Yong Hee Lee
| Yong Hee Lee | |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, software executive |
|---|---|
| Known for | Founder and CEO of Cuckoo Labs |
Yong Hee Lee, also known as Harry Lee, is a South Korean entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Cuckoo Labs, a real-time artificial intelligence translation company designed for global sales, marketing, and support teams. Cuckoo Labs is a member of the Y Combinator Winter 2025 batch.[1]
Career
Yong Hee Lee founded Cuckoo Labs to address language barriers in professional and commercial settings. The company's core product is an AI-powered real-time interpreter that can be used during Zoom video calls and in-person meetings. The platform is targeted at global sales, marketing, and customer support teams that operate across multiple languages and require accurate, context-aware translation in real time.[2]
Cuckoo's technology is powered by large language models and supports over 20 languages. A distinguishing feature of the product is its ability to learn the technical vocabulary and context specific to a user's industry and organization. Users can brief the system with keywords and documents before a meeting, allowing it to handle highly technical discussions with greater accuracy. The company describes its service as capable of intelligently detecting and interpreting all languages spoken during a meeting without requiring manual language selection in advance.[3]
Among Cuckoo Labs' reported clients are enterprise software companies such as Snowflake and PagerDuty, which use the platform for multilingual meetings including technical discussions.[4]
Cuckoo Labs operates in the artificial intelligence, B2B, sales, and marketing sectors. The company is based in San Francisco, California. Lee is listed as the sole active founder on the company's Y Combinator profile, though some sources also refer to him as co-founder and CEO.[5]
Lee maintains a presence on Medium and LinkedIn under the name Harry Yong Hee Lee.
References
- ↑ "Cuckoo Labs – Y Combinator". 'Y Combinator}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "Cuckoo Labs". 'Cuckoo Labs}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "Cuckoo Labs". 'Cuckoo Labs}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "Cuckoo Labs – Y Combinator". 'Y Combinator}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ↑ "Yong Hee Lee – Highperformr". 'Highperformr}'. Retrieved 2026-03-19.