Another Israeli exit appears imminent, this time in the field of artificial intelligence. Israeli startup Aporia, which has developed an observability platform for machine learning, is in advanced negotiations to be acquired by another Israeli company for tens of millions of dollars, Calcalist has learned.
Aporia has raised around $30 million to date from investors including Tiger Global, Samsung Next, TLV Partners and Vertex Ventures. It is expected that all of the company’s 25 employees, as well as its business and technology operations, will be retained by the acquiring company.
Aporia’s platform helps organizations take responsibility for the insights generated by their AI systems. The system monitors whether different models align with an organization’s business objectives, quickly identifies anomalies (such as biased predictions, unexpected format changes, or a decline in model performance over time) and provides insights. actionable information to effectively help data scientists. Additionally, Aporia’s solution provides transparency into the “black box” of AI models, providing explanations of the models’ decision-making processes – a critical requirement for both regulatory compliance (e.g., explaining the refusal of loans in the United States) and for commercial purposes.
Liran Hason, CEO and co-founder, created and managed a number of projects in his youth, including the independent development of a new Hebrew programming language and a biometric iris identification system. eye as part of the Weizmann Institute’s excellence program. . He led a team that won the Israeli Security Award during his military service with Unit 81 and became one of the first employees of Adallom, created by the founders of Wiz. After its acquisition by Microsoft, he joined the Vertex Ventures investment team. Aporia has offices in Israel and the United States, with the company’s headquarters located in Tel Aviv.