# Ilan Peleg

> Ilan Peleg is the co-founder and CEO of Lightrun, a developer observability and software reliability company he founded with Leonid Blouvshtein in 2019. A former Israeli national 800-meter champion, Peleg worked in software development at FireGlass and LivePerson. His work focuses on helping engineers inspect running applications and on using runtime evidence for AI-assisted debugging and remediation.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Lightrun
- **Organizations:** Lightrun, Hommyfood, FireGlass, LivePerson, Israel national athletics team
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** B.Sc. in Computer Science, cum laude, IDC Herzliya (now Reichman University)
- **Known for:** Won four Israeli national athletics titles as an 800-meter runner., Twice reached European Championship semifinals, as reported in his 2021 sports interview., Co-founded Hommyfood, which was acquired after eight and a half months according to his account.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Represented Israel in athletics from age 15; competed in the 800 meters and won four national titles.
- **—** — Met future co-founder Leonid Blouvshtein on a bus during military service, around age 20.
- **—** — Co-founded Hommyfood with Blouvshtein; Peleg said it was acquired after eight and a half months.
- **—** — Held software development roles at FireGlass and LivePerson before founding Lightrun.
- **2019** — Co-founded Lightrun with Leonid Blouvshtein, serving as CEO.
- **2021** — Lightrun announced a $23 million Series A led by Insight Partners on May 26.
- **2025** — Lightrun announced a $70 million Series B co-led by Accel and Insight Partners on April 28; the company reported $110 million total capital raised.
- **2026** — Lightrun announced its AI SRE on February 25; Peleg discussed runtime evidence and read-only production access in a September podcast.

## Achievements

- Won four Israeli national athletics titles as an 800-meter runner.
- Twice reached European Championship semifinals, as reported in his 2021 sports interview.
- Co-founded Hommyfood, which was acquired after eight and a half months according to his account.
- Co-founded Lightrun in 2019 and led it as CEO through its 2025 Series B.
- Earned a B.Sc. in Computer Science, cum laude, from IDC Herzliya.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Appeared on episode 404 of AI and the Future of Work with Dan Turchin, discussing runtime evidence, AI reliability and keeping the observability platform read-only in production.
- **2026-07** — Appeared on Product Builder with Eyal David to discuss AI-generated code, production reliability, customer priorities and enterprise selling.
- **2026-02** — Lightrun announced an AI SRE built around live dynamic runtime context on February 25.
- **2025-04** — Lightrun announced a $70 million Series B co-led by Accel and Insight Partners, reporting $110 million total capital raised.

## Links

- Website: https://lightrun.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilan-peleg-5a31396b/

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Last updated: 2026-10-23