# Tamir Wolf

> Tamir Wolf is the CEO and co-founder of Theator, a Palo Alto and Tel Aviv based company building a surgical intelligence platform that uses AI and computer vision to analyze surgical video and reduce variability in the operating room. A physician turned entrepreneur, he earned an MD and PhD from the Technion, served as a medical officer in an elite Israeli Navy unit, and founded two earlier medical device companies before starting Theator in 2018. His stated goal is to codify surgery so that where a patient lives no longer dictates the quality of care they receive.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Theator
- **Organizations:** Theator, Digma Medical, NiTiNOTES Surgical, Israeli Navy
- **From:** Israel
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** MD and PhD in Medicine (Cardiovascular Physiology), class valedictorian, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Executive education, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Theator, a surgical intelligence company serving hospitals including Mayo Clinic, Raised roughly $40M in Series A financing for Theator, led by Insight Partners, Graduated as class valedictorian with an MD and PhD from the Technion

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Served as a medical officer in an elite Israeli naval unit; earned a medal of distinguished service during the Second Lebanon War for treating wounded soldiers under fire
- **2013** — Founded and led Digma Medical, developing a novel approach for treating Type 2 Diabetes
- **2013** — Co-founded NiTiNOTES Surgical, focused on minimally invasive solutions for treating obesity
- **2018** — Co-founded Theator with Dotan Asselmann to build a surgical intelligence platform
- **2021** — Theator announced a $15.5M Series A led by Insight Partners
- **2022** — Theator extended its Series A with an additional $24M, reaching roughly $39.5M total
- **2023** — Theator's AI surgical intelligence platform expands with Mayo Clinic and other leading institutions as early customers

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Theator, a surgical intelligence company serving hospitals including Mayo Clinic
- Raised roughly $40M in Series A financing for Theator, led by Insight Partners
- Graduated as class valedictorian with an MD and PhD from the Technion
- Earned a medal of distinguished service for battlefield medical care during the Second Lebanon War
- Founded two medical device companies (Digma Medical and NiTiNOTES) before Theator
- Member of the Forbes Technology Council

## Latest updates

- **2023-05** — Theator profiled by Forbes after raising $40M to improve surgical outcomes for patients, surgeons, and hospitals, with over 50 employees across Palo Alto and Tel Aviv.

## Links

- Website: https://theator.io
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tamirwolf
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mytheator
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3OF2VvsTuE
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/mytheator/

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Last updated: 2026-07-24