# Upriver

> Upriver is an AI-native data engineering platform that connects to a company's full data stack - Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Airflow, dbt - then explores it, builds and validates pipelines, fixes them when they break, and encodes the tribal knowledge that usually lives in engineers' heads. Founded in 2024 by Talpiot graduates Ido Bronstein and Omri Lifshitz, the Tel Aviv company aims to make data infrastructure invisible so AI systems can run on a reliable data foundation without constant manual upkeep.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** Tel Aviv, Israel
- **Founders:** Ido Bronstein (Co-Founder & CEO), Omri Lifshitz (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~30 employees
- **Products:** Upriver AI Data Engineering Platform, AI tool integrations
- **Notable:** Raised $14M from top-tier investors including the founders of New Relic, Cyera and Great Expectations within roughly two years of founding., Signed enterprise customers including Unity and DMGT while still an early-stage company., Reported a 60% productivity increase at customer Nimble.

## Products & services

- **Upriver AI Data Engineering Platform** — An AI-native platform that connects to a company's full data environment (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Airflow, dbt), explores it, builds and validates pipelines, maintains pipeline health, fixes issues when they break, and encodes tribal knowledge. Includes a context engine that maps data structure and a coordinated agent system that validates results across fragmented data stacks.
- **AI tool integrations** — Integration with AI development tools including Claude and Cursor, letting AI agents reach into live enterprise data safely.

## Achievements

- Raised $14M from top-tier investors including the founders of New Relic, Cyera and Great Expectations within roughly two years of founding.
- Signed enterprise customers including Unity and DMGT while still an early-stage company.
- Reported a 60% productivity increase at customer Nimble.
- Founded by Talpiot graduates and Israel Defense Prize recipients.
- Backed by Valley Capital Partners and Hetz Ventures.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Announced $14M in funding to automate enterprise data engineering for AI, led by Valley Capital Partners and Hetz Ventures with angel backing from the founders of New Relic, Cyera and Great Expectations.
- **2026-06** — CEO Ido Bronstein appeared on the Dash0 'Code RED' podcast discussing data observability at the source and monitoring a future full of AI systems.

## Links

- Website: https://upriverdata.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/upriver

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Last updated: 2026-07-10