# Gilad Cohen

> Gilad Cohen is a mathematician, control engineer and repeat founder who co-founded Imubit in 2016 and leads the Houston-based industrial AI company as CEO. After building cybersecurity company Cigol Digital Systems and leading its acquisition by Mellanox, Cohen turned to a harder trust problem: getting plant engineers to let neural networks participate in real-time refinery and chemical-process decisions. His work now centers on transparent, plant-specific models, reinforcement learning and the organizational changes required to move industrial AI from dashboards into operations.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Imubit
- **Organizations:** Imubit, Cigol Digital Systems, Mellanox Technologies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- **Education:** BSc in Mathematics, cum laude, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, BSc in Electrical Engineering, cum laude, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering, cum laude, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- **Known for:** Co-founded Imubit and led it from inception into commercial deployments across refining and process industries., Founded Cigol Digital Systems and led its acquisition by Mellanox Technologies in 2017., Co-authored multiple 2008 academic papers on machine learning and deformable-object detection and registration.

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Co-authored academic papers on joint detection, segmentation and registration of elastically deformable objects; received an Israeli Ministry of Defense award for outstanding aerospace-system R&D.
- **2010** — Founded Cigol Digital Systems, an edge cybersecurity software company.
- **2016** — Co-founded Imubit and became its CEO.
- **2017** — Led Cigol Digital Systems through its acquisition by Mellanox Technologies.
- **2021** — Imubit announced $50 million in total funding, including a $30 million growth round led by Zeev Ventures and Insight Partners.
- **2024** — Imubit launched its reinforcement-learning-powered Optimizing Brain solution and Industrial AI Platform.
- **2025** — Spoke at Imubit Transcend events in Athens and Munich about trustworthy, transparent and plant-specific AI adoption.
- **2026** — Discussed open industrial AI architecture at Transcend Houston and announced a real-time catalyst-intelligence partnership with Ketjen.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Imubit and led it from inception into commercial deployments across refining and process industries.
- Founded Cigol Digital Systems and led its acquisition by Mellanox Technologies in 2017.
- Co-authored multiple 2008 academic papers on machine learning and deformable-object detection and registration.
- Received a 2008 Israeli Ministry of Defense award for outstanding R&D of an aerospace system.
- Led Imubit through a 2021 financing announcement of $50 million in total funding.
- Helped develop and commercialize Imubit's Deep Learning Process Control platform and Optimizing Brain solution.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Joined an ARC Advisory Group fireside chat at Imubit Transcend Houston on open, interoperable industrial AI and specialized deterministic models.
- **2026-05** — Announced that Imubit and Ketjen were piloting real-time catalyst intelligence with refinery customers in North America and Europe.
- **2025-12** — Appeared on World Oil Deep Dive to discuss AI adoption, transparency, human oversight and workforce development in process industries.
- **2025-06** — Reflected on Imubit Transcend events in Athens and Munich, emphasizing model trust, data control and economic optimization.
- **2025-01** — Commented on Imubit's opening of an R&D center in Cluj, Romania, aimed at expanding customer-led AI model development.

## Links

- Website: https://imubit.com/team/gil-cohen
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giladcoh
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMuGG2y0RBY

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Last updated: 2026-08-22