# Lina Colucci

> Lina Colucci is the co-founder and CEO of LemonSlice, a frontier AI lab building the world's first real-time interactive talking video models - tech that turns a single photo into a face you can hold a live conversation with. A former professional ballerina with a Harvard-MIT PhD in medical engineering, she has founded three companies, holds patents in biosensing, and raised $10.5M from Matrix Partners, Y Combinator, Dropbox's Arash Ferdowsi, Twitch's Emmett Shear, and The Chainsmokers. She bets that all video is heading toward being interactive and personalized to whoever is watching.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at LemonSlice
- **Organizations:** LemonSlice, Infinity AI, EDGE Analytics, The Edge of Infinity (podcast)
- **From:** Sao Paulo, Brazil
- **Nationality:** Brazilian-American
- **Education:** Ph.D. in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST), BSE in Mechanical Engineering, with Departmental Distinction, Duke University, Full merit scholarship, dual enrollment, Robertson Scholars Program (Duke / UNC Chapel Hill), Study abroad: Biomechanics, Product Design, Bionanotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm
- **Known for:** Co-founder and CEO of LemonSlice, building the world's first interactive talking AI video model, Raised $10.5M seed for LemonSlice from Matrix Partners, Y Combinator, Arash Ferdowsi, Emmett Shear, and The Chainsmokers, Founded Infinity AI, a synthetic-data company serving Fortune 100 enterprises; raised $5M seed

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Graduated Duke University in Mechanical Engineering with Departmental Distinction
- **2017** — Completed Ph.D. at Harvard-MIT HST; hydration-sensor research became the cover story of Science Translational Medicine
- **2022** — Founded Infinity AI (synthetic data); raised a $5M seed round
- **2024** — Company went through Y Combinator (W24) and pivoted toward interactive AI video
- **2025-12** — LemonSlice debuts publicly with $10.5M seed funding and unveils LemonSlice-2 real-time interactive avatars

## Achievements

- Co-founder and CEO of LemonSlice, building the world's first interactive talking AI video model
- Raised $10.5M seed for LemonSlice from Matrix Partners, Y Combinator, Arash Ferdowsi, Emmett Shear, and The Chainsmokers
- Founded Infinity AI, a synthetic-data company serving Fortune 100 enterprises; raised $5M seed
- Founded and ran EDGE Analytics, a leading US machine-learning consulting firm
- PhD research on a portable, non-invasive hydration sensor published as the cover story of Science Translational Medicine
- First-author peer-reviewed paper on novel ballet pointe shoes (with Nike), cover of Ergonomics in Design - written at age 17
- TEDxBrussels speaker, 'Why We Should All Hack Medicine'
- Author/co-author of 7+ peer-reviewed publications and patent applications in biosensing and healthcare

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — LemonSlice came out of stealth with $10.5M in seed funding and launched LemonSlice-2, a real-time interactive avatar model that turns one image into a live video conversation.

## Links

- Website: https://linacolucci.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lina-colucci/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/lina_colucci
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Lina_Colucci

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Last updated: 2026-06-27