# Henriette Fleischmann

> Henriette Fleischmann is a founder and executive whose career spans automotive consulting, retail strategy and AI company building. She cofounded Hosta AI with Rachelle Villalon, served as COO and then CEO, and announced a move into an advisory role in October 2024. Her later public work includes the founding COO role at Anadyr Horizon.

- **Role:** Founding Chief Operating Officer at Anadyr Horizon; Cofounder and Advisor at Hosta AI
- **Organizations:** Anadyr Horizon, Hosta AI, The Cohort, Daimler Financial Services, Porsche Consulting, Peek & Cloppenburg
- **Education:** Master of Business Administration, MIT Sloan School of Management, B.Sc., Business Administration, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), M.A., Specialized Sales, Merchandising, and Marketing Operations, Hochschule Wismar, Nine-week coding bootcamp, Le Wagon
- **Known for:** Cofounded and helped commercialize Hosta AI’s image-based property assessment technology., Led Hosta AI as COO and later CEO., Helped build partnerships including the Crawford & Company collaboration announced in 2023.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Chief of Staff to the CIO at Daimler Financial Services; later worked in strategy project management at Porsche Consulting.
- **Before MIT** — Led the Strategy Office at Peek & Cloppenburg and founded leadership education venture The Cohort.
- **2019** — Completed her MIT Sloan MBA and connected with Rachelle Villalon to commercialize spatial assessment technology.
- **2020** — Launched Hosta AI with Villalon; served as COO.
- **2022** — Spoke on the AI and quantum computing panel at MIT’s Convergence event on November 14.
- **2023** — Became CEO of Hosta AI; MIT News identified her as CEO in April.
- **2024-10** — Announced the CEO handover to Ingrid Flores and an advisory role supporting the company.
- **2025-10** — Publicly announced joining Anadyr Horizon as founding COO.

## Achievements

- Cofounded and helped commercialize Hosta AI’s image-based property assessment technology.
- Led Hosta AI as COO and later CEO.
- Helped build partnerships including the Crawford & Company collaboration announced in 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Announced her founding COO role at Anadyr Horizon, working with Arvid Bell, Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress and William C. Potter.
- **2024-10** — Announced an advisory role at Hosta AI following the CEO handover to Ingrid Flores.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/henriette-fleischmann

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Last updated: 2026-10-25