---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-028445"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HYPR"
cik: "0001833769"
company_name: "Hyperfine, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T21:59:07.429147+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hyperfine appoints Brett Hale as CAO & CFO; Alok Gupta to step down by March 31

## Summary
- Brett Hale becomes CAO on Feb 13, 2023 and CFO after 2022 10-K filing; Alok Gupta exits by March 31.
- Hale receives $425k base salary, 50% target bonus, $100k sign-on bonus, and 1M stock options vesting over 4 years.
- Severance plan amended to include Hale; separation with ex-General Counsel Neela Paykel includes $195k pay, COBRA, and equity vesting through March 31, 2023.
- Outgoing CFO Gupta notes cost initiatives extended cash runway into 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-028445
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HYPR
- cik: 0001833769
- company_name: Hyperfine, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1833769/000119312523028445/0001193125-23-028445-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1833769/000119312523028445/d430074d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brett Hale was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer at Hyperfine, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer
  source text: On February 8, 2023, Hyperfine, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Brett Hale has been appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) to serve as Chief Administrative Officer of the Company, effective as of February 13, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1833769/000119312523028445/0001193125-23-028445-index.htm
- Executive change
  Alok Gupta was terminated as Chief Financial Officer at Hyperfine, Inc..
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On February 3, 2023, the Company determined that the employment of Alok Gupta, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, will terminate effective as of March 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1833769/000119312523028445/0001193125-23-028445-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.