# Ittai Dayan

> Ittai Dayan is the Boston-based co-founder and CEO of Rhino Federated Computing. A former Boston Consulting Group consultant and AI development leader, he founded Rhino with Yuval Baror in 2020 to make AI and analytics collaboration possible across distributed data environments while retaining institutional control. Rhino announced a $15 million Series A led by AlleyCorp in May 2025.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Rhino Federated Computing
- **Organizations:** Rhino Federated Computing, Boston Consulting Group
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Johns Hopkins University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Rhino Federated Computing., Led Rhino through its announced May 2025 $15 million Series A., Built a company providing the core federated learning platform for the Swift and Google Cloud initiative described in December 2024.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2020** — Worked in management consulting at Boston Consulting Group and subsequently led AI development and deployment.
- **2020** — Co-founded Rhino with Yuval Baror.
- **2021** — Rhino launched its platform.
- **2023** — Discussed federated computing applications for banking, including fraud detection and risk management.
- **2024** — Google Cloud described Rhino’s platform role in a Swift federated fraud-detection development program.
- **2025** — Rhino announced a $15 million Series A led by AlleyCorp.
- **2026** — Co-authored a Federated Intelligence Network article with Chris Laws; Rhino announced Microsoft Marketplace availability and new integration and workflow capabilities.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Rhino Federated Computing.
- Led Rhino through its announced May 2025 $15 million Series A.
- Built a company providing the core federated learning platform for the Swift and Google Cloud initiative described in December 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — The Federate AI Summit agenda for October 19 listed Dayan for a welcome keynote and a fireside discussion with NVIDIA’s Holger Roth. The agenda establishes the listing, not independent confirmation of attendance.
- **2026-10** — Rhino announced Trusted Integrations and Workflows on October 22, connecting existing enterprise systems and supporting repeatable versioned pipelines.
- **2026-08** — Rhino announced Microsoft Marketplace availability on August 26.
- **2026-07** — Dayan and Chris Laws co-authored an article outlining the Federated Intelligence Network concept on July 21.

## Links

- Website: https://www.rhinofcp.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ittai-dayan

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