# Nitay Milner

> Nitay Milner is co-founder and CEO of ORION Security, a New York and Tel Aviv-based startup rebuilding data loss prevention around AI that learns how data actually moves inside a company. He raised a $32M Series A led by Norwest in February 2026, with IBM participating, less than a year after a $6M seed. Before ORION he was a senior product leader at Epsagon (acquired by Cisco for around $500M) and previously co-founded DatsMi, an event-media startup.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at ORION Security
- **Organizations:** ORION Security, Cisco (via Epsagon acquisition), Epsagon, DatsMi, Israel Defense Forces
- **From:** Israel
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** BSc Computer Science, Reichman University (IDC Herzliya)
- **Known for:** Built and sold into cloud observability at Epsagon, which Cisco acquired for a reported ~$500M., Raised $38M in under twelve months across seed and Series A for ORION Security., Signed Fortune 500 customers and crossed seven-figure ARR within months of founding ORION.

## Career timeline

- **~teenage years** — Ran a DJ business started with bar mitzvah money; grew to five employees by age 18.
- **IDF service** — Served in the financial-advisor unit to the Chief of Staff, working on defense budgets.
- **post-IDF** — Studied Computer Science at Reichman University.
- **2018** — Co-founded DatsMi (Tel Aviv), an AI/IoT event-media platform; served as Head of Product.
- **pre-2021** — Senior product leader at Epsagon working on cloud observability.
- **2021** — Cisco acquired Epsagon (reported around $500M); Milner continued as a product lead on Cisco Cloud Observability.
- **2024** — Co-founded ORION Security with CTO Jonathan (Yonatan) Kreiner.
- **2025-03** — Emerged from stealth with $6M seed funding.
- **2026-02** — Closed $32M Series A led by Norwest, with IBM and existing investors PICO Venture Partners and Lama Partners participating; total raised ~$38M.

## Achievements

- Built and sold into cloud observability at Epsagon, which Cisco acquired for a reported ~$500M.
- Raised $38M in under twelve months across seed and Series A for ORION Security.
- Signed Fortune 500 customers and crossed seven-figure ARR within months of founding ORION.
- Developed the internal 'Indicators of Leakage (IOL)' AI model for insider-threat detection.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — ORION Security closed a $32M Series A led by Norwest, with IBM participating.
- **2025-03** — ORION emerged from stealth with $6M in seed funding to fight insider threats using generative AI.

## Links

- Website: https://orionsec.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nitay-milner/

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