--- source_url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebbia?utm_source=openai" title: Hebbia - Wikipedia mirrored_at: 2026-08-04T03:02:27.614Z host: en.wikipedia.org cited_in_42a: true mirror_canonical: "https://index.42a.ai/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebbia__q__utm_source_openai" --- > **Original source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebbia?utm_source=openai From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hebbia Type Private Industry [Artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence "Artificial intelligence"), [natural language processing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_language_processing "Natural language processing") Founded August 2020 Founder George Sivulka Headquarters [New York City, New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City "New York City") , US Website [hebbia.com](http://hebbia.com/) **Hebbia** is an American [technology company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_company "Technology company") that develops [artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence "Artificial intelligence") and automation tools for financial and legal research.[\[1\]](#cite_note-1) The company was founded in 2020 by George Sivulka, a former [Stanford University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University "Stanford University") PhD student, with its headquarters in [New York City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City "New York City").[\[2\]](#cite_note-:2-2)[\[3\]](#cite_note-:5-3) Hebbia has raised capital from investors including [Andreessen Horowitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreessen_Horowitz "Andreessen Horowitz"), [Index Ventures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_Ventures "Index Ventures"), and [Google Ventures (GV)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GV_\(company\) "GV (company)"), with individual investors such as [Peter Thiel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel "Peter Thiel"), [Eric Schmidt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schmidt "Eric Schmidt"), and [Jerry Yang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Yang "Jerry Yang").[\[2\]](#cite_note-:2-2)[\[4\]](#cite_note-:1-4) Hebbia was founded in August 2020 by George Sivulka while he was a PhD student at [Stanford University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University "Stanford University"). The company's first product was an early [semantic search engine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_search "Semantic search") created to enable in-page search using [large language models](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_language_model "Large language model").[\[2\]](#cite_note-:2-2) In 2022, the company launched Matrix, a software used to extract information from documents of various formats, including contracts, presentations, spreadsheets, transcripts, and filings using [natural language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_language_processing "Natural language processing"),[\[5\]](#cite_note-:0-5)[\[6\]](#cite_note-:3-6)[\[4\]](#cite_note-:1-4) particularly in finance, law, and other knowledge sectors.[\[5\]](#cite_note-:0-5)[\[4\]](#cite_note-:1-4)[\[7\]](#cite_note-7)[\[8\]](#cite_note-:4-8) In 2025, [OpenAI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI "OpenAI") announced that its large language models had been integrated into Hebbia's Matrix platform.[\[5\]](#cite_note-:0-5) ## Product and technology \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hebbia&action=edit§ion=2 "Edit section: Product and technology")\] Hebbia's main product, Matrix, is a software platform used to analyze documents such as PDFs, spreadsheets, and slide presentations. Users can pose queries in plain language, and the system returns answers with linked source citations.[\[4\]](#cite_note-:1-4)[\[5\]](#cite_note-:0-5)[\[9\]](#cite_note-9) In finance, Matrix has been reportedly used by [asset managers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_management "Asset management"), [investment banks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment_banking "Investment banking"), and private equity firms to support [due diligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due_diligence "Due diligence") in [mergers and acquisitions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions "Mergers and acquisitions"), as well as [investment research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securities_research "Securities research").[\[4\]](#cite_note-:1-4) Use cases include analyzing large volumes of documents and data, including [virtual data rooms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_data_room "Virtual data room"), contracts, [market and equity research](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securities_research "Securities research"), and [regulatory filings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEC_filing "SEC filing").[\[4\]](#cite_note-:1-4) Law firms reportedly use Matrix for transactional and litigation processes, including identifying [material clauses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materiality_\(law\) "Materiality (law)"), M&A due diligence, and [document comparison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_comparison "Document comparison").[\[4\]](#cite_note-:1-4)[\[5\]](#cite_note-:0-5)[\[10\]](#cite_note-artificiallawyer-10) According to Bloomberg, Hebbia has raised over $160 million in venture capital since its founding.[\[2\]](#cite_note-:2-2)[\[11\]](#cite_note-11) In 2020, the company raised an early round of funding from [Peter Thiel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel "Peter Thiel") and [Floodgate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floodgate_Fund "Floodgate Fund").[\[12\]](#cite_note-12) In 2022, Hebbia raised $30 million in a Series A fundraising round led by [Index Ventures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_Ventures "Index Ventures").[\[6\]](#cite_note-:3-6) In 2024, Hebbia raised $130 million in Series B funding led by [Andreessen Horowitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreessen_Horowitz "Andreessen Horowitz"), with participation from Index Ventures, [GV (Google Ventures)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GV_\(company\) "GV (company)"), and Peter Thiel.[\[2\]](#cite_note-:2-2)[\[6\]](#cite_note-:3-6)[\[13\]](#cite_note-13)[\[10\]](#cite_note-artificiallawyer-10) Reported individual investors include former Google CEO [Eric Schmidt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schmidt "Eric Schmidt") and Yahoo co-founder [Jerry Yang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Yang "Jerry Yang").[\[8\]](#cite_note-:4-8) **FlashDocs Acquisition (2025):** In 2025, [Hebbia acquired FlashDocs](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250626540795/en/Hebbia-Acquires-FlashDocs-to-Extend-AI-Workflow-Automation), a startup specializing in generative AI slide deck creation. Founded in 2024 by Morten Bruun and Adam Khakhar, FlashDocs automated the production of thousands of presentation slides daily by turning structured prompts into client-ready decks. The acquisition expanded Hebbia’s platform from document retrieval and agentic workflows into full artifact generation, automating investment memos, diligence reports, and board presentations, and advancing end-to-end AI workflow automation in financial services. In 2025, researchers Jake Skinner and Davis Li of Hebbia published _[Who Evaluates the Evaluator: Reaching Autonomous Consensus on Agentic Outputs](https://assets.ctfassets.net/bn476u6z5acg/34yWKS2ROc7FF0kfCbnhZu/058d685a2b87ea7e3663a7c91fb31843/Hebbia_Who_Evaluates_the_Evaluator__Reaching_Autonomous_Consensus_on_Agentic_Outputs.pdf)_, introducing a consensus-based framework for evaluating large language models (LLMs). Their novel approach combined permutation-based statistical testing with multi-model comparisons to provide more reliable performance benchmarks. Alongside their applied research, they developed the [Financial AI Benchmark](https://www.hebbia.com/blog/which-model-will-give-me-the-edge),[\[14\]](#cite_note-14) a platform for measuring model capabilities across finance workflows. These methods underpin Hebbia’s model orchestration system and highlight the growing importance of rigorous, multi-model evaluation in enterprise AI. 1. [↑](#cite_ref-1) Wiggers, Kyle (2022-09-07). ["Hebbia raises $30M to launch an AI-powered document search tool"](https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/07/hebbia-raises-30m-to-launch-an-ai-powered-document-search-tool/). _TechCrunch_. Retrieved 2025-04-22. 2. [1](#cite_ref-:2_2-0) [2](#cite_ref-:2_2-1) [3](#cite_ref-:2_2-2) [4](#cite_ref-:2_2-3) [5](#cite_ref-:2_2-4) Sharma, Shubham (2024-07-08). 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