Full-Time

Head of Finance

Updated on 8/1/2026

Hyperbolic Labs

Hyperbolic Labs

11-50 employees

Decentralized data transmission platform for Web3

No salary listed

San Francisco, CA, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid work in San Francisco.

Category
Accounting (2)
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Required Skills
Forecasting
Financial Modeling

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Requirements
  • At least 10 years of experience in finance, accounting, or related roles, including 2–3 or more years in a leadership capacity.
  • Strong foundation in financial operations, including accounting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, monthly close, and financial reporting.
  • Expertise in financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and building scalable financial models.
  • Ability to develop and manage company-wide profit and loss visibility, cash flow management, and financial controls.
  • Experience defining and analyzing unit economics and translating complex cost structures into actionable insight.
  • Ability to partner cross-functionally with leadership, product, and go-to-market teams to influence strategy and decision-making.
  • Experience managing billing, invoicing, and reconciliation processes across customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
  • Track record of improving cash collection cycles and optimizing working capital in high-growth environments.
  • Ability to operate analytically with strong attention to detail while maintaining strategic perspective.
  • Ability to operate in ambiguity and build systems and processes from the ground up.
Responsibilities
  • Establish and own core financial operations, including accounting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and reporting.
  • Build financial planning and forecasting systems that provide visibility into company performance.
  • Define and refine GPU unit economics and develop models for reservation, utilization, and cost structure.
  • Guide pricing strategy to ensure strong margins across deals.
  • Manage financial relationships with suppliers.
  • Oversee billing and reconciliation across customers and vendors.
  • Improve cash flow predictability.
  • Shape financial strategy and enable better decision-making across the company.
  • Provide the financial rigor needed to support rapid growth and future fundraising.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in cloud infrastructure, developer tools, or technical industries with usage-based or consumption pricing models.
  • Background working in supply/demand or capacity-constrained environments, such as marketplaces, infrastructure, or logistics.
  • Familiarity with GPU or compute infrastructure economics, including pricing, utilization, and cost optimization.
  • Experience supporting or leading venture capital fundraising, including financial modeling and investor materials.
  • Background at high-growth startups or early-stage companies building finance functions from scratch.
  • Experience working with complex supplier ecosystems and managing financial operations across distributed networks.

Hyperbolic Labs builds a decentralized platform for data transmission that lets anyone participate and deliver any kind of data without needing permission. It provides a multi-tier infrastructure designed to meet different needs for latency, privacy, and reliability, making it suitable for Web3 applications. The service works by offering a decentralized data-transfer network supported by subscription plans, transaction fees, and premium services, with revenue coming from these fees and tailored offerings. Unlike traditional centralized data-transfer providers, Hyperbolic emphasizes permissionless participation and a distributed network to improve security, speed, and reliability. The company aims to shift how data moves over the internet by providing a secure, efficient, and reliable decentralized alternative for enterprises, developers, and organizations in the Web3 ecosystem.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$19.7M

Headquarters

Ridgefield Park, New Jersey

Founded

N/A

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What believers are saying

  • $19.73M total funding supports expansion of decentralized AI cloud infrastructure by mid-2025.
  • Partnership with Virtuals Protocol powers AI agents, signaling demand for decentralized Web3 compute.
  • Ambassador Program launched in early 2025 expands open-source AI contributor network.

What critics are saying

  • Crusoe and FluidStack offer 70–80% cheaper GPU access with signed Fortune 500 contracts by Q1 2026.
  • Verda’s zkML engine achieves 99.2% accuracy at $0.65/hr, undercutting Hyperbolic’s $0.79/hr pricing.
  • AWS and Azure may launch 80% cost rebate program in Q2 2026, eliminating Hyperbolic’s cost advantage.

What makes Hyperbolic Labs unique

  • Permits decentralized GPU marketplace enabling 75% lower AI compute costs than centralized clouds.
  • Uses novel Proof-of-Sampling consensus for verifiable, secure decentralized AI output verification.
  • Offers multi-tier infrastructure satisfying diverse Web3 latency, privacy, and reliability demands.

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