
He Song
CTO & Co‑founder, Payna (YC W26)
San Francisco, California
Berkeley, California
Summary
Early-stage technical founder focused on regulated fintech and compliance automation. As CTO and co-founder of Payna (YC W26) he is described as building AI-driven licensing and compliance tooling to help regulated companies obtain and maintain multi-state licenses, and has positioned the company as live with customers in lending and debt collection. ycombinator+1
Product and technical leadership in AI and crypto projects. He has co-founded and served as technical lead at Solace (an AI companion product) and is described as building products across early-stage fintech and crypto prior to Payna. rootdata+1
Active educator and community contributor in blockchain and computer science. He is listed as a lecturer for CS 198 (Fundamentals of Blockchain) at UC Berkeley EECS and as an education consultant with Blockchain at Berkeley, indicating ongoing teaching and curriculum roles. yctierlist
Competitive debater and mentor with a record of teaching and competitive success. He has multiple years of PF debate experience, has placed highly at major tournaments, accrued TOC bids, and served as an instructor at debate camps. nsdebatecamp
Background as a young, academically advanced student. He attended The Davidson Academy and is a UC Berkeley Math/CS undergraduate, a profile noted in third‑party coverage of his founder background. yctierlist+1