# David Sosna

> David Sosna is the founder and CEO of Sympera AI and the co-founder and former CEO of Personetics. His career includes founding Gilon Information Systems and co-founding Actimize, acquired by NICE in 2007. Across these ventures, he has built businesses applying data analysis to financial risk, personalized customer engagement and relationship banking.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Sympera AI
- **Organizations:** Sympera AI, Personetics, Actimize, Gilon Information Systems, NICE Systems
- **Education:** B.Sc., Industrial Engineering and Information Systems, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- **Known for:** Co-founded Actimize, which NICE agreed to acquire for approximately $280 million in 2007., Led Personetics for 13 years; at its February 2024 leadership handover the company reported more than 130 financial institutions across 35 markets and a reach of 135 million customers., Founded Sympera AI, which announced a $10 million seed financing in March 2025.

## Career timeline

- **1994** — Founded Gilon Information Systems.
- **1999** — Co-founded Actimize with David Govrin, Guy Greenberg and Boaz Pe’er.
- **2007** — NICE announced its acquisition of Actimize for approximately $280 million; Sosna continued as CEO.
- **2010** — Founded Personetics with David Govrin, according to its May 2011 funding announcement.
- **2011** — Personetics announced $6.5 million in funding from Carmel Ventures and Sequoia Capital.
- **2024-02** — Udi Ziv succeeded Sosna as Personetics CEO after 13 years of Sosna’s leadership.
- **2024** — Founded Sympera AI; his current role is founder and CEO.
- **2025-03** — Sympera AI announced a $10 million seed round co-led by Nyca Partners and Viola Ventures.
- **2026-05** — Sympera AI reported an expanded deployment with Republic Bank of Chicago after a pilot.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Actimize, which NICE agreed to acquire for approximately $280 million in 2007.
- Led Personetics for 13 years; at its February 2024 leadership handover the company reported more than 130 financial institutions across 35 markets and a reach of 135 million customers.
- Founded Sympera AI, which announced a $10 million seed financing in March 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Appeared on Terminal Value in the episode An AI Team for Every Banker, discussing workflow integration, AI model costs, banker adoption and human-reviewed outreach.
- **2026-05** — Sympera AI announced that Republic Bank of Chicago was expanding its business banking deployment after a pilot, with actions delivered inside Microsoft Dynamics.
- **2025-07** — Published Three myths about AI in banking in ABA Banking Journal.
- **2025-03** — Sympera AI announced $10 million in seed funding from a round co-led by Nyca Partners and Viola Ventures.

## Links

- Website: https://sympera.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-sosna-2b933021

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Last updated: 2026-10-21