# George Sivulka

> George Sivulka is the founder and CEO of Hebbia, the AI platform that turns piles of unstructured documents into answers for asset managers, banks, and law firms. He cold-called NASA as a teenager, finished a Stanford math degree in 2.5 years, then walked away from a fully funded PhD to build software that lets AI agents do the multi-step grunt work of professional analysis. By 2024 Hebbia had raised $130M at a $700M valuation on $13M of profitable revenue, with Peter Thiel, Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, and Google Ventures behind it.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Hebbia
- **Organizations:** Hebbia, Stanford University, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. Mathematics (with distinction), Stanford University, M.S. Applied Physics (Threshold Venture Fellow), Stanford University, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (left program), Stanford University
- **Known for:** Founded Hebbia, an AI platform used by roughly 30% of all asset managers, Raised $130M Series B at a ~$700M valuation on $13M of profitable revenue, Grew Hebbia revenue 15x over 18 months

## Career timeline

- **~2014** — Cold-called NASA and landed an internship at NASA Goddard as a teenager
- **2017-2019** — Earned a B.S. in Mathematics from Stanford in about 2.5 years, then began graduate studies
- **2020** — Left his fully funded Stanford PhD program and founded Hebbia
- **2024** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30; Hebbia raised a $130M Series B at a ~$700M valuation
- **2025** — Hebbia's Matrix platform adopted across asset managers, banks, and law firms; agent-employee vision pushed forward

## Achievements

- Founded Hebbia, an AI platform used by roughly 30% of all asset managers
- Raised $130M Series B at a ~$700M valuation on $13M of profitable revenue
- Grew Hebbia revenue 15x over 18 months
- Among the first to productionize Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) in enterprise
- Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (2024)
- Completed a Stanford B.S. in Mathematics in roughly 2.5 years
- Worked at NASA as a teenager

## Latest updates

- **2024-07** — Hebbia announced a $130M Series B at a ~$700M valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Index Ventures, Google Ventures, and Peter Thiel participating.
- **2025-01** — Featured on the 20VC podcast discussing the future of foundation models and his path from financial struggle to a $130M raise.
- **2025-07** — Hebbia's Matrix platform highlighted for letting financial giants process millions of documents in minutes.

## Links

- Website: https://hebbia.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sivulka/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/gsivulka
- GitHub: https://github.com/sivulka

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Last updated: 2026-06-04