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Former SADA Executive Lusine Yeghiazaryan Joins Picsart as CFO to Drive AI-Native Video Growth Strategy

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100M+
MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS
1.1B+
AI VIDEOS & IMAGES CREATED
270%
YOY AI USAGE GROWTH
2.5B+
TOTAL DOWNLOADS

Picsart, the AI media production and distribution platform serving over 100 million creators and businesses worldwide, has named Lusine Yeghiazaryan as its new Chief Financial Officer, tasking the former SADA Systems executive with steering the company's financial strategy through its video-first, AI-powered expansion.

A Pivotal Chapter for Picsart

Yeghiazaryan joins the company as it expands beyond its roots as a leading creative platform to build a video-first, AI-powered production ecosystem. Picsart users have already created more than 1.1 billion AI videos and images since launch, with year-to-date AI usage up 270% year over year, reflecting the company's push to capture a larger share of the fast-growing AI content market.

As CFO, Yeghiazaryan will lead global financial strategy and drive business expansion, with her incoming priority focused on aligning Picsart's financial trajectory with its video-first vision — balancing fiscal discipline with the rapid innovation required for AI-led scale.

"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"

— Hovhannes Avoyan, Founder & CEO, Picsart

A Track Record of Scaling Growth-Stage Tech

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.

Her career spans advisory consulting, financial services, content, hardware and SaaS industries, including management roles at Diebold Nixdorf, Deloitte and GoPro. At Picsart, she will oversee growth levers and capital allocation for AI development, optimising monetisation across the platform's evolving content creation ecosystem.

From Photo-Editing App to Creative Technology Stack

A generative AI pioneer since 2016, Picsart has evolved from a world-leading photo-editing platform into a comprehensive creative technology stack. Its expanding ecosystem now includes video-first tools, a Creative AI Agent Marketplace, and CLI and MCP integration compatible with Claude and Codex, alongside desktop expansion via its AI Playground.

For more than 14 years, the company has empowered storytellers to create, scale and now monetise video content, and today counts over 100 million monthly active users and more than 2.5 billion downloads to date.

Key Takeaways

  • Lusine Yeghiazaryan, former SADA Systems CFO, joins Picsart to lead global financial strategy as CFO.
  • Picsart users have generated over 1.1 billion AI videos and images, with AI usage up 270% year over year.
  • Yeghiazaryan previously scaled SADA Systems' AI revenue segments and led its sale to Insight Enterprises.
  • Her mandate is to align Picsart's finances with its video-first pivot while balancing discipline with rapid AI-led scale.
  • Picsart has grown from a photo-editing app into a full creative technology stack with CLI/MCP integrations for Claude and Codex.
  • The platform now serves over 100 million monthly active users and has surpassed 2.5 billion downloads.
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