# Blair Silverberg

> Blair Silverberg is Hum Capital’s co-founder, former CEO, and Head of Advanced Analytics. A Stanford product design graduate and former DFJ investor, he works on applying software and financial data to private-company financing. His career includes TutorCloud and Intuit, alongside public writing on fundraising and AI.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & Head of Advanced Analytics at Hum Capital
- **Organizations:** Hum Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Intuit, TutorCloud
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in product design, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Hum Capital, previously called Capital., Helped build a marketplace supporting both debt and equity financing., Led Hum as CEO before moving into an analytics leadership role.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Co-founded online tutoring marketplace TutorCloud; worked as a product lead at Intuit before DFJ.
- **—** — Spent four years investing at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, including SaaS and artificial intelligence companies.
- **2019** — Capital, co-founded with Csaba Konkoly and Chris Olivares, launched publicly; the business later became Hum Capital.
- **2020** — Discussed valuation software with Chris Olivares on Software Engineering Daily.
- **2021** — Hum expanded into equity fundraising and announced a total $21 million Series A after its second close.
- **2023** — Hum introduced SmartRaise for preliminary debt-financing terms based on connected company data.
- **2025** — Hum publicly identified Silverberg as former CEO and Head of Advanced Analytics; Andrew Eisen leads as CEO.
- **2026** — Published an essay arguing for the continued value of deterministic software in AI systems.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Hum Capital, previously called Capital.
- Helped build a marketplace supporting both debt and equity financing.
- Led Hum as CEO before moving into an analytics leadership role.
- Published public commentary on startup fundraising, investor communication, and financial software.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Listen Notes lists a podcast called Heads Down under Blair Silverberg, with a September 3 episode featuring WIN Reality founder Chris O’Dowd.
- **2026-07** — Published The Physics of 2+2: Why Code Isn’t Going Anywhere on July 17.
- **2026-05** — Hum promoted his participation with Rebecca Gielowski in Hypercore’s May 14 AI forum in New York.
- **2025-10** — Explained his transition from CEO to Head of Advanced Analytics in a Hum interview dated October 21.

## Links

- Website: https://humcapital.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blair-silverberg/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/blairsilverberg

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Last updated: 2026-10-26