# Tal Tamir

> Tal Tamir is the co-founder and CEO of Wiliot, which connects physical goods to cloud software using battery-free Bluetooth sensors. An electrical engineer with experience at Conexant and Intel, he previously co-founded Wilocity, acquired by Qualcomm in 2014. He co-founded Wiliot with Yaron Elboim and Alon Yehezkley in 2017 and received the Global Industry Leader Award at ChipEx2026.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Wiliot
- **Organizations:** Wiliot, Wilocity, Qualcomm, Intel, Conexant
- **Education:** BSc in Electrical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Joint executive MBA (Kellogg-Recanati), Tel Aviv University / Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
- **Known for:** Co-founded and led Wilocity before its acquisition by Qualcomm in 2014., Co-founded Wiliot and led the company as its battery-free sensing technology entered large retail supply chains., Received the Global Industry Leader Award at the ChipEx2026 Executive Summit in Tel Aviv on May 13, 2026.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2006** — Worked at Conexant and Intel; held wireless strategic planning responsibilities at Intel.
- **2006** — Co-founded Wilocity and served as CEO.
- **2014** — Qualcomm acquired Wilocity; Tamir subsequently served as VP of Product Management at Qualcomm.
- **2017** — Co-founded Wiliot with Yaron Elboim and Alon Yehezkley.
- **2021** — Wiliot raised a $200 million Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
- **2025** — Wiliot announced its collaboration with Walmart on supply-chain sensing.
- **2026** — Received the Global Industry Leader Award at ChipEx2026.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and led Wilocity before its acquisition by Qualcomm in 2014.
- Co-founded Wiliot and led the company as its battery-free sensing technology entered large retail supply chains.
- Received the Global Industry Leader Award at the ChipEx2026 Executive Summit in Tel Aviv on May 13, 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Wiliot and Thinaer announced a defense manufacturing partnership; the initial deployment of 1.7 million IoT Pixels is scheduled to begin in Q1 2027.
- **2026-05** — Tamir received the Global Industry Leader Award at ChipEx2026 on May 13; Wiliot announced the recognition on May 19.
- **2026-04** — Avery Dennison announced a $75 million minority investment in Wiliot and an expanded manufacturing and commercial relationship.
- **2026-01** — Wiliot introduced its Gen3 IoT Pixel on January 8.

## Links

- Website: https://www.wiliot.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tal-tamir-7004791/

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