Michael Young
Founder & CEO
Technology, Entrepreneur
San Francisco, CA, USA
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Michael Young is Silicon Valley entrepreneur and Founder & CEO of Photon Commerce.
Photon Commerce accelerates customer acquisition for fintech leaders by automating invoicing and payments using AI. Partnered with Brex, Microsoft, and Nvidia, it processed $11B in purchases. After dropping out of a Stanford PhD, Michael led advanced R&D programs funded by the Department of Defense, created hundreds of jobs, raised $50M across his venture-backed startups, and took them to acquisitions.
Reach out at: hello [at] photoncommerce [dot] com
He is also listed on the Coruzant Features page.
His LinkedIn Profile states:
As Founder and CEO of Photon Commerce, I’m on a mission to empower business leaders with the most impactful technology of our times: machine intelligence. Our digital network for business documents and data addresses the $25 trillion B2B payments market. Our computer vision, natural language processing, and AI technologies automate the processing, sending, receiving, and approvals of documents, including invoices, contracts, and financial documents for industry leaders.
Photon accelerates the speeds of invoice and payment processing by 3000x, enabling teams to collaborate around invoicing, share intelligence, and achieve end-to-end visibility over customer data. We have helped over 120 fintech and eCommerce businesses process $23 billion to date. Photon is supported by the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, the AngelList Quant Fund, and Village Global, a venture firm funded by Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and other industry leaders. We are also proud to be a FedNow Showcase Provider and a member of the U.S. Faster Payments Council, contributing to the innovation and adoption of instant payments and e-invoicing for the USA.
