Josh Payne
Builder + musician. Incepto ne desistam
- Grew up around the US & Italy, mainly Texas
- Music is one of my greatest passions in life, both playing and writing
- Went to Stanford 3x ð, have 1 degree ð and have had 0 commencements ð¢
- Live in the SF Bay Area
- Currently working on something new, details forthcoming :)
- Co-founder of Autograph (last valued $2Bn+), recently senior advisor
- Co-founder of AccessBell (sold to Tata Group)
- Founding team of Marlin Protocol ($POND on Coinbase etc)
- Founder of Stanford COVID-19 Response Lab (450+ members at peak)
- 10+ patents in AI, digital identity, infosec
- Several first-author papers published with Nature Comms, NeurIPS, IEEE
- Created GPT-Migrate, an open-source LLM project with 5000+ GitHub stars
- AI Advisor for Expa
- Drummer/composer/producer of two jazz albums
- Wrote 11' piece played by the Stanford Symphony Orchestra
- Have performed with Josh Redman, SÅ Percussion, Jeff Clayton, others
- Playing timpani in the SF Civic Symphony, get tickets
- Scout for Sequoia
- AI Advisor for Expa
- Angel investor in 10+ early-stage technology companies
- Advisor to several VC-backed companies across multiple stages and sectors