# Yinan Na

> Yinan Na (also known as Steven) is the co-founder and CEO of Creatify AI, an AI-powered video ad platform that lets marketers produce, test, and optimize short-form video ads in minutes. Built on a decade of engineering at Meta and Snap, Creatify crossed $9M ARR within 18 months of launch, raised a $15.5M Series A co-led by Jeffrey Katzenberg's WndrCo, and now serves over 1 million marketers across 10,000+ teams including Alibaba.com, Comcast, and Binance. Na holds a Master's in Computer Science from Stanford and a Bachelor's in Automation from Tsinghua University.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Creatify AI
- **Organizations:** Creatify AI, Snap Inc., Meta (Facebook), Stanford University
- **Nationality:** Chinese-American
- **Education:** Master of Science, Computer Science, Stanford University, Bachelor of Science, Automation, Tsinghua University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Creatify AI, reaching $9M ARR within 18 months of launch, Raised $23M total funding including a $15.5M Series A co-led by Jeffrey Katzenberg, Grew platform to 1M+ marketers across 10,000+ teams globally

## Career timeline

- **~2008-2012** — Studied Automation at Tsinghua University, one of China's most competitive engineering programs.
- **~2012-2014** — Pursued Master's in Computer Science at Stanford University.
- **~2014-2019** — Engineering leadership at Facebook/Meta, contributing to Newsfeed Ads ranking and Instant Articles.
- **~2019-2022** — Led Content Moderation Engineering at Snap Inc., overseeing safety for Spotlight, Discover, and Map products.
- **2023** — Co-founded Creatify AI with Ledell Wu (ex-Meta FAIR) and Xin Zhou (ex-Meta, Airbnb).
- **2024** — Creatify AI crosses $9M ARR and 1 million users within 18 months of launch.
- **2025-04** — Spoke at AI User Conference on 'AI for Seamless Video Ad Production'.
- **2025-05** — Creatify raises $15.5M Series A co-led by Jeffrey Katzenberg's WndrCo and Kindred Ventures; launches AdMax AI ad agent. Total funding reaches $23M.
- **2026** — Creatify AI named to CB Insights AI 100 list. Integration with Claude announced.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Creatify AI, reaching $9M ARR within 18 months of launch
- Raised $23M total funding including a $15.5M Series A co-led by Jeffrey Katzenberg
- Grew platform to 1M+ marketers across 10,000+ teams globally
- Named to CB Insights AI 100 for 2026
- Launched AdMax - the first end-to-end AI ad agent for video
- Built platform with 750+ AI avatars supporting 29 languages
- Led Content Moderation Engineering at Snap, protecting Spotlight, Discover, and Map
- Contributed to Newsfeed Ads ranking and Instant Articles at Facebook/Meta
- Assembled founding team including ICML Test-of-Time Award winner Ledell Wu
- Integration of Creatify with Anthropic's Claude

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Creatify AI named to CB Insights AI 100 for 2026.
- **2026-03** — Creatify integrates with Anthropic's Claude, enabling video ad generation directly within Claude's interface.
- **2025-05** — Creatify raises $15.5M Series A, launches AdMax AI ad agent, crosses $9M ARR and 1M users.
- **2025-04** — Yinan Na speaks at AI User Conference on 'AI for Seamless Video Ad Production'.

## Links

- Website: https://creatify.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nayinan/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/nyn531

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Last updated: 2026-05-13