Observed Signal · Apr 15, 2026 · Investment · Source: a16z · Impact: 3/5 · Sentiment: Positive
a16z Invests in Hilbert AI for Growth Data
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) announced an investment in Hilbert, a startup building AI 'growth agents' that automate the data plumbing growth teams need — structuring and labeling event schemas, attribution tables and warehouse logic. Hilbert’s product layers analytics, operations and execution on top of a maintained data foundation, which a16z argues can shorten multi-month engineering projects to weeks and embed the company deeply into growth operations. The post highlights the founding team (Naz, Ceyda, Ozgur, Cenk), Naz’s experience building Getir’s growth function, and says Hilbert is working with major retailers and AI-native companies. The company is hiring. The article frames Hilbert as addressing a persistent operational bottleneck in consumer growth organizations by combining data engineering foundations with agentic AI capabilities.
Signals VC backing for a MarTech startup that automates critical data engineering and growth workflows; relevant to growth, analytics and AI adoption across advertisers and retailers but not industry‑shifting on its own.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- a16z announced an investment in Hilbert.
- Hilbert builds AI 'growth agents' that structure and label companies’ growth data schemas and maintain the data foundation.
- Founders mentioned: Naz, Ceyda, Ozgur and Cenk (co-founders of Hilbert); Naz previously built Getir’s growth function.
- Hilbert is working with large retailers and AI-native companies and is hiring.
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