 2022-9 · 4 mos

New York, United States

Developed and spearheaded content strategy for playlist localisation in priority markets.

Founder

POP

2019-11 - 2023-8 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Inclusive clothing brand that celebrates LGBTQ+ multiculturalism. 2.5M monthly impressions, 200k followers, customers in 73 countries.

Director of Education

Stanford Women in Design (SWID)

2021-10 - 2023-6 · 1 yr 9 mos

Education

Stanford University

Computer Science

2024-9 - 2025-6 · 10 mos

Stanford University

2020-9 - 2024-6 · 3 yrs 10 mos

iOS/Android App Development Web Development Computer Vision for Educational Technology Natural Language Processing Machine Learning with GNNs Language in Society Philosophy of Education Music, Computing and Design Cross-Platform App Development Operating Systems Principles Virtual Reality Development Designing for Games Computer Organisation & Systems Programming Methodology Programming Abstractions Mathematical Foundations of Computing Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus Design and Analysis of Algorithms Probability for Computer Scientists