Mission and Vision

Modernizing voice with intelligence
for security and productivity

Hiya protects against spam and fraud, connects businesses with customers, and secures global telecommunications.

150+

Employees and growing

3 offices

Seattle, London, Budapest

>500m

Active users

40+

Countries with Hiya

The Hiya story

At Hiya, we’re revolutionizing voice communication to make it more secure and productive.

Since 2015, when we introduced the first mobile caller ID and spam-blocking apps, we’ve been at the forefront of voice intelligence innovation. In 2016, we launched Hiya Protect, the first network-based spam-blocking solution. In 2019, we introduced Hiya Connect, a branded call SaaS platform that helps businesses reach more customers by phone.Today, our Voice Intelligence Platform powers over 500 million users worldwide. Leveraging adaptive AI, it delivers smarter, safer, and more productive voice interactions.

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2016
May

Founded as a spin-off from Whitepages.

August

Launched Smart Call on Samsung Galaxy phones.

2017
October

$18M Series A Financing through Balderton.

2019
February

AT&T is the first carrier to auto block scam calls.

May

Hiya Connect launches Branded Call for enterprises.

2020
January

$13M Series B financing through partner Ericsson.

August

Adaptive AI self-learning fraud detection introduced for Hiya Protect.

2021
January

Hiya expands to Europe with carrier Telenor Norway.

2022
September

Hiya expands into Canada with #1 carrier Rogers.

2023
June

Hiya expands in the UK with carriers EE, BT, and O2.

November

Hiya expands into Latin America with carrier Liberty Latin America.

2024
June

FICO adopts Hiya Branded Call for the banking sector.

July

Hiya acquires deepfake voice detection leader Loccus.ai.

Our people

Hiya Leadership

Our leadership team is made up of passionate leaders who have experience building successful companies and always put our people first.

Alex Algard

Founder and CEO

Kush Parikh

President

James Lau

Chief Product Officer

Tony Lanham

Chief Revenue Officer

Kelly Schmitt

General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer

Anthony Mendonca

Vice President, Engineering

Patchen Noelke

Vice President, Marketing

Samantha Rist

Vice President, People

Won Park

Vice President, Mobile Ecosystem Development

Tanvi Saxena

Vice President, Product Management

Sarah Hermanns

Vice President, Sales

Matt Haan

Vice President, Channel and Partnerships

Jonah-Kai Hancock

Vice President, Demand Generation

Daniel Lehoczky

Managing Director, Hungary

Hiya Board of Directors

Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen

Founding Partner at 2xN

Sarah Franklin

CEO of Lattice

Mike McSherry

CEO of Xealth

Brian Kang

MD at Nautilus Venture Partners

Andrew Snead

Founder & CEO of NOVOS FiBER

Alex Algard

Hiya CEO