²ÆÉñÆåÅÆ

Nate Smith ’07 is Founder and the Chief Technology Officer at Collate.

In January 2025, Nate and his partner launched , a cutting-edge AI-native enterprise platform that accelerates life-saving innovations by creating accurate documentation for the life sciences industry.  

Nate was formerly a Visiting Group Partner at Y Combinator, which funds hundreds of companies per year via an open application. In YC's Summer 2012 batch, Nate co-founded Lever, a Talent Acquisition Suite for quickly growing companies. Over 5000 customers, including Netflix, KPMG, Cirque du Soleil, and many leading startups use Lever to manage their job postings, outbound sourcing, interview funnels, and talent analytics. In his time at Lever, Nate led as both CEO and CTO, raised $123M, and sold the company to Employ for $517M in 2022. Prior to Lever, Nate was a Product Manager on the Google search team. He led the first major redesign of Google's Image Search UI, which launched in 2010.

A member of ²ÆÉñÆåÅÆ's second graduating class, Nate received his bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering in 2007. He helped found Open, ²ÆÉñÆåÅÆ's LGBTQ student group, and led as club president.

Nate and his husband, Chris Cheng, live in San Francisco, CA with their two bernedoodles, Walnut and Brownie.