# Ryne Saxe

> Ryne Saxe is the San Francisco-based co-founder and CEO of Eco, which builds infrastructure for routing stablecoins and programming money movement across blockchains and markets. Educated in physics and mathematics at the University of Alabama and law at Stanford, he previously practiced corporate law at Weil, Gotshal & Manges. He co-founded Eco in 2018, served as COO during its consumer-app chapter, and returned as CEO in 2024.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Eco
- **Organizations:** Eco, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, AmeriCorps / Impact Alabama, University of Washington, University of Alabama
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S., Physics and Mathematics, University of Alabama, J.D., Stanford Law School
- **Known for:** Co-founded Eco in 2018 and led it through multiple product chapters., Eco has raised more than $90 million, according to published company and interview biographies; this is company funding, not personal wealth., Published essays on currency, stablecoin programmability and settlement, including contributions to FWB and Securities.io.

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Authored a University of Washington undergraduate research report on constructing a lithium photoassociation laser.
- **2010–2011** — Worked in project management in Central/East Africa and regional coordination for AmeriCorps / Impact Alabama.
- **2014–2017** — Associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, working on technology mergers and acquisitions and antitrust analysis.
- **2018** — Co-founded Eco and served as its initial CEO.
- **2020** — Moved to COO as Andy Bromberg became CEO during Eco’s consumer-app pivot.
- **2024** — Returned as Eco CEO; Andy Bromberg moved to chairman.
- **2024** — Delivered Currency in a Post-Money World at FWB FEST24; an adapted essay appeared in December.
- **2026** — Continued leading Eco’s programmable stablecoin infrastructure work; the company released a unified API and Programmable Addresses V2 in October.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Eco in 2018 and led it through multiple product chapters.
- Eco has raised more than $90 million, according to published company and interview biographies; this is company funding, not personal wealth.
- Published essays on currency, stablecoin programmability and settlement, including contributions to FWB and Securities.io.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Eco released a unified API and Programmable Addresses V2 on October 14.
- **2026-09** — Appeared in Range’s Stablecoin Fireside conversation about fragmented liquidity, execution and lessons from Eco’s consumer app.
- **2026-08** — Appeared on The Index Podcast discussing stablecoin routing, Solana and Eco’s development.
- **2026-04** — Published Programmability: The Secret Sauce on Eco’s blog.

## Links

- Website: https://eco.com/blog/author/ryne/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rtsaxe/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/rynesaxe

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Last updated: 2026-10-21