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Hays Stanford (born March 28, 1997) is a technology entrepreneur & programmer. He has founded or cofounded more than 3 companies & currently resides in Austin, TX.

Early Life
Hays Stanford was born to Carolyn & Thomas Stanford in Memphis, Tennessee. The youngest of 6 children, he spent much of his childhood living in a mobile home. He started programming at the age of 13.

He has stated that his grades in high-school were some of the lowest in his class. He refused to complete assignments & was frequently punished. At the age of 15, he dropped out of school, obtaining a general equivalency diploma in Texas at the age of 17. Later, he attended The University of Texas at Austin, shortly before dropping out to start his first business.

Career
While attending UT Austin, Hays develop & marketed a photo-less dating app called Ice Breakerr. Upon seeing it's success, he dropped out & drove to Silicon Valley in search of financial backing, sleeping in his car.

Upon arrival, Hays stated that he lived in a garage due to the poor housing market in the Bay Area. During this time, he lost all his money, eventually driving back to Austin, TX. Hays eventually started selling video courses to clone the popular ride-sharing app Uber on YouTube.

Unable to pay his living expenses off the course alone, he joined the local cyber-security startup Infocyte to help create their automated threat-hunting platform.