Payton Baran studied finance at Virginia Tech and practiced as a financial statement auditor with DHG for several years in the Washington, DC area.​

​In 2012, he founded LegalConfirm.com (acquired by Confirmation.com) and scaled the solution to global accounting firms and law firms.​

​In 2024, Payton founded AuditPro.ai to help accounting firms quickly and affordably benefit from the most advanced technologies and effortlessly keep pace with AI innovation.​