# Assaf Melochna

> Assaf Melochna is the president and co-founder of Aquant, an enterprise software company founded in 2016 to turn field-service data and experienced technicians' hard-won knowledge into practical guidance. After a decade at ClickSoftware and service as a major in Israeli military intelligence, he brought an operator's view of service work to Aquant, which raised a $70 million Series C in 2021 and has expanded from analytics into an agentic and conversational AI platform for complex equipment service.

- **Role:** President and Co-Founder at Aquant
- **Organizations:** Aquant, ClickSoftware, Israel Defense Forces Intelligence Corps
- **Education:** B.A., The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo
- **Known for:** Co-founded Aquant in 2016 and serves as its president., Helped build Aquant from an effort to structure service data into a platform spanning analytics, guided troubleshooting, agentic AI and conversational AI., Helped lead Aquant through a $70 million Series C in 2021, when the company reported $110 million in total funding.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2016** — Served as a major in Israeli military intelligence, where his work included turning large amounts of data into knowledge and action.
- **c. 2006-2016** — Spent ten years at ClickSoftware in consulting and innovation roles, including Director of Solution Consulting.
- **2016** — Co-founded Aquant with Shahar Chen to address the field-service skills gap and make service data usable.
- **2021** — As president and co-founder, announced Aquant's $70 million Series C; the company said the round brought total funding to $110 million.
- **2025** — Represented Aquant after its platform received a CUBEd Award for Top AI-enabled Product for Manufacturing.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Aquant in 2016 and serves as its president.
- Helped build Aquant from an effort to structure service data into a platform spanning analytics, guided troubleshooting, agentic AI and conversational AI.
- Helped lead Aquant through a $70 million Series C in 2021, when the company reported $110 million in total funding.
- Represented Aquant in 2025 when its platform won a CUBEd Award for Top AI-enabled Product for Manufacturing.

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Appeared in a theCUBE Research interview after Aquant received the 2025 CUBEd Award for Top AI-enabled Product for Manufacturing.
- **2025** — Published Aquant's 'AI That Moves With You,' arguing that domain-specific AI should dynamically optimize for changing business KPIs.

## Links

- Website: https://www.aquant.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/assafmelochna
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/assaf_melochna

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Last updated: 2026-09-27