Paul Pang is a Chinese technology executive and entrepreneur best known as a co‑founder of Codatta, a multi‑chain Web3 data/AI protocol with a token identified as XNY. Public crypto-data listings identify Pang among the project’s founding team and attribute to Codatta a focus on decentralized data infrastructure for machine‑learning‑powered applications. ^{[1] [2]}​

Education

Paul Pang earned a Master’s degree in Information Processing from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he studied from 2007 to 2010. He previously completed a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in Computer Software Engineering at Northeastern University (China), attending from 2003 to 2007. ^[5]

Career

Paul Pang has held roles across artificial intelligence, technology, and business operations. Since April 2026, he has worked as an artificial intelligence consultant at Alpha Ladder Group. Prior to this, he served as Head of Global Service at SmartDeer from 2022 to 2026 in Hong Kong, where he contributed to global recruitment and employment solutions supporting companies expanding internationally.

Between 2024 and 2026, Pang was a co-founder of Codatta, a decentralized data protocol focused on enabling data infrastructure and supporting machine learning applications through distributed contributions and verification mechanisms. Earlier, he briefly served as chief executive officer of Dakou Food from 2021 to 2022, where he launched a fast-food brand before discontinuing operations due to cost pressures and pandemic-related challenges.

From 2015 to 2021, Pang held multiple leadership roles at VIPKID, including Head of Technology, Head of Education Center, and Head of Math Department, overseeing product, educational operations, and curriculum initiatives. Before that, he worked as technical director at Weathworks from 2014 to 2015.

He began his career as a software engineer at Douban from 2011 to 2014, where he contributed to web development across several platform features and led technical efforts on internal projects. ^{[2] [3] [5]}