Shane Hegde is Co-Founder and CEO at Air, a Creative Ops platform that helps marketing and creative teams automate visual content workflows. Air serves over 100,000 creatives across 2,100 businesses and manages more than 120 million assets.

Shane studied at Stanford University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in 2013. Before Air, he served as Chief Digital Strategist at REVOLT Media & TV, worked as a private equity investor at HPS Investment Partners, and co-founded Swap Mobile, a fintech startup.

Shane co-founded Air in 2017 with his college roommate Tyler Strand to address the increasing complexity of content creation and management. He emphasizes that every company will become a media company and focuses on collaboration and adaptability in his leadership approach.

Air raised a $35 million Series B led by Avenir in January 2025, bringing total funding to over $70 million from investors including Tiger Global, Lerer Hippeau, WndrCo, and Slack Ventures. The company launched its public product in March 2021 and achieved over 90% organic growth.

Air has tripled its growth rate over the last two years as businesses focus on efficiency. The platform automates creative operations to help teams increase throughput and quality without increasing costs, positioning Air as a system of record for all creative work.