Attention Inc.Founding Design Engineer
Oct 2025 — Dec 2025
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Cole Lee creates stories and products at the intersection of design, culture and AI, and joined OpenAI in September 2026. She previously built AI at Windsurf and music analytics at Spotify, collaborated with teams including Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Adobe, and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science at Stanford.
Cole Lee creates stories and products at the intersection of design, culture and AI, and joined OpenAI in September 2026. She previously built AI at Windsurf and music analytics at Spotify, collaborated with teams including Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Adobe, and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science at Stanford.
Career
WindsurfDesign Engineer
Sep 2025 — Nov 2025
Stanford UniversityGraduate Teaching Assistant in Computer Science
Sep 2024 — Jun 2025
Stanford XRDirector of Creative Experiences
Mar 2024 — Jun 2025
SmartsheetProduct Intern, AI
Jul 2024 — Sep 2024
SpotifyGlobal Editorial Intern, Music
Jun 2023 — Sep 2023
Stanford Women in Design (SWID)Director of Education
Oct 2021 — Jun 2023
SpotifyGlobal Editorial Intern, Music
Jun 2022 — Sep 2022
Cosigns Received
Featured Media
stanforddaily.com
Creator Cole Lee Isn’t Afraid Anymore
An interview about visual storytelling, learning creative tools and building an independent practice around emerging technology.
hyphen.art
Polish is Dead. Long Live the Bread Clip.
Cole traces the appeal of receipts, labels and other everyday design details as a response to polished, synthetic media.