Lin Ling is CEO of Modus, an AI-powered headcount management platform for Enterprise. As VP of BizOps at HashiCorp, she helped scale from 100 to 2500 employees through the IPO, ringing the bell in NYC. That experience inspired Modus—an AI-native solution for compensation, benchmarking, and workforce scaling. After Y Combinator in Summer '24, her team is on a mission to ensure headcount equity and zero waste in every company. Previously, she was an ERP consultant at Deloitte, navigating five Fortune 500 go-lives. She holds an Economics, CS, and Math degree from NYU Stern and formerly played varsity basketball.