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David Lazerson
David Lazerson is the co-founder and CEO of Briya, a healthcare technology company that connects hospitals, research institutions, and life sciences organizations so they can share de-identified, real-world patient data securely and in compliance with U.S. and European privacy rules. A physicist and cognitive scientist by training and a former Israeli military cyber operations officer, Lazerson built Briya on cryptography, federated learning, and zero-knowledge proofs, and in 2025 launched Briya AIRE, a clinical-grade AI research assistant that lets researchers ask questions in plain language instead of writing code.
Yisi Gross
Yisi Gross (Yisrael Gross) is an Israeli-rooted, New York-based technology entrepreneur and investor. He co-founded L7 Defense (now ammune.ai), an AI-driven API security company that raised Series A backing from TRUMPF Venture and Quick Heal, and today works as a Managing Partner at TYH Investments, backing early-stage high-tech startups. He built his reputation on the unglamorous frontier of API-borne attacks, arguing that autonomous, machine-learning defense - not human-tuned rules - is the only way to keep pace with modern cyberattacks.
Yoav Samet
Yoav Samet is a General Partner at Almaz Capital, a Palo Alto-based venture firm backing disruptive deep tech and B2B software companies with a unique focus on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Before joining Almaz, he spent 13 years at Cisco as VP of Corporate Development, where he led roughly 20 acquisitions totaling over $7 billion and managed a $1 billion investment portfolio. An Israeli native and veteran of IDF Unit 8200, Samet holds an MBA from Stanford GSB and MS/BS degrees in Computer Science from Hebrew University, and has built a career as a rare bridge between Silicon Valley, Israel, and the CEE/CIS technology ecosystem.