# Josh Payne

> Josh Payne is a builder and musician based in the Bay Area, founder of Coframe, an AI company building 'living interfaces' - websites that rewrite and redesign themselves in real time via a single script tag. Before Coframe he co-founded Autograph, a $2B+ company backed by a16z, and AccessBell, acquired by Tata Group. He holds 20+ patents and papers across AI, quantum computing, and information security, created the early coding agent GPT-Migrate that briefly topped GitHub trending, and guest-lectures on LLM code generation at Stanford, where he earned three degrees. He is also a working timpanist and jazz drummer who has performed with Josh Redman and So Percussion.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Coframe
- **Organizations:** Coframe, Autograph, AccessBell, Marlin Protocol, Stanford University, SF Philharmonic
- **From:** Texas, USA
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MS, Computer Science (AI), 4.0 GPA, Stanford University School of Engineering, BS with honors, Mathematical & Computational Science, minor in Music, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Founder of Coframe, pioneering AI-driven 'living interfaces', Co-founded Autograph, a $2B+ valuation company backed by a16z, Co-founded AccessBell, acquired by Tata Group

## Career timeline

- **2018** — Co-founded AccessBell, later acquired by Tata Group
- **2020** — Founded the Stanford COVID-19 Response Lab, growing it to 450+ members
- **2020** — Joined founding team of Marlin Protocol ($POND)
- **2021** — Co-founded Autograph, which raised $200M+ at a $2B+ valuation from a16z and others
- **2023** — Released GPT-Migrate, an early coding agent that hit #1 on GitHub trending
- **2023** — Founded Coframe to build self-optimizing 'living interfaces'
- **2024** — Coframe raised $9.3M seed co-led by Khosla Ventures and Nat Friedman's NFDG

## Achievements

- Founder of Coframe, pioneering AI-driven 'living interfaces'
- Co-founded Autograph, a $2B+ valuation company backed by a16z
- Co-founded AccessBell, acquired by Tata Group
- 20+ patents and academic papers in AI, quantum computing, and information security (Nature, IEEE, NeurIPS)
- Created GPT-Migrate, which briefly reached #1 on GitHub trending
- Co-created Coffee, an AI code-generation tool with 1,000+ GitHub stars
- Guest lecturer for Stanford CS 224G (Code Generation with LLMs)
- Angel investor in 25+ early-stage companies
- Timpanist for the SF Philharmonic and SF Civic Symphony

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — Coframe raised $9.3M seed funding co-led by Khosla Ventures and Nat Friedman's NFDG
- **2025-07** — Spoke publicly on the future of web experience, living interfaces, OpenAI collaborations, and enterprise AI

## Links

- Website: https://payne.net
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshpxyne/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/joshpxyne
- GitHub: https://github.com/joshpxyne
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josh.pxyne/

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Last updated: 2026-06-29