# Dror Ginzberg

> Dror Ginzberg is the co-founder and CEO of Wochit, the cloud video-creation company founded with Ran Oz in 2012. His career spans video technology, engineering leadership and PicApp, which was acquired by Ybrant in 2011. His public interviews focus on accessible video tools, human editorial control, customer feedback and the practical lessons of building companies.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Wochit
- **Organizations:** Wochit, PicApp, BeInSync, Phoenix Technologies, Comverse, Emblaze
- **Known for:** Co-founded Wochit in 2012 with Ran Oz., Co-founded PicApp, acquired by Ybrant in 2011., Led Wochit during its 2014 Gutenberg Prize recognition and 2015 Digiday Best Video Technology Innovation award.

## Career timeline

- **Age 12** — Received a Dragon 32 computer from his father and attended a programming course, as recounted in a 2017 interview summary.
- **Age 16** — Sold his first software, according to the same interview summary.
- **Early career** — Served in MAMRAM, the Israeli military computer unit, and worked on telecommunications and information systems.
- **1996** — Said his work in the video industry began in 1996.
- **Before 2012** — Held senior technology roles at Emblaze, Comverse and BeInSync, and worked at PicApp.
- **2011** — PicApp, where he was a co-founder and technology executive, was acquired by Ybrant.
- **2012** — Founded Wochit with Ran Oz.
- **2013** — Wochit publicly launched its near-real-time video news service; announced a $4.75 million Series A in May.
- **2014** — Wochit announced an $11 million funding round and received the Gutenberg Prize at the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards.
- **2015** — Wochit won Digiday’s Best Video Technology Innovation award; Ginzberg published an argument that video and writing could coexist.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Wochit in 2012 with Ran Oz.
- Co-founded PicApp, acquired by Ybrant in 2011.
- Led Wochit during its 2014 Gutenberg Prize recognition and 2015 Digiday Best Video Technology Innovation award.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Research check: Wochit’s live team page continues to list Ginzberg as co-founder and CEO. The company currently markets Studio, Frame and WAVE with AI-assisted and automated video workflows. This is an observation of current pages, not a dated product announcement.

## Links

- Website: https://www.wochit.com/
- LinkedIn: https://il.linkedin.com/in/drorginzberg
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/drorgi

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Last updated: 2026-10-26