# Liran Zvibel

> Liran Zvibel is the Co-Founder and CEO of WEKA, a Campbell, California-based AI-native data platform company valued at $1.6 billion. He co-founded WEKA in 2013 after earlier stints at XIV Storage Systems (acquired by IBM) and Fusic, bringing deep expertise in high-performance distributed storage. Under his leadership, WEKA has raised $465M+ in funding, surpassed $100M in annual recurring revenue, and built a platform powering 300+ of the world's largest AI and GPU deployments including 11 of the Fortune 50. A former Israeli military Captain who earned the Israeli Defence Award, Zvibel holds a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from Tel Aviv University.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at WEKA
- **Organizations:** WEKA, XIV Storage Systems, IBM, Fusic, Israeli Defense Forces
- **From:** Israel
- **Nationality:** Israeli-American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Computer Science, Tel Aviv University
- **Known for:** Co-founded WEKA, which achieved unicorn status at $1.6 billion valuation, Led WEKA to $100M+ ARR — centaur status, achieved by only 0.02% of companies, Raised $465M+ in total funding across multiple rounds

## Career timeline

- **1998** — System Administrator and Programmer at Tel Aviv University's Math School Computational Centre
- **1999** — Software Engineer at InSightec
- **2000-2005** — Software Engineer and Commander (Captain) in Israeli Defense Forces; led project earning Israeli Defence Award
- **2005-2011** — Principal Software Architect and founding technical team member at XIV Storage Systems; company acquired by IBM in 2007; managed hardware and platform teams at IBM
- **2011-2014** — Co-Founder and VP of R&D at Fusic, a social video platform
- **2013** — Co-founded WEKA (initially weka.io) with Maor Ben Dayan and Omri Palmon
- **2013-present** — Co-Founder and CEO of WEKA (served as CTO before taking CEO role)
- **2024** — Led Series E funding of $140M at $1.6B valuation; NVIDIA among investors
- **2025** — WEKA surpassed $100M ARR, achieving 'centaur' status; announced Augmented Memory Grid on NeuralMesh architecture

## Achievements

- Co-founded WEKA, which achieved unicorn status at $1.6 billion valuation
- Led WEKA to $100M+ ARR — centaur status, achieved by only 0.02% of companies
- Raised $465M+ in total funding across multiple rounds
- Grew WEKA revenue more than 100% for three consecutive years
- Led WEKA to serve 11 of the Fortune 50 and power 300+ of the world's largest AI/GPU deployments
- Secured NVIDIA as a strategic investor in Series E
- Received Israeli Defence Award during military service as team lead
- Founding team member at XIV Storage Systems, acquired by IBM in 2007
- Launched Augmented Memory Grid technology extending GPU memory capacity by 1000x
- Delivered up to 20x reduction in AI inference time-to-first-token

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — WEKA announced commercial availability of Augmented Memory Grid on NeuralMesh architecture, extending GPU memory by 1000x
- **2025-10** — Liran Zvibel spoke at RAISE Summit Paris on NeuralMesh Axon
- **2025-09** — Presented 'Rise of the Token Economy: The New Economics of AI' talk
- **2025-03** — WEKA unveiled deep NVIDIA integrations and certifications at GTC 2025
- **2025-02** — Published CEO letter announcing $100M ARR milestone and strategic direction
- **2024-05** — Closed $140M Series E at $1.6B valuation with NVIDIA, Valor Equity Partners, and Generation Investment Management

## Links

- Website: https://weka.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liranzvibel/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/liranzvibel
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/WEKADataPlatform

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Last updated: 2026-05-25