---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-026537"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FUSE"
cik: "0002033383"
company_name: "Fusemachines Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-01T12:18:34+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T12:20:15.734155+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fusemachines appoints AI pioneer Dr. Julia Hirschberg to board; Shrestha resigns

## Summary
- Appointed Julia Hirschberg, AI researcher and Columbia professor, as Class II director effective May 31, 2026.
- Hirschberg will chair the Compensation Committee and serve on Audit and Nominating Committees.
- Sanjay Shrestha resigned from board and committees; no disagreement; will serve on Board of Advisors.
- Hirschberg is a member of National Academy of Engineering and AAAI Fellow, among other honors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-026537
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FUSE
- cik: 0002033383
- company_name: Fusemachines Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-01T12:18:34+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2033383/000149315226026537/0001493152-26-026537-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2033383/000149315226026537/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-026537.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 8a9b72d5be
  claim: Julia Hirschberg was appointed as Class II Director at Fusemachines Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: Effective May 31, 2026, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Fusemachines Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or “Fusemachines”), following the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board (the “Nominating Committee”), appointed Julia Hirschberg as a member of the Board as a Class II director, until the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders or until Ms. Hirschberg’s successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2033383/000149315226026537/0001493152-26-026537-index.htm
- claim_id: e08c4dd837
  claim: Sanjay Shrestha resigned as Director at Fusemachines Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: On May 31, 2026, in connection with the appointment of Ms. Hirschberg, Sanjay Shrestha resigned as a member of the Board, as the chair of the Compensation Committee, and as a member of each of the Audit Committee and the Nominating Committee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2033383/000149315226026537/0001493152-26-026537-index.htm

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