Albert Lie Adrian

Hi! 👋🏻 I’m a software engineer at heart and a curious Renaissance soul.

I’m into software, AI, writing, hiking, museum-surfing, and creating — whether it’s remixing music, making 약과,or AI art. I’m also always genuinely curious about people's stories and minds (= neuroscience, liberal arts, and history)

I’m currently building an AI agent for global freight — Forward, an SF-born startup (Why?). Find me in Seoul 🇰🇷, San Francisco 🌉, Toronto 🍁, or somewhere in between.

Non-linear things about me

‣ Civic Tech: Founded an international tech non-profit at 18 — which later got me working with US digital gov & civic tech orgs (e.g. USDR, Coding It Forward, Agency Fund)

‣ Hypergrowth startup: 1st engineer, 7th employee → grew YC backed Fintech in Berkeley from no product to unicorn 🦄 (-1 to 0 to $1B) —Xendit (YC S15, YC Growth // Stripe for emerging market // top YC startup list)

Fun facts

• 👨🏻‍💻 I coded too intensely until my hand bled 🤯
• ✈️ I launched a product MVP when living in an airport for weeks when I was a broke kid. Luckily, I survived.
• 🚚 Used to go to school by truck (my uncle is a truck driver)
• I have more than 100 debit cards around the world. Its fun the understand the mechanics behind global money movement