# Shahar Chen

> Shahar Chen is the CEO and co-founder of Aquant, a New York-based generative AI company that helps field-service teams diagnose and repair complex industrial equipment. He and co-founder Assaf Melochna launched Aquant in 2016 after Chen spent 14 years at ClickSoftware watching skilled technicians age out of the workforce faster than new ones came in. Aquant has raised $112.6M to date, including a $70M Series C in 2021.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Aquant
- **Organizations:** Aquant, Forbes Technology Council
- **From:** Israel
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** B.Sc., Computer Science, Bar-Ilan University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Aquant to ~170 employees and ~$26.5M annual revenue, Raised $112.6M in total funding across seed through Series C, Member of Forbes Technology Council

## Career timeline

- **pre-2002** — Software Engineer at Mekorot, Israel's National Water Company, building network monitoring applications
- **2002-2016** — ~14 years at ClickSoftware, rising from Technical Support Engineer to Senior Support Engineer, Solution Specialist, Director of Solution Center, and Account Executive
- **2016** — Co-founded Aquant with Assaf Melochna in New York
- **2021-10** — Aquant closes $70M Series C, bringing total funding to $112.6M
- **2023-2024** — Launched Service Co-Pilot, Aquant's generative AI product, unveiled at Field Service Palm Springs

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Aquant to ~170 employees and ~$26.5M annual revenue
- Raised $112.6M in total funding across seed through Series C
- Member of Forbes Technology Council
- Regular contributor at AI Business
- Deployed generative AI service solutions across medical devices, printing, food equipment, industrial machinery, and utilities

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Named to Forbes Technology Council and publishing regularly on service-industry AI
- **2023-11** — Aquant announced expansion of Service Co-Pilot generative AI product line
- **2021-10** — Closed $70M Series C led by Qumra Capital

## Links

- Website: https://aquant.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaharchen/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/shahar_chen
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/aquant.io/

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Last updated: 2026-07-08