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Episode Synopsis
Matt Hudson became CFO of Grammarly – the popular writing assistant tool – after the company acquired Coda (a productivity tool)- of which he was a founding member. Now as CFO at Grammarly he is overseeing rapid change at the company which has over 40 million daily active users and $700m in revenue (and a 50 person finance team). Finance is helping pioneer a company vision of AI redefining every business application and workflow, “reinventing productivity”. To this end, in May 2025, Grammarly raised $1 billion in non-dilutive financing from General Catalyst to fund sales and marketing costs and strategic acquisitions. Since then, Grammarly acquired email startup Superhuman (July 2025). You sense more is coming.
In this episode
Grammarly $1billion non-diluted growth investment explained
Being a founding member of Coda (acquired by Grammarly)
How my product expertise plugs into finance
Joining YouTube when it was around $140million in revenue to $3billion by the time I left ( $36 billion today)
Will CFOs see an explosion of costs because of AI
FP&A set up at Grammarly and biggest KPIs
Bonding over a love of Chili’s
In this episode
Grammarly $1billion non-diluted growth investment explained
Being a founding member of Coda (acquired by Grammarly)
How my product expertise plugs into finance
Joining YouTube when it was around $140million in revenue to $3billion by the time I left ( $36 billion today)
Will CFOs see an explosion of costs because of AI
FP&A set up at Grammarly and biggest KPIs
Bonding over a love of Chili’s
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