# Ken Sena

> Ken Sena is the CEO and co-founder of Aiera, a New York-based generative AI platform that turns earnings calls, investor presentations, and corporate events into real-time transcriptions, sentiment analysis, and decision-grade insights for institutional investors. A former Wall Street internet analyst who led global internet research coverage at Evercore ISI and Wells Fargo Securities, Sena launched Aiera in 2018 to apply machine learning to the research workflow he had spent two decades inside. The company now covers more than 13,000 equities, processes tens of thousands of public events a year, and closed a $25 million Series B in June 2025 backed by ten of Wall Street's largest research firms with Microsoft as its strategic technology partner.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at Aiera
- **Organizations:** Aiera, Evercore ISI, Wells Fargo Securities, Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse, Salomon Smith Barney, Viacom, Time Warner
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Dual degree (BA and BS), University of Pennsylvania (The Wharton School and College of Arts & Sciences)
- **Known for:** Co-founded Aiera and grew it to cover 13,000+ equities and process 45,000+ public events annually, Led global internet research coverage at Evercore ISI, one of Wall Street's most respected boutiques, Directed internet research at Wells Fargo Securities

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Began in equity research at Salomon Smith Barney
- **2000s** — Held strategy and business development roles at Viacom and Time Warner
- **2000s** — Worked in research at Bear Stearns and later Credit Suisse
- **2011-2017** — Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Internet Research Coverage at Evercore ISI
- **2017** — Joined Wells Fargo Securities as Managing Director, Head of Internet Research; began an internal project applying AI to research
- **2018** — Left Wells Fargo to build Aiera and launched its platform
- **2024** — Aiera featured in a Harvard Business School case study, 'A New Aiera for Equity Research'
- **2025** — Closed $25M Series B backed by ten of Wall Street's largest research firms, with Microsoft as strategic technology partner

## Achievements

- Co-founded Aiera and grew it to cover 13,000+ equities and process 45,000+ public events annually
- Led global internet research coverage at Evercore ISI, one of Wall Street's most respected boutiques
- Directed internet research at Wells Fargo Securities
- Raised more than $68M in total funding for Aiera, including a $25M Series B in June 2025
- Secured a strategic technology partnership with Microsoft (Azure) for Aiera's generative AI stack
- Subject of a Harvard Business School case study on reinventing equity research with AI

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Aiera closed a $25M Series B funding round backed by ten of Wall Street's largest research firms and Third Bridge, with Microsoft named as strategic technology partner and a new Buy-Side Advisory Council formed.
- **2024-02** — Aiera was published as a Harvard Business School case study, 'A New Aiera for Equity Research.'

## Links

- Website: https://aiera.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-sena-6204b59/

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Last updated: 2026-07-15