Press kit — Humble

Quick facts

The basics, in one place.

Press contact

hello@humbleai.com

We reply within one working day.

For interviews, ask for Mahdi Shariff, our co-founder and CEO.

Fact sheet

Company: Humble AI Limited
Based in: London, UK
Founded: 2022
Founders: Mahdi Shariff, co-founder and CEO. Niluka Satharasinghe, co-founder.
Investors: Frontline Ventures, Pact, Notion Capital and Kapor Capital (US)
Programmes: Google for Startups Gemini Startup Forum 2026, Google for Startups AI First Accelerator, NatWest Accelerator, Grow London Global
Price: £8 a month or £72 a year for one person, free for 30 days with no card
Works on: Web, browser extension, iPhone, Android and Slack
Your data: Stored in the EU and encrypted. Never sold. Never used to train AI.
Company number: 13938493

About Humble

Why we started Humble

We started Humble with one question: how do we make AI easy for everyone to use? When more people can use AI, more people can build technology. Different people build different things. That makes the world fairer and more interesting.

We also ask a second question: how can people with very different minds work well together, each at their best? We believe that if you build for belonging, work gets better for everyone. Our team is very neurodivergent, so this matters to us personally.

About Humble, in three lengths

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One line

Humble is a second brain for minds that work differently.

Short, 60 words

Humble AI is a London company. It makes Humble, a second brain for people whose minds work differently. Humble links your notes, tasks, contacts, web pages and AI chats in one place, so you can see how things connect. It is built first for neurodivergent people, and works for everyone. Its aim is to make AI easy for everyone to use.

Long, 130 words

Humble AI is a London company. It makes Humble, a second brain for people whose minds work differently. Humble links your notes, tasks, contacts, web pages and AI chats in one place, so you can see how things connect. It is built first for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autistic people and dyslexic people, and works for everyone.

Humble runs in the browser, on your phone and in Slack. It connects to tools like Gmail, Google Calendar, Outlook, Notion and HubSpot. Data is stored in the EU and encrypted. Humble never sells it or uses it to train AI. Teams use Humble to see everyone's work in one shared picture.

Humble was founded in 2022. Its investors include Frontline Ventures, Pact, Notion Capital and Kapor Capital. In 2026, Google chose Humble for its Gemini Startup Forum.

Our founder

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Mahdi Shariff

Co-founder and CEO, Humble AI

Short bio

Mahdi Shariff is the co-founder and CEO of Humble AI. Before Humble, he was a VP at a venture backed by Soros and private equity, and Chief Strategy Officer at Sunteng, a big data company in China. He is a Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 honoree.

Long bio

Mahdi Shariff is the co-founder and CEO of Humble AI, the second brain for minds that work differently. He started Humble to make AI easy for everyone to use, so that more kinds of people can build technology. He believes AI should help people work together, not replace them.

Before Humble, Mahdi was a VP at a venture backed by Soros and private equity. There he helped global companies and fast-growing start-ups build and grow their tech teams. He was Chief Strategy Officer at Sunteng, a big data company that became a leader in programmatic advertising in China. Earlier, he worked in investment banking in London, on AI, CRM and ad tech deals.

Mahdi is a Visiting Professor of Applied AI at ISM University in Lithuania. He is a Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 honoree and an angel investor, and helped organise Slush China. He speaks about AI, neurodiversity and inclusion at work. He has spoken at London Tech Week, TechBBQ, Venture Café London, OffScript, Slush, Innovfest and the London Business School China Forum.

Mahdi on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)

Photos

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Mahdi Shariff, headshot

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Mahdi Shariff, portrait

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