# Anthony Habayeb

> Anthony Habayeb is the co-founder and CEO of Monitaur, a Boston-based AI governance software company he started in 2019 with Andrew Clark. After a generalist career spanning Yahoo, Monster, Gannett and Accenture, he built Monitaur to help regulated industries - insurance, financial services, healthcare - deploy AI they can actually understand, audit and stand behind. He advises the NAIC on AI governance, serves as a director for the IRES Foundation, and has ridden the Pan-Mass Challenge for years to raise money for cancer research.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Monitaur
- **Organizations:** Monitaur, IRES Foundation, NAIC (advisor), Accenture (former), Gannett / ThriveHive (former), Monster (former), Yahoo (former)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS, Business Management and Marketing, Otterbein University
- **Known for:** Founded and leads Monitaur, an AI governance company serving carriers including Unum and Progressive, Raised over $17M in venture funding for Monitaur, Advises the NAIC on AI governance in insurance

## Career timeline

- **pre-2019** — Executive and operating roles across sales operations, channel, product and general management at Yahoo, Monster and Gannett's ThriveHive; strategic consultant at Accenture; managed over $200M in global P&L
- **2019** — Co-founded Monitaur with Andrew Clark to bring governance and assurance to AI in regulated industries
- **2021** — Monitaur raised seed funding to expand its AI governance platform
- **2024** — Monitaur raised a $6M round (part of $17.26M total funding), Series A stage
- **2025** — Discussed AI, regulation and responsible deployment on the Live@ITC stage; continued advising the NAIC on AI governance

## Achievements

- Founded and leads Monitaur, an AI governance company serving carriers including Unum and Progressive
- Raised over $17M in venture funding for Monitaur
- Advises the NAIC on AI governance in insurance
- Serves as a director for the IRES Foundation
- Rode the Pan-Mass Challenge for seven consecutive years, raising over $150,000 for cancer research at Dana-Farber
- Managed more than $200M in global P&L across prior operating roles

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Spoke on the Live@ITC stage about AI, regulation, and what it takes for insurers to move AI forward responsibly.
- **2024-05** — Monitaur raised a new funding round, bringing total funding to roughly $17.3M.

## Links

- Website: https://monitaur.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyhabayeb/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/anthonyhabayeb

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Last updated: 2026-08-06