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Modernising voice with intelligence
for security and productivity

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150+

Employees and growing

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Seattle, London, Budapest

>500m

Active users

40+

Countries with Hiya

The Hiya story

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Hiya new office meeting room
2016
May

Founded as a spin-off from Whitepages.

August

Launched Smart Call on Samsung Galaxy phones.

2017
October

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2019
February

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May

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2020
August

Adaptive AI self-learning fraud detection introduced for Hiya Protect.

2021
January

Hiya expands to Europe with carrier Telenor Norway.

2022
September

Hiya expands into Canada with #1 carrier Rogers.

2023
June

Hiya expands in the UK with networks BT & EE and O2.

November

Hiya expands into Latin America with carrier Liberty Latin America.

2024
June

FICO adopts Hiya Branded Call for the banking sector.

July

Hiya acquires deepfake voice detection leader Loccus.ai.

2025
January

Hiya launches the Hiya AI Phone

September

Hiya launches Caller Reputation

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Hiya Leadership

Our leadership team is made up of passionate leaders who have experience building successful companies and always put our people first.

Alex Algard

Founder and CEO

James Lau

Chief Product Officer

Tony Lanham

Chief Revenue Officer

Kelly Schmitt

General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer

Anthony Mendonca

Vice President, Engineering

Matt Weller

Vice President of Business Operations

Samantha Rist

Vice President, People

Won Park

Vice President, Mobile Ecosystem Development

Sarah Hermanns

Vice President, Sales

Steve Chiu

Vice President of Finance

Jonah-Kai Hancock

Vice President, Demand Generation

Daniel Lehoczky

Managing Director, Hungary

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Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen

Founding Partner at 2xN

Sarah Franklin

CEO of Lattice

Mike McSherry

CEO of Xealth

Brian Kang

MD at Nautilus Venture Partners

Alex Algard

Hiya CEO