Hiya

hiya.com

HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States

200

Security

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 16, 2026

Overview

Hiya is a Seattle-founded voice-security and caller-identity company that uses AI and network-scale data to protect people from spam, fraud, and deepfake calls while helping businesses make legitimate calls more recognizable and effective. Its platform serves carriers, device manufacturers, enterprises, and consumers, and reportedly reaches more than 500 million users.

Primary product

Hiya Voice Intelligence Platform, including Hiya Protect for network-level spam, fraud, and AI-voice protection; Hiya Connect for branded calling, number registration, caller reputation, and call-performance analytics.

Founded

2016

Headquarters

701 5th Ave, Suite 1200, Seattle, Washington 98104, United States

Team size

150+

Work style

Flexible

Industry

Software development

Sub-industry

Telecommunications software, caller identity, voice security, and AI fraud prevention

Offices

Seattle, Washington, United States

London, United Kingdom

Budapest, Hungary

Business model

B2B SaaS

Carrier and telecom network licensing

OEM/device partnerships

Enterprise subscription and usage-based pricing

Consumer applications

Funding

Stage

Late-stage venture / growth-stage private company

Total raised

$30.7M

Latest round

Series B extension / exempt equity offering · Mar 2023

Latest amount

$4.7M

Series B extension / exempt equity offering

Mar 2023

$4.7M

Series B / venture round

Apr 2021

$8.5M

Mezzanine financing

May 2020

PPP loan / debt financing

Apr 2020 · Paycheck Protection Program

Series A

Oct 2017 · Balderton Capital

$18M

People & investors

Leadership

Alex Algard

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

James Lau

Chief Product Officer

Tony Lanham

Chief Revenue Officer

Kelly Schmitt

General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer

Anthony Mendonca

Vice President of Engineering

Matt Weller

Vice President of Business Operations

Samantha Rist

Vice President, People

Won Park

Vice President, Mobile Ecosystem Development

Sarah Hermanns

Vice President of Sales

Giacomo Ghiraldo

Vice President of Sales, EMEA

Steve Chiu

Vice President of Finance

Jonah-Kai Hancock

Vice President of Demand Generation

Daniel Lehoczky

Managing Director, Hungary

Investors

Nautilus Venture Partners

Paycheck Protection Program

Work & culture

Hiya describes its culture as passionate, dedicated, driven, collaborative, and mission-oriented around making voice communication safer and more useful. Its flexible-work announcement emphasizes autonomy, remote collaboration, and in-person meetings when useful. Employee-profile content highlights opportunities for technical and professional growth, mentorship, and work with high-scale, low-latency systems.

Work style

Flexible

Visa sponsorship

Limited

Compensation

Public signals include stock options, relocation assistance, and market salary disclosures in job listings and visa filings. Indeed reports approximate salaries of $145,242 per year for software engineers and $146,618 for product managers, based on limited samples. UK records show Hiya Communications UK Limited holds a Skilled Worker sponsor licence, but sponsorship is role-specific and recent issuance evidence is limited.

Benefits

Stock options

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Flexible vacation time

Paid parental leave

Employer-paid long-term disability and life insurance

$1,000 annual learning and development budget

$1,000 annual charitable matching

Work-from-home office stipend

Transportation and parking reimbursement

Catered office lunches on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Relocation assistance

Product & market

Pricing

Mixed model: carrier and OEM contracts are generally enterprise or usage-based; Hiya Connect Branded Call offers flexible monthly self-service plans, pay-as-you-go pricing, per-displayed-branded-call charges, and custom 12-month enterprise plans. Public pricing materials cite plans starting at $29/month in the United States, a one-time $25 setup fee, and small-volume plans beginning at 250 calls per month; exact pricing varies by region and volume.

Differentiators

—Network-level deployment can protect subscribers without an app download
—Large global caller-identity and threat-intelligence dataset
—Carrier and OEM integrations, including Samsung Smart Call
—Combines caller identity, branded calling, spam/fraud detection, and AI deepfake voice detection
—Adaptive AI designed for real-time call analysis
—Global carrier footprint across more than 40 countries, according to company materials
—Acquisition of Loccus.ai added real-time deepfake voice detection capable of analyzing very short audio samples

Technology

Scala

Python

JavaScript

React

Apache Spark

Apache Kafka

PostgreSQL

Amazon DynamoDB

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Jenkins

Terraform

Argo CD

Google Cloud Artifact Registry

WebRTC

OpenAI

Datadog

Grafana

Mixpanel

Customers

Samsung

AT&T

T-Mobile

British Telecom

Virgin Media O2

Vodafone

Telefónica

Deutsche Telekom

Ericsson

Rogers

Telenor

DNA Finland

MasOrange

Competitors

Truecaller

First Orion

TNS

CallApp

Vyng

Whoscall

YouMail

Norton Mobile Security

PrivacyStar

TrapCall

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

$100 million-$150 million annually; third-party company intelligence estimates approximately $120 million. This is an estimate, not company-reported financial guidance.

Estimated monthly visits

3.1M

Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026

Signals & risks

Acquisition

Jul 2024

Hiya acquired Loccus.ai, a deepfake voice detection company. The transaction expands Hiya's product scope and integration obligations, although it is strategically aligned with Hiya's voice-security business.

Source

Latest news

Hiya and Deutsche Telekom bring branded calling at scale to Germany

Hiya · Jan 2026

Hiya announced network-scale branded calling for Deutsche Telekom mobile subscribers in Germany, extending its carrier deployment footprint without requiring a consumer app.

MasOrange partners with Hiya to protect customers from spam and fraud calls

Hiya · Nov 2025

MasOrange launched Llamada Visible, a free network-level service powered by Hiya that identifies potentially spam or fraud calls and classifies certain commercial calls.

Hiya and Samsung extend strategic partnership through 2028

Hiya · Apr 2025

Samsung extended its strategic relationship with Hiya through 2028. Hiya will continue powering Samsung Smart Call and provide Hiya Connect capabilities across Samsung devices.

What Hiya launched in 2024, and how it can help you in 2025

Hiya blog · Jan 2025

Hiya summarized its 2024 product activity, including Loccus.ai integration, AI voice detection, expanded enterprise caller scoring, number registration, self-service Branded Call purchasing, and a Chrome deepfake-detection extension.

Hiya acquires deepfake voice detection leader Loccus.ai

Hiya / Business Wire · Jul 2024

Hiya acquired Loccus.ai and incorporated its real-time AI-generated voice detection into Hiya AI Voice Detection for carrier and enterprise use.

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Jobs and careers at Hiya

21 jobs at Hiya

Talent Acquisition Specialist, London

Remote

G&A - HR Operations

London, UK; London, London, United Kingdom

3d ago

Remote

Full-time