# Dan Lee

> Dan Lee is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nooks, an AI Sales Assistant Platform that automates the manual busywork of sales development reps so they can focus on the human side of selling. Born in Manhattan and raised in New Jersey, Lee studied AI at Stanford (BS '21, MS '22), did ML stints at Scale AI and Cerebras Systems, and co-founded Nooks in 2020 with Stanford classmates Rohan Suri and Nikhil Cheerla. The company has raised $70 million in total funding, including a $43M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins in October 2024, and was named a Forbes 30 Under 30 AI honoree in 2025.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Nooks
- **Organizations:** Nooks, Scale AI, Cerebras Systems, IEX Group, Inc.
- **From:** Manhattan, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Computer Science (AI focus), Stanford University, Master of Science, Computer Science (AI focus), Stanford University
- **Known for:** Forbes 30 Under 30 AI (2025), Raised $70M in total venture funding including $43M Series B from Kleiner Perkins, Built Nooks into a platform serving tens of thousands of sales professionals globally

## Career timeline

- **2019** — Quantitative Strategist at IEX Group, Inc.
- **2020** — Machine Learning Engineer at Scale AI (internship during school year)
- **2020** — ML Researcher at Cerebras Systems
- **2020** — Co-founded Nooks with Rohan Suri and Nikhil Cheerla; initial focus on virtual collaboration tools
- **2021** — Nooks pivoted to focus on sales teams after observing SDR engagement
- **2021** — Raised seed funding
- **2022** — Raised Series A; pivoted fully to AI-powered sales productivity before ChatGPT's public release
- **2024** — Raised $43M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins, announced October 2024
- **2024** — Launched AI Sales Assistant Platform (ASAP) with AI Dialing, Coaching, and Prospecting assistants
- **2025** — Named Forbes 30 Under 30 in the AI category alongside co-founders

## Achievements

- Forbes 30 Under 30 AI (2025)
- Raised $70M in total venture funding including $43M Series B from Kleiner Perkins
- Built Nooks into a platform serving tens of thousands of sales professionals globally
- Customers including Deel, Webflow, Verkada, and Fivetran report 2-3x productivity gains
- Teams report doubling pipeline per rep within days of trial
- 50% reduction in sales rep ramp times via Nooks coaching features
- Conducted physics research at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab while in high school

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Named Forbes 30 Under 30 AI alongside co-founders Rohan Suri and Nikhil Cheerla
- **2024-10** — Raised $43M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins, total funding reaches $70M
- **2024-10** — Launched AI Sales Assistant Platform (ASAP) with three AI assistant products: Dialing, Coaching, and Prospecting

## Links

- Website: https://nooks.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan9lee
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/_dan_lee_

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