About
Payam Safa is a serial entrepreneur, systems architect, and visionary builder at the intersection of technology, consciousness, and sovereignty. He is the Founder & Chairman of Obi, the world’s largest rideshare data aggregation platform—often described as the “Kayak for rideshare”—powering real-time pricing intelligence across millions of rides globally.
Beyond mobility, Payam is the Founder & Treasury Council Member of Light DAO, a sovereign global community of 5,000+ conscious entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators co-creating the next economy. Through initiatives like the Light Grid—a Web3, AI-native community operating system—and the Light Treasury, funding regenerative ventures in health tech, biotech, sovereignty, and consciousness technologies, Light DAO serves as both a capital network and a cultural movement for a thriving future.
He has authored foundational works such as We Are Light and the Declaration of Knowingness, framing a vision for a “Conscious Civilization” where inner transformation meets technological and societal evolution.
Payam also leads Possibility School, developing early childhood growth-mindset and emotional intelligence curricula, and hosts the upcoming Light Space Podcast, exploring the edges of innovation, consciousness, and human potential.
Across all his ventures, Payam’s mission is clear: to awaken human creativity, mobilize capital and technology for good, and architect systems that enable abundance, sovereignty, and regeneration for all.