The Systems Thinker: Ayan Ray’s Journey to Founding DynaMeet

Meet Ayan Ray, CEO of DynaMeet, an AI-powered B2B sales platform helping make sales more human.

Ex-Indeed (Senior SWE Manager), Cogent Labs (VP R&D), and University of Oxford MSc in Software Engineering.

Born in the U.S., raised in Ottawa, now based in Tokyo—with plenty of time spent deep in GitHub.

Ayan is a systems thinker to the core. Whether it's designing product, testing go-to-market strategies, or solving for the unknown, he brings clarity, curiosity, and calm to every challenge.

He’s not loud, but he’s sharp. He leads with conviction and learns by building.

Why build with WAY?

“To work with smart, kind people who move fast and think long-term.”

For Ayan, building a company is all about learning faster and deeper.

“The best way to learn is to unbound the learning. Once you’re building your own company, your learning is uncapped.”

Ayan is the first Founding Partner to join WAY Equity Partners, a company builder for entrepreneurs shaping the future of tech businesses in Japan.