# Noam Awadish

> Noam Awadish is the co-founder and CEO of imper.ai, a cybersecurity company that launched in December 2025 with $28 million in funding to detect AI-driven impersonation and social engineering attacks in real time. Before imper.ai, Awadish spent more than a decade in Israel's elite Unit 8200 as Head of Initial Access, then served as Chief of Staff for Autonomous Vehicle Programs at Mobileye. He founded imper.ai with two other 8200 veterans, Anatoly Blighovsky and Rom Dudkiewicz, to build a platform that scans device telemetry and network diagnostics rather than trying to out-detect generative models.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at imper.ai
- **Organizations:** imper.ai, Mobileye, Israel Defense Forces Unit 8200
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- **Known for:** Head of Initial Access at Unit 8200, Chief of Staff for Autonomous Vehicle Programs at Mobileye, Co-founded imper.ai and closed $28M in combined funding within roughly six months of the seed round

## Career timeline

- **pre-2020** — Over a decade of service in Israel's Unit 8200, ultimately as Head of Initial Access
- **2020s** — Chief of Staff to the EVP of Autonomous Vehicles at Mobileye (NASDAQ: MBLY)
- **2025** — Co-founded imper.ai with Anatoly Blighovsky and Rom Dudkiewicz
- **2025-06** — Raised roughly $6.5M seed round
- **2025-10** — Closed Series A of approximately $21.5M
- **2025-12** — Public launch with $28M total funding announced

## Achievements

- Head of Initial Access at Unit 8200
- Chief of Staff for Autonomous Vehicle Programs at Mobileye
- Co-founded imper.ai and closed $28M in combined funding within roughly six months of the seed round
- Backing from Redpoint Ventures, Battery Ventures, Maple VC, Vessy VC, and Cerca Partners

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — imper.ai emerged from stealth with $28M in total funding and public launch.
- **2025-10** — Closed Series A led by Redpoint Ventures and Battery Ventures.

## Links

- Website: https://imper.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noam-awadish-690a3sd7a/

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Last updated: 2026-07-09