Henry Shi

Henry Shi
EducationGeorgia Tech, University of Waterloo
OccupationEntrepreneur
Years active2011-present
OrganizationSuper.com
Board member of
Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing

Henry Shi is a technology entrepreneur based in San Francisco, California.[1] He co-founded Super.com (formerly Snapcommerce)[2] in April 2016, and served as the CTO and COO.[3] Shi currently works at Anthropic as a chief technology advisor.[4]

Early life and education

Shi graduated from the University of Waterloo.[5] He was also admitted to the Stanford Graduate School of Business.[6] In 2016, He joined Georgia Tech's OMSCS and now serves on the advisory board of the College of Computing.[7] Shi was also given the Rising Stars award by Georgia Tech in May 2023.[8] While at Waterloo, he was also accepted into The Next 36 program.[9]

Career

Shi began working during his undergraduate studies, as a programmer analyst at Scotia Capital in 2011.[10][11] In January 2012, during his co-op term in New York he joined Bloomberg as a Software Developer and built sabermetrics software in scouting and predictive analytics for the MLB.[12]

Shi interned at LendUp in the company's early days when they only had ten employees.[13] During his term at Google in 2014, He built and launched 'Music Insights' for YouTube.[14]

Super.com

Launched in 2016 as Snapcommerce by Hussein Fazal and Shi,[15] Super.com is a savings and earnings application with fintech, rewards and travel use cases.[16][17][18] Fazal leads Super.com as CEO along with Shi as COO/CTO.[19] The company has grown to over 200 employees and $150M in revenue annually. In 2024, Super.com was named America's 45th fastest growing companies by Financial Times.[20]

Investments

Henry Shi has been an Angel and Seed investor in various AI startups including Ollama, LlamaIndex, Fal.ai, Higgsfield AI, Fileread, Superblocks and Wield.[21]

Awards and recognition

References

  1. 1 2 "Henry Shi". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  2. ↑ Hall, Christine (2022-10-18). "Snapcommerce grabs its cape and becomes Super". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  3. ↑ "SnapTravel: Betting on 'Super.com' - Case - Faculty & Research - Harvard Business School". www.hbs.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  4. ↑ "Strange Phenomenon: Talented CTOs Quit Jobs to Write Code at Major AI Companies". eu.36kr.com. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
  5. ↑ "University of Waterloo - Waterloo alumni shine on the Deloitte 2021 Technology Fast 50 list". Education News Canada. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
  6. ↑ "Researchers & Students". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  7. ↑ "Henry Shi, M.S. CS '18 | College of Computing". www.cc.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  8. ↑ "College Celebrates Latest Hall of Fame Inductees, Rising Stars | College of Computing". www.cc.gatech.edu. 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  9. ↑ Winters, Kyle (2020-01-17). "The NEXT Decade of Entrepreneurs". NEXT Canada. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  10. ↑ "Super CEO, Founder, Key Executive Team, Board of Directors & Employees". www.cbinsights.com. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  11. ↑ "From Co-op Student of the Year to Silicon Valley | Cheriton School of Computer Science | University of Waterloo". uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved 2026-02-28.
  12. ↑ Gallagher, Beth (2013-03-18). "Computer science student named top co-op student in Canada". Waterloo News. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  13. ↑ "Interview with Henry Shi, Co-Founder of SnapTravel". Tell Me More Podcast. 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  14. ↑ "Henry Shi". DMZ. Archived from the original on 2024-11-09. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  15. ↑ Mitchell, Charlie (2023-04-28). "Toronto capitalises on tech success". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  16. ↑ Life, Soo Kim; Reporter, Trends (2023-11-07). "Hotel booking website's suggestion at checkout sparks outrage". Newsweek. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  17. ↑ Paris, Martine (16 July 2020). "How this travel startup became profitable during the pandemic". Fast Company. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  18. ↑ Lin, Belle (2026-02-23). "How Staying Small Became AI Startups' Biggest Flex". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
  19. ↑ "About Super.com | Cashback, Travel, & Everyday Savings". www.landing.super.com. Retrieved 2026-02-28.
  20. ↑ Jones, Cleve (2024-04-04). "FT ranking: The Americas' Fastest-Growing Companies 2024". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  21. ↑ "Wield completes over US$1 million in Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Lemniscap | Bitget News". Bitget. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
  22. ↑ "EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® Canada 2022 - Ontario regional winners". www.ey.com. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
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