Former SADA Executive Lusine Yeghiazaryan Joins Picsart as CFO to Drive AI-Native Video Growth Strategy
3.9.2026 14:00:00 CEST | Business Wire | Press Release
Picsart, the AI media production and distribution platform, where 100M+ creators and businesses worldwide make, market and monetize content, today announced the appointment of Lusine Yeghiazaryan as Chief Financial Officer.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260903569581/en/
Picsart, the AI media production and distribution platform, where 100M+ creators and businesses worldwide make, market and monetize content, today announced the appointment of Lusine Yeghiazaryan as Chief Financial Officer.
Yeghiazaryan joins Picsart at a pivotal chapter in its evolution, as the company expands beyond its roots as a leading creative platform to build a video-first, AI-powered production ecosystem. Already in motion, Picsart users created over 1.1B AI videos and images since launch, with YTD AI usage up 270% year over year - underscoring the company’s accelerating push to capture a larger share of the fast-growing AI content market.1
As CFO, Yeghiazaryan will lead global financial strategy, driving business expansion and long-term growth. Her incoming priority for the business is to align Picsart’s financial trajectory with its video-first vision, balancing fiscal discipline with the rapid innovation required for AI-led scale.
Hovhannes Avoyan, Founder and CEO of Picsart, said: “Lusine joins Picsart at an inflection point for both our company and the broader creative technology market. As AI and video transform how people create and communicate, we are focused on scaling the opportunities with the greatest potential to drive long-term growth and value. Lusine’s experience building and guiding high-growth technology businesses will be instrumental as we execute on that ambition.”
Yeghiazaryan brings deep expertise in steering growth-stage technology companies. As former CFO of SADA Systems, she scaled the business into new services and AI revenue segments, oversaw a premier global partnership with Google Cloud, and led SADA’s successful strategic sale to Insight Enterprises. Yeghiazaryan’s career spans advisory consulting, financial services, content, hardware and SAAS industries including management roles at Diebold Nixdorf, Deloitte and GoPro. At Picsart, she will align financial strategy with the company's video-first pivot, overseeing the growth levers and capital allocation for AI development, optimizing monetization across the platform’s evolving content creation ecosystem.
Lusine Yeghiazaryan, CFO of Picsart, adds: “Picsart has the rare combination of global scale, strong consumer affinity and significant upside across some of technology’s most dynamic markets. I’m excited to help shape the company’s next chapter by pairing ambitious investment in AI and video with disciplined execution and a clear focus on monetization and value creation. We are ready to scale our capabilities while delivering lasting value to our customers and profitable growth of our business.”
A generative AI pioneer since 2016, Picsart has evolved from a world leading photo-editing platform into a comprehensive creative technology stack. Today, its expanding ecosystem includes video-first tools, a Creative AI Agent Marketplace, CLI and MCP integration (compatible with Claude and Codex), alongside desktop expansion via AI Playground.
Notes to Editors
About Picsart
Picsart is the AI media production and distribution platform built for a content-first world. For more than 14 years, it has empowered the next generation of storytellers to create, scale and now monetize video content. Combining intuitive design tools, AI-powered image and video creation, and MCP and CLI functions, Picsart meets creators wherever they work. With more than 100 million monthly active users and over 2.5 billion downloads to date, Picsart is powering a new era of scalable, self-directed creativity, where content fuels identity, influence, and entrepreneurship.
1 Internal Picsart data based on global active user metrics, August 2025 - August 2026.
View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260903569581/en/
Contacts
For more information, please contact: press@picsart.com
(c) 2024 Business Wire, Inc., All rights reserved.
Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is the global leader in multiplatform press release distribution.
