# Ran Ben-Yair

> Ran Ben-Yair is a New York-based technology founder associated with LabPixies, Google and Ubimo. He co-founded LabPixies, acquired by Google in 2010, and led location-intelligence company Ubimo, which Quotient agreed to acquire in 2019. More recent business listings identify him as founder and CEO of Rello, a residential leasing platform.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Rello
- **Organizations:** Rello, Ubimo, Quotient Technology, Google, LabPixies, Samsung
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- **Known for:** Co-founded LabPixies, acquired by Google in 2010 in its first Israeli company acquisition., Helped grow LabPixies to tens of millions of users over four years., Led Ubimo as co-founder and CEO before its 2019 acquisition agreement with Quotient.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2006** — Worked at Samsung’s Israel R&D operation; subsequently worked again with colleagues Oded Poncz and Udi Graff.
- **2006** — Co-founded LabPixies with Oded Poncz, Udi Graff and Nir Tzemah.
- **2010** — Google acquired LabPixies; Ben-Yair joined Google and worked as a product manager in Search.
- **2011** — Authored the August 16 Google Related launch announcement as product manager on the Related team at Google’s Israel R&D Center.
- **2013** — Public reporting described Ubimo’s founding team: Ben-Yair, Poncz, Graff and Gilad Amitai. MMA and Ben-Yair’s later interview date the company to 2013; June 2013 reporting says work began the previous year.
- **2019** — Quotient announced a definitive agreement to acquire Ubimo on November 6.
- **2024** — A Rello Group patent application titled Prequalification of users was published on February 8, naming Ran Ben Yair, Gilad Amitai, Adam Semler and Alex Friedman as inventors.
- **2026** — Business listings checked in October identify Ben-Yair as Rello’s founder and CEO; Rello markets an end-to-end New York City leasing platform.

## Achievements

- Co-founded LabPixies, acquired by Google in 2010 in its first Israeli company acquisition.
- Helped grow LabPixies to tens of millions of users over four years.
- Led Ubimo as co-founder and CEO before its 2019 acquisition agreement with Quotient.
- Named co-inventor on the published Rello Group application US20240046386A1.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Research snapshot: CB Insights identifies Ben-Yair as Rello’s founder and CEO. Rello’s current website focuses on New York City applications, screening, lease creation, move-in and renewals; this is a current-state observation, not a dated appointment announcement.
- **2024-02** — Rello Group’s Prequalification of users patent application was published on February 8, listing Ben-Yair among four inventors.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranby
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/ranby

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Last updated: 2026-10-26