Adi Poddar — Why I joined Hebbia

My arrival at Hebbia feels like a homecoming. After enduring the relentless consulting grind and late-night data dives, the ability for Hebbia's AI platform to simplify complexity immediately resonated with me. My decision to join Hebbia isn't just a career move—it's a leap into a world where work is smarter, not harder.

AI has the potential to unlock knowledge workers

After graduation, I became a consultant. I wanted to use data to transform organizations. I quickly realized how much of my job consisted of sifting through presentations, poring over lengthy documents, and wrangling data from massive spreadsheets. I wasn’t transforming companies - I was transforming unstructured data. 

This is the reality for 3M+ US knowledge workers - putting good minds into rote tasks. Financial analysts, lawyers, and consultants routinely delve into and dissect large volumes of information as part of their daily routines. The problem is growing - by 2026, the world will be grappling with over 221 billion terabytes of information, with more than 90% of it being unstructured.

For over five years, I've been assisting lawyers and consultants integrate AI into their workflows. Progress has been made, but are we where we should be? No - incremental gains haven’t lived up to the promise of AI.

Hebbia doesn't promise, it delivers.

Hebbia is revolutionizing the way we work transforming how we interact with unstructured data. It's not just another chatbot—it's a game-changer for knowledge workers.

George (CEO) conveyed a clear vision to me when I met them and it struck a chord, Hebbia is to words what Excel is to numbers. 

The biggest law firms and consulting firms prioritize AI yet are often disappointed. Traditional RAG-based chatbots fail to meet the demands of their complex, multi-layered analyses.

Hebbia’s Matrix platform is LLM-agnostic, multi-modal, and collaborative, designed to handle the complex analyses that such firms require.

Imagine staying on top of regulatory requirements and never missing an obligation:

Imagine possessing a detailed and high-level understanding of the risk profiles associated with all your credit agreements:

This technology is a must-have for legal, consulting, and financial industries. 

I can't wait to see how our customers transform their business with Hebbia.

This team exceeds expectations.

Drawing from my MBA venture capital insights, I've learned that a remarkable team is the cornerstone of successful investments, eclipsing even the most brilliant ideas.

Industry giants like Index Ventures, Radical Ventures, Peter Thiel, Jerry Yang, and Ram Shriram clearly recognized this. I've never seen such a concentration of intellectual power, talent, and dedication. We've got the brightest minds from engineering, finance, law, and consulting, all steering this 'rocket ship' to new heights. It's only my first week, and the rapid progress I’ve witnessed is nothing short of extraordinary.

This is special.

Adi