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Hebbia, a global leader in domain-specific AI for finance and professional services, has announced the appointment of Aabhas Sharma as Chief Technology Officer. This strategic hire coincides with the company's expansion to San Francisco, establishing a new engineering hub in the heart of AI innovation. The move follows Hebbia's recent London headquarters opening, demonstrating global momentum in scaling AI infrastructure for financial markets.
Hebbia appoints Aabhas Sharma as Chief Technology Officer
Former CTO of Found brings extensive scaling experience
Company expands with new San Francisco engineering office
Expansion follows recent London headquarters opening
Focus on accelerating AI development for financial services
Platform helps financial institutions reclaim thousands of work hours
Sharma brings substantial experience in scaling high-growth technology companies, having served as CTO of Found where he helped scale the company from Series A through Series C. His background includes nearly six years at Postmates, where he rose from software engineer to running its Delivery Business, leading a 100-person team through the company's acquisition. At Hebbia, Sharma will lead both technology and product organizations as the company accelerates development of its AI-powered infrastructure for financial services.
Company leadership emphasized the strategic importance of this appointment. "Hebbia's platform is already impacting the financial markets in a significant way," said George Sivulka, CEO of Hebbia. "The world's leading asset managers and investment banks are reclaiming thousands of hours of employee time, unlocking off market deals, and finding net-new market signal with AI. Aabhas brings the rare combination of deep technical expertise and proven leadership scaling engineering teams through hypergrowth. His vision and track record make him the ideal leader to guide our product and technical strategy."
Sharma expressed enthusiasm for his new role, stating, "I'm thrilled to join Hebbia at such a pivotal moment. The company's already made huge advances in AI accuracy and reasoning, and now we have the opportunity to scale that innovation even further. Our San Francisco office puts us at the heart of the AI ecosystem, where we can recruit exceptional talent and continue pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI in knowledge work."
The San Francisco expansion represents Hebbia's commitment to establishing a strong presence in key AI innovation hubs. This strategic move enables the company to tap into the Bay Area's deep talent pool while strengthening its position in the competitive AI landscape. The leadership expansion builds on Hebbia's recent product developments, including new Excel, PowerPoint, and Word generation capabilities that allow users to create expert-level financial models and instantly transform analysis into polished reports and presentations.
Hebbia is the leading AI platform for finance. Founded in 2020 by George Sivulka, Hebbia is a generative AI company backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Peter Thiel, and Index Ventures. Investment banks and over 40% of the largest asset managers by AUM, use Hebbia's AI agents to drive investment decisions and automate financial analyst workflows. Users can instantly surface insights over filings, research, and millions of internal documents, enabling citation-backed research, AI-driven document, Powerpoint, and spreadsheet generation, and AI-driven origination, screening, and diligence.
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