Cybersecurity’s AI Moment: A Conversation with Ron Peled, Founder of Sola

Israel founded Hyro in 2018 with the goal of simplifying digital interactions for patients by enabling providers and payers to deploy conversational AI interfaces at scale. Since then, he has raised over $15 million towards bringing that vision to life, building a team of 56 people in New York, California and Tel Aviv who serve dozens of leading healthcare networks including Weill Cornell Medicine, Mercy Health and Novant Health. Before building Hyro, Israel accumulated over 15 years of experience in the emerging technologies space, including Intel. Starting out as a software developer, Israel quickly moved up the ladder to manage engineering and product teams in various Israeli startups eventually ascending to Head of Product at Zeekit, a computer vision company which was recently acquired by Walmart. Israel began his career in 8200, IDF’s elite technology unit, and holds an MBA from Cornell University and a B.Sc in Computer Science and Statistics from Tel Aviv University (magna cum laude).

25 Juli 202224min

Kanad is the CPO and Co-founder of Potion. Kanad is an ex-Googler and was an early employee at Knit Health, a camera that could detect sleeping and breathing disorders using AI.

23 Juli 202220min

Yariv Geller, CEO and co-founder of vHive brings years of expertise in developing markets for innovative products, technology strategy and execution. Geller was previously CMO of Comverse (NASDAQ: CNSI), a large IT corporation for the telecom industry. Before that, Geller managed marketing and business development of Polychromix (acquired by Thermo-Fischer Scientific), a technology startup in the domain of advanced material sensing. Before that, he was a Team-Leader at POC Consulting, managing strategy, marketing and business development for tech startups and corporations. Geller holds degrees in Physics and Business Administration from Tel-Aviv University (TAU) and from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

22 Juli 202222min

Colin Tai is the co-founder and CEO of Alcove, a platform that enables shared living in any rental propert. The platform invites people in search of their new home and community to find rooms to rent and allows for homeowners to list available bedrooms in their homes.

20 Juli 202222min

Doron is an experienced entrepreneur with over 25 years’ international management experience in the EV charging, telecommunications and fleet industries. Prior to Driivz, Doron was co-founder and CEO of We!Secure and before that he held the position of GM of Israeli operations at Sphera. As a Director at Amdocs (NYSE:DOX), Doron led business relationships worth hundreds of millions of dollars with top customers such as Nextel and T-Mobile.

17 Juli 202221min

Liran Hason is the Co-Founder and CEO of Aporia, a full-stack ML observability platform used by Fortune 500 companies and data science teams across the world to ensure responsible AI. Prior to founding Aporia, Liran was an ML Architect at Microsoft-acquired Adallom, and later an investor at Vertex Ventures. Liran created Aporia after seeing first-hand the effects of AI without guardrails.

16 Juli 202221min

David R. York is an Attorney and CPA who practices law in the area of estate planning, with extensive experience in designing advanced strategies for high-net-worth clients. David has spoken to hundreds of public groups and professional organizations, including the TedXSaltLakeCity, Q Commons, the Hawaii Tax Institute, the Purposeful Planning Institute, Investments and Wealth Institute, Valmark Member Summit, Southeastern Family Office Forum, and the Million Dollar Roundtable. David has also written three books, Entrusted, Riveted, and The Gift of Lift.

15 Juli 202220min

Aaron is the VP Marketing at Hyro, where he has helped lead the company from pre-seed to Series A since 2019. He has over 7 years of business development, marketing and product experience, mainly within emerging technologies such as conversational AI. Prior to Hyro, Aaron helped develop and launch Duplex at Google which broke boundaries in the natural language space, and started his career at CheckPoint, helping to grow enterprise mobile security. Aaron completed a BA in Business Administration at IDC Herzliya, with a specialization in marketing, after serving in the IDF's Givati Brigade as a lone soldier. When out of the office, you’ll get his attention with hosting events, good B2B branding and the New York Knicks.

14 Juli 202221min