# Ido Susan

> Ido Susan is the Israeli co-founder and CEO of DriveNets, a Ra'anana-based networking company serving telecom operators and AI infrastructure builders. He previously co-founded Intucell, acquired by Cisco for approximately $475 million in 2013, and worked in Cisco’s mobility business. His public interviews describe a career focused on solving network bottlenecks, earning customer trust, and building a substantial second company.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at DriveNets
- **Organizations:** DriveNets, Intucell, Cisco
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Known for:** Co-founded Intucell, acquired by Cisco for approximately $475 million in 2013., Co-founded and leads DriveNets, whose Network Cloud has been deployed in AT&T’s core network since 2020., Led DriveNets as it announced a $410 million Series D in June 2026.

## Career timeline

- **Before Intucell** — Developed an interest in computers in high school and served in an IDF intelligence unit.
- **2008** — Co-founded Intucell; served as COO.
- **2013** — Cisco acquired Intucell for approximately $475 million in cash and retention-based incentives; Susan subsequently worked in its mobility business.
- **2015** — Co-founded DriveNets with Hillel Kobrinsky in December.
- **2020** — DriveNets announced a production core-routing deployment at AT&T.
- **2023** — DriveNets reported carrying more than 52% of AT&T’s core production traffic in January.
- **2025** — Comcast and DriveNets announced expansion of the Janus network-virtualization trial.
- **2026** — DriveNets announced a $410 million Series D, a WhiteFiber scale-across GPU deployment, and an AMD reference architecture.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Intucell, acquired by Cisco for approximately $475 million in 2013.
- Co-founded and leads DriveNets, whose Network Cloud has been deployed in AT&T’s core network since 2020.
- Led DriveNets as it announced a $410 million Series D in June 2026.
- DriveNets and AMD published a validated AI infrastructure reference architecture in July 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published a Forbes Technology Council article, The Future Of AI Infrastructure Is Heterogeneous, on September 8.
- **2026-07** — DriveNets and AMD announced a reference architecture using AMD Instinct MI350-series GPUs and DriveNets AI Fabric on July 22.
- **2026-07** — DriveNets announced a connection between two WhiteFiber H200 GPU clusters 52 miles apart on July 9; it reported 111.2 Tbps bandwidth and 0.9ms guaranteed latency.
- **2026-06** — DriveNets announced a $410 million Series D on June 1, led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Atreides Management. The announcement stated approximately $1 billion total capital raised and cash-flow positivity since 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://drivenets.com/author/idosusan/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/idosusan

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Last updated: 2026-10-07