# Maira Alyakbar

> Maira Alyakbar is the Founding Growth Lead at Higgsfield AI, where a childhood fascination with cameras and editing has become a career in the commercial growth of generative visual tools. Before Higgsfield, she worked in project delivery at FCB Global, recruiting at KPMG, and education sales. Her public account of joining the company describes a deliberate leap: leaving a workplace where her ideas felt unheard, then receiving a Higgsfield offer one week later after a four-month search.

- **Role:** Founding Growth Lead at Higgsfield AI
- **Organizations:** Higgsfield AI, FCB Global, KPMG
- **Education:** Nazarbayev University
- **Known for:** Joined and helped grow Higgsfield AI during its rapid expansion into a global visual-AI platform., Built experience across education sales, professional-services recruiting, advertising project delivery, and technology growth., Earned 130 out of 140 on Kazakhstan's Unified National Testing exam, according to her own public account.

## Career timeline

- **2022** — Led sales for educational critical-thinking courses.
- **Date not public** — Worked as a junior recruiter at KPMG.
- **Before Higgsfield AI** — Worked as a project delivery manager at FCB Global.
- **By 2025** — Joined Higgsfield AI's growth organization after a four-month search and one week after leaving her prior job.
- **2026** — Serves as Founding Growth Lead at Higgsfield AI as the company expands its visual-AI platform globally.

## Achievements

- Joined and helped grow Higgsfield AI during its rapid expansion into a global visual-AI platform.
- Built experience across education sales, professional-services recruiting, advertising project delivery, and technology growth.
- Earned 130 out of 140 on Kazakhstan's Unified National Testing exam, according to her own public account.
- Received scholarship offers from leading Kazakhstani universities and offers covering more than half of tuition at U.S. institutions, according to her own public account.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Celebrated Higgsfield AI's $400 million Series B at a $5.4 billion valuation and its reported $700 million annualized revenue run rate.
- **2026-05** — Published a detailed account of her childhood interest in cameras, education, career search, and route into Higgsfield AI.
- **2025-11** — Marked Higgsfield AI reaching $100 million in annual recurring revenue and promoted openings on the company's growth team.

## Links

- Website: https://higgsfield.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maira-alyakbar
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/wairazzz

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Last updated: 2026-09-27