# Ofir Schlam

> Ofir Schlam is the President and Co-Founder of Taranis, an AI-powered crop-intelligence company. A fourth-generation member of an Israeli farming family, he paired firsthand knowledge of laborious field scouting with unusually early training in mathematics and computer science, then spent nine years in a technological unit before co-founding Taranis in 2015. The company evolved from weather-based prediction to leaf-level aerial imagery and machine learning, raised $40 million in a 2022 Series D, and built its business around helping agricultural advisers find crop threats across large areas without losing sight of individual plants.

- **Role:** President & Co-Founder at Taranis
- **Organizations:** Taranis, Creating a Future, Bar-Ilan University
- **Education:** B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science, summa cum laude, Bar-Ilan University, M.Sc. in cryptography, Bar-Ilan University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Taranis and helped develop its shift from weather-based crop prediction to leaf-level aerial crop intelligence., Led Taranis from a three-person garage startup to a 100-employee company with 17 offices, 19,000 customers and 20 million acres under management by 2020, according to the PrecisionAg award citation., Received the 2020 PrecisionAg Crop Adviser/Entrepreneur Award.

## Career timeline

- **2004-2007** — Completed a B.Sc. in mathematics and computer science at Bar-Ilan University with summa cum laude honors.
- **2006-2014** — Served for nine years in an elite technological unit, progressing from software engineer to R&D leadership and managing a 15-person software team.
- **2009-present** — Listed as a mentor with Creating a Future, a program encouraging high-school students to learn programming.
- **2015** — Co-founded Taranis with Ayal Karmi, Eli Bukchin and Asaf Horvitz to help farmers protect crops more efficiently.
- **2016** — Taranis raised seed funding in February after an early period financed from the founders' savings.
- **2018** — Taranis acquired the assets of aerial-imagery company Mavrx, expanding its U.S. imaging operations.
- **2020** — Received the PrecisionAg Crop Adviser/Entrepreneur Award; Taranis also raised a $30 million Series C.
- **2021** — Moved from CEO to President when Taranis appointed Bar Veinstein as chief executive; remained a board member.
- **2022** — As President & Co-Founder, announced Taranis' $40 million Series D, which brought disclosed total funding to $100 million.
- **2024** — Signed Taranis' 2023-24 ESG report as President and Co-Founder and publicly highlighted a multi-year Syngenta partnership.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Taranis and helped develop its shift from weather-based crop prediction to leaf-level aerial crop intelligence.
- Led Taranis from a three-person garage startup to a 100-employee company with 17 offices, 19,000 customers and 20 million acres under management by 2020, according to the PrecisionAg award citation.
- Received the 2020 PrecisionAg Crop Adviser/Entrepreneur Award.
- Oversaw Taranis as it built partnerships with major agricultural retailers and crop-protection companies across several markets.
- Helped Taranis reach a 2022 Series D of $40 million and $100 million in total disclosed funding at that time.
- Earned multiple academic honors at Bar-Ilan University and two Creative Thinking awards during his technology-service career, as listed on his professional profile.

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — Publicly highlighted Taranis' multi-year partnership with Syngenta, combining Taranis' GenAI Ag Assistant with Syngenta agronomic expertise for agricultural retailers and growers.
- **2024-07** — Signed Taranis' 2023-24 ESG report as President and Co-Founder, backing continued emissions measurement, sustainability work and environmental-impact measurement.
- **2023-04** — Continued as Taranis President under newly appointed CEO Opher Flohr.
- **2022-09** — Announced a $40 million Series D intended to support global expansion and crop-intelligence technology.

## Links

- Website: https://www.taranis.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ofir-schlam-934195a0/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/TaranisAg
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@taranis7910
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taranis_ag/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taranisvisual/

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Last updated: 2026-09-27