AI startup Aporia in talks to be acquired for tens of millions of dollars
The Tel Aviv-based company, known for its AI monitoring platform, is negotiating a potential deal with another Israeli company.
Another Israeli exit looks to be imminent, this time in the field of artificial intelligence. The Israeli startup Aporia, which 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.
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Aporia has raised approximately $30 million to date, with investors including Tiger Global, Samsung Next, TLV Partners, and Vertex Ventures. It is expected that the company’s 25 employees, as well as its business and technological operations, will all 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 various models align with an organization’s business goals, identifies anomalies early (such as biased predictions, unexpected format changes, or a decline in model performance over time), and provides actionable insights to assist data scientists efficiently. Additionally, Aporia's solution offers transparency into the "black box" of AI models, providing explanations for the models' decision-making processes—a critical requirement both for regulatory compliance (e.g., explaining loan rejections in the U.S.) and for business purposes.
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Liran Hason, the CEO and co-founder, established and managed a number of projects in his youth, including independent development of a new programming language in Hebrew and a system for biometric identification according to the eye’s iris as part of the Weizmann Institute's Excellence Program. He led a team that won the Israel Security Award as part of his military service in Unit 81, and became one of the first employees at Adallom, established by the Wiz founders. After its acquisition by Microsoft, he joined the investment team of Vertex Ventures. Aporia has offices in Israel and the United States, with the company's headquarters located in Tel Aviv.
