# Ofer Smadari

> Ofer Smadari is the co-founder and CEO of Torq, a security automation and AI SOC company founded in 2020 with Leonid Belkind and Eldad Livni. The trio previously built Luminate Security, acquired by Symantec in February 2019. Torq began as StackPulse before pivoting from reliability engineering to security automation; in January 2026 it announced a $140 million Series D at a $1.2 billion valuation.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at Torq
- **Organizations:** Torq, Luminate Security, Symantec, Adallom, FireLayers
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** Tel Aviv University, MBA, Bar-Ilan University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Luminate Security, acquired by Symantec in February 2019., Co-founded Torq and led it through a pivot from reliability engineering to security automation., Led Torq at its January 2026 $140 million Series D announcement and $1.2 billion valuation.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2019** — Held security operations roles in financial services and managed sales and business operations at Adallom; also worked at FireLayers.
- **Before 2019** — Co-founded and led Luminate Security with Leonid Belkind and Eldad Livni.
- **2019** — Symantec acquired Luminate Security in February.
- **2020** — Founded the company that became Torq with Belkind and Livni; its original StackPulse direction focused on reliability engineering.
- **2022** — By September, publicly described Torq as serving 50 customers after eight months of selling its security product.
- **2023** — Received a Cybersecurity Excellence Awards Gold Award for Chief Executive Officer of the Year.
- **2025** — Torq acquired AI startup Revrod in April.
- **2026** — Torq announced a $140 million Series D in January at a $1.2 billion valuation, bringing announced cumulative funding to $332 million.
- **2026** — Torq introduced Agentic Builder in March, acquired Jit in May, introduced SOC Brain in July, and expanded its federal and channel partnerships.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Luminate Security, acquired by Symantec in February 2019.
- Co-founded Torq and led it through a pivot from reliability engineering to security automation.
- Led Torq at its January 2026 $140 million Series D announcement and $1.2 billion valuation.
- 2023 Gold Award, Chief Executive Officer of the Year, Cybersecurity Excellence Awards.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Torq launched REV, its Revenue Enablement Velocity partner program; the release is dated October 13 in its body.
- **2026-09** — Merlin named Torq a technology partner for federal SOC modernization and said it was supporting Torq’s path to FedRAMP authorization.
- **2026-07** — Torq introduced SOC Brain, describing organization-specific learning from historical cases and analyst decisions.
- **2026-05** — Torq announced its acquisition of Jit to add AI Context Graph technology.
- **2026-03** — Torq introduced Agentic Builder and Smadari appeared on Notable Perspectives to discuss the company’s restart and pivot.
- **2026-01** — Announced Torq’s $140 million Series D, $1.2 billion valuation, and $332 million total funding.

## Links

- Website: https://torq.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ofersmadari/

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Last updated: 2026-10-22