Hudson Liao

Hudson Liao is the CEO and Co-founder of TheHog.ai, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. As a veteran growth operator with nearly 15 years of go-to-market experience, he has served as the first growth and marketing hire for five different early-stage technology startups. During his career, Liao developed repeatable revenue playbooks that successfully scaled one enterprise from approximately $500,000 to over $7 million in annual recurring revenue within three months, while guiding another from two months of remaining runway to full profitability. His current venture is backed by Y Combinator and provides an artificial intelligence platform that automates sales strategies by analyzing buyer conversations across major social networks, including LinkedIn, X, and Reddit. Liao currently focuses on leveraging automation to optimize outbound marketing, strategic partnerships, and product-led growth motions for emerging software companies.