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He Song

Founder

Founder at Payna

Berkeley, California, United States

FoundedPayna Β· YC

About

He Song founded and scaled a company as a freshman and subsequently launched a token-based project. He studied at Berkeley and has experience with cryptocurrency lending products and regulatory licensing workflows. He now leads Payna, which focuses on automating regulatory compliance processes.

Founder at PaynaYC W26

Intro paths

YC

He went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) β€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future β€” the partner who ran Payna's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β†—

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In turn, He can intro founders to Payna's investors below.

Payna's investors Β· 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco Β· $500K checks Β· since 2026

Co-founders at Payna

ACAaron Chen
Aaron ChenFounder

Experience

  1. Payna | YC W26CTO & Co-Foundercurrent2025 β€” present
  2. UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)Lecturer, CS 198: Fundamentals of Blockchaincurrent2025 β€” present
  3. Blockchain at BerkeleyEducation Consultantcurrent2025 β€” present
  4. SolaceCTO & Co-Founder2025

Frequently asked questions

Who is He Song?
He Song founded and scaled a company as a freshman and subsequently launched a token-based project. He studied at Berkeley and has experience with cryptocurrency lending products and regulatory licensing workflows. He now leads Payna, which focuses on automating regulatory compliance processes.
Where does He Song work?
He Song is Founder of Payna.
What companies did He Song found?
He Song founded Payna.
Where did He Song go to school?
He Song studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science); The Davidson Academy (High School Diploma); Y Combinator (W26).

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