{"id":3112057,"date":"2026-04-13T17:23:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T00:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=3112057"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:13:28","slug":"openai-has-bought-ai-personal-finance-startup-hiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/04\/13\/openai-has-bought-ai-personal-finance-startup-hiro\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI has acquired personal finance startup Hiro Finance, founder Ethan Bloch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7449516144237002752\/?originTrackingId=0PFOj5EiWZt8GYjZ3b9Rqg%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a> on Monday and OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch. The startup was backed by A-list fintech VC firm Ribbit, as well as General Catalyst and Restive.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, nor did Hiro ever disclose how much money it raised. Since Hiro said it will be shutting down its operations on April 20 and deleting all data from its servers on May 13, we&#8217;re going to call this an acqui-hire.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bloch said in his post that Hiro employees are coming with him to OpenAI. He didn&#8217;t specify how many employees that includes, but LinkedIn lists about 10 people associated with the company. Bloch declined to offer further comment.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company was founded in 2024 and launched its AI tool about five months ago. Hiro offered AI-powered financial planning for consumers. Users entered financial information like salary, debts, and monthly costs and the app modeled different what-if scenarios to help them make financial decisions.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hiro was specifically trained to nail financial math, including an option that allowed users to verify accuracy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7392245298103971840\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bloch said<\/a> in a demo of the product. Over the past couple of years, state-of-the-art frontier models have gotten significantly better (even good) at math of all kinds. But historically, they haven&#8217;t been.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This deal stands out for a couple of reasons. Bloch previously founded neobank Digit, which helped people automatically save money. Digit was sold to Oportun in 2021 for, it said, more than <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.oportun.com\/news-events\/press-releases\/detail\/25\/oportun-completes-acquisition-of-digit-a-neobanking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">$200 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plus, this isn&#8217;t the first financial app OpenAI has bought. Given that OpenAI markets ChatGPT as a <a href=\"https:\/\/chatgpt.com\/business\/ai-for-finance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">good tool for business finance teams<\/a>, we can see why the model maker would be looking to add more talent to this side of the house. 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OpenClaw is a popular agent for robo stock trading. In fact, Bloch created his own autotrading OpenClaw agent that he named RoboBuffett, he said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7439699342770446336\/?originTrackingId=gTTEg8goCbTyS5LXDgViJw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another fun fact: Bloch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ethan-bloch-digit-hiro-financial-planner-entrepeneur-advice-2025-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">told<\/a> Business Insider that Hiro was the 15th project he launched, having started as a tech entrepreneur when he was a 13-year-old. The first 13 failed, he said. He sold No. 14, Flowtown, a social media SaaS tool launched in 2009, for $4.5 million. Bloch said he sold Digit for about $230 million. 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