Subscribe to releases from Business Wire
Subscribe to all the latest releases from Business Wire by registering your e-mail address below. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Latest releases from Business Wire
Grupo Salinas Selects Integral Digital to Power Coinpro’s Institutional Digital Asset Trading Desk3.9.2026 17:01:00 CEST | Press Release
Integral, a leading currency technology provider, today announced that Grupo Salinas, through COINPRO, has selected Integral Digital as the technology infrastructure for Coinpro’s institutional digital asset trading desk. The desk is designed to serve corporate and institutional clients seeking to buy or sell digital assets against fiat currencies. Its wholesale model will support exchanges, digital asset companies and other businesses that require institutional pricing, liquidity and execution. Integral Digital will provide Coinpro with a single environment for liquidity aggregation, price formation, order and position management, risk controls and real-time analytics across digital assets and fiat currencies. By automating these functions, Coinpro will be able to quote and execute institutional transactions more efficiently and scale its operations as client demand grows. The infrastructure may also support institutional use cases that require efficient conversion between digital ass
Energy Vault Accelerates 125 MW / 1 GWh Stoney Creek BESS Toward Construction with Full Project Land Acquisition Milestone in Australia3.9.2026 16:40:00 CEST | Press Release
Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NRGV) (“Energy Vault” or the “Company”), a global energy infrastructure company supporting grid reliability and next-generation AI and high-performance computing infrastructure, today announced the completion of the acquisition of the underlying project land for the 125 MW / 1 GWh Stoney Creek Battery Energy Storage System (“BESS”) in Northern New South Wales, Australia. The land, which was previously secured under an agreement for lease, is now owned by Energy Vault following receipt of the required Foreign Investment Review Board (“FIRB”) approval. The transaction represents an important development milestone for Stoney Creek, securing long-term site control and further de-risking the project as it advances toward construction. Construction of the Stoney Creek BESS is expected to commence in Q1 2027, with commercial operations targeted for H1 2028, subject to final approvals. The project is supported by a 14-year Long-Term Energy Service Agreement (
The Estée Lauder Companies Announces Brand Leadership Appointments3.9.2026 16:37:00 CEST | Press Release
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL) today announced several brand leadership appointments following the upcoming retirement of Sandra Main, Global Brand President, La Mer and Skin Care Brands. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260902005552/en/ Justin Boxford, Global President, Luxury Beauty Brands, Erica Kwok, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Estée Lauder, and Magalie Parksuwan, Senior Vice President and General Manager, La Mer Justin Boxford will assume the newly established role of Global President, Luxury Beauty Brands, expanding his portfolio to include La Mer alongside Estée Lauder, AERIN, Darphin Paris and Lab Series. Justin brings extensive experience with La Mer, having led the brand from 2017 to 2022 before assuming leadership of Estée Lauder. During his tenure, he expanded and diversified La Mer’s product portfolio, strengthened its luxury architecture and advanced the brand’s presen
HTEC Momentum Extends Award-Winning UX Track Record with Two UX Design Awards Honors3.9.2026 14:18:00 CEST | Press Release
HTEC Momentum, the product and design practice within HTEC Group, has earned honors at the UX Design Awards 2026 for its work with Zingtree and the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Presented by the International Design Center Berlin (IDZ), the global competition celebrates excellence in user experience design across industries, with the 2026 shortlist including 195 projects across 46 countries. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260903181166/en/ HTEC Momentum, the product and design practice within HTEC Group, has earned honors at the UX Design Awards 2026 for its work with Zingtree and the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Presented by the International Design Center Berlin (IDZ), the global competition celebrates excellence in user experience design across industries, with the 2026 shortlist including 195 projects across 46 countries. Honored in the product
Hitachi Expands HMAX to Accelerate the Deployment of Physical AI3.9.2026 14:00:00 CEST | Press Release
Hitachi, Ltd. ("Hitachi") today announced the expansion of HMAX by Hitachi ("HMAX")*, a next-generation suite of solutions that brings the power of AI to social infrastructure. The HMAX portfolio consists of Domain-Specific Solutions tailored to industries and business operations, as well as a set of foundry solutions that span across domains. As part of this expansion, HMAX Data Center has been added as a Domain-Specific Solution for data center operators. Additionally, HMAX Cyber, HMAX Data Fabric, and HMAX AI Operations are being introduced as foundry solutions that support not only Physical AI initiatives within HMAX but also integrate and support enterprises' existing systems across different domains and environments. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260903046122/en/ HMAX Solutions Portfolio Overview Today, social infrastructure operators face growing challenges as the number and complexity of facilities a
In our pressroom you can read all our latest releases, find our press contacts, images, documents and other relevant information about us.
Visit our pressroom