Jonathan Aberman

There are some people who build companies. And then there are people who spend decades trying to understand what actually makes a company, a founder, and a team matter when the world changes beneath their feet.

Jonathan Aberman is one of those people.

He’s an entrepreneur, investor, educator, and innovation strategist who has spent years at the intersection of startups, technology, and human potential. Today, as CEO and co-founder of Hupside, he’s pushing a provocative idea at exactly the right moment: in a world racing to automate everything, the real competitive advantage may be the one thing machines can’t fake, human originality. Hupside is built around measuring and scaling what it calls “Original Intelligence,” helping organizations identify the people who can create value beyond AI sameness.

Jonathan’s perspective is not theoretical. He has been a venture investor, innovation adviser, professor, media commentator, and a long-time voice in the startup ecosystem, with recognition that includes Washingtonian’s “Tech Titan,” Washington Business Journal’s “Power 100,” and Virginia’s “50 Most Influential Entrepreneurs.”

What makes his work compelling is that it asks a bigger question than how to use AI better. It asks what kind of human being, leader, and company survives when intelligence becomes abundant, but originality does not.