OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance for an undisclosed sum; Hiro stops new signups, will shut down on April 20, and delete all data on May 13
OpenAI has acquired personal finance startup Hiro Finance, founder Ethan Bloch announced on Monday and OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch.
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Discussion
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@hirofinanceai
@hirofinanceai
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We started Hiro with the vision of building an AI personal CFO. Joining @OpenAI gives us the chance to pursue that vision at a much greater scale. Important dates: - Today: Hiro is no longer accepting new signups - April 20, 2026: The product will stop working, but data export [i…
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@restivevc
@restivevc
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Congratulations to the entire @hirofinanceai team! We've had the privilege of working with this group since their Digit days, and watched them build Hiro into something truly special. Now they're joining @OpenAI to bring that vision to massive scale. Couldn't be more excited
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@ben_glenney
Ben Glenney
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The @hirofinanceai team is built different. A month ago I emailed their team about a bug at 8 on a friday night, and they replied within 5 minutes and had it fixed by the next morning (or that night) Huge congrats to @ebloch and the entire team on the exit, well deserved!
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@catboosted
@catboosted
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Labs are currently budgeting for human data and RL envs around finance This may or may not be related
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@rohanpaul_ai
Rohan Paul
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OpenAI just bought Hiro Finance, a tiny startup built to make AI financial planning more reliable for normal people. This looks less like a product buy and more like an acquihire, because Hiro is shutting down, deleting user data, and its team is joining OpenAI. Hiro's idea was […
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@fangyi11101
@fangyi11101
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Completely bizarre acquisition/acquihire.
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@ebloch
Ethan Bloch
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Hiro is joining OpenAI! For 13 years, I've been on a mission to make personal finance suck less. At Digit, I helped millions of Americans save over $9 billion. At Hiro, we built an AI personal CFO and helped clients plan for and manage over $1 billion in assets. I'm excited to
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@himanshustwts
Himanshu
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OpenAI acquires Hiro. This is second acquisition of the day, after Thinky acquired Workshop Labs. OpenAI is doing something very interesting. Keep looking at the pattern. [image]
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r/technology
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OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro
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@wesroth
Wes Roth
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OpenAI acquired Hiro Finance, a startup dedicated to building an “AI personal CFO.” The move appears to be a strategic acqui-hire, bringing Hiro's team and financial AI expertise in-house to build out OpenAI's capabilities at a massive scale. [image]
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@ryan_falvey
Ryan Falvey
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Congrats to @ebloch, @radoshi and the whole team @hirofinanceai. This product became part of my go to stack right after the beta launch so I am thrilled to see what they will build @OpenAI. It's an exciting time in AI and financial services!