OpenAI buys Hiro Finance
OpenAI acquired Hiro Finance, an AI personal‑CFO startup, and Hiro’s standalone product will wind down on April 20 with data‑export options for users. The move signals OpenAI adding finance‑oriented tooling to its product mix as the Hiro service is folded into the buyer’s roadmap. (x.com, x.com)
OpenAI has acquired Hiro Finance, and Hiro’s consumer finance app will shut down on April 20, 2026. (hirofinance.com) Hiro said on April 13 that it had stopped accepting new signups, that users can export data from the web app’s settings until May 13, 2026, and that personal data will be permanently deleted after that date. (hirofinance.com) Before the deal, Hiro sold itself as an “AI personal CFO,” a chat-based finance product that let users link accounts, upload comma-separated value files and portable document format files, and model decisions like buying a home or changing jobs. (hirofinance.com) The startup was built around a simple pitch: replace the mix of spreadsheets, budgeting apps, banking apps, and adviser meetings with one assistant that could track cash flow, net worth, and portfolio choices. (hirofinance.com) Hiro launched publicly in April 2025 with founders Ethan Bloch and Rushabh Doshi, and Bloomberg reported at the time that the company had raised $6.53 million in seed funding. (bloomberg.com) Bloch previously founded Digit, the savings app sold to Oportun for $238 million in 2021, and Hiro’s own company history says Doshi joined Digit in 2020 after earlier work at Facebook. (hirofinance.com) By the time it agreed to join OpenAI, Hiro said it had helped clients plan for and manage more than $1 billion in assets. The company said joining OpenAI would let it pursue the same finance-assistant idea “at a much larger scale for a much broader audience.” (hirofinance.com) OpenAI has not posted a public announcement about Hiro on its newsroom pages as of April 14, 2026, but the company has recently been buying teams and products in adjacent categories including developer tools and media. (openai.com, openai.com, openai.com) OpenAI has also been pushing deeper into finance-related work through enterprise products and partnerships, including a financial-services industry page and a $100 million-plus partnership with Intuit announced in late 2025. (openai.com, openai.com) For Hiro users, the timeline is short: the app stops working on April 20, and the remaining task is to export data before May 13. (hirofinance.com)
