# Uri Raz

> Uri Raz is an Israeli-born technology founder and the co-founder, CEO and executive chairman of Tango. Across Teletel, Golden Screens, AppStream, Dyyno and Tango, his career has repeatedly returned to the same problem: moving rich digital experiences across imperfect networks. Tango began as a cross-platform mobile video-calling app, became a heavily funded messaging network, stumbled, and then refocused on live creator broadcasts and direct audience payments.

- **Role:** Founder, CEO and Executive Chairman at Tango
- **Organizations:** Tango, Dyyno, AppStream, Golden Screens, Teletel
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree in engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded four technology ventures across online services, application streaming, video distribution and consumer social video., Helped launch one of the early mobile video-calling apps to work across iOS and Android and across mobile and Wi-Fi networks., Built Tango to a company-reported 200 million registered users by March 2014.

## Career timeline

- **1988** — Completed undergraduate engineering studies at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
- **1992-1995** — Founded and led Teletel / Golden Screens in Israel's early online-services market.
- **1995-1999** — Founded and ran Golden Screens Inc. in the United States.
- **2000-2005** — Founded and served as CEO of application-streaming company AppStream; Symantec later acquired the company.
- **2007-2009** — Founded and led live-video distribution company Dyyno with Eric Setton.
- **2009** — Co-founded Tango with Eric Setton in Mountain View.
- **2010** — Launched Tango's cross-platform mobile video-calling app on iOS and Android over 3G and Wi-Fi.
- **2011** — Tango reported 18 million members in 190 countries and expanded video calling to Windows PCs.
- **2014** — Tango reported 200 million registered users and raised $280 million in a Series D led by Alibaba, bringing reported total funding to $367 million.
- **2016** — Stepped from CEO into the executive-chairman role as co-founder Eric Setton became CEO.
- **2017-2018** — Led Tango's refocus and pivot from broad messaging toward user-generated live streaming and creator monetization.
- **2022** — Publicly described Tango's live-streaming strategy and was again identified as CEO.
- **2026** — Public executive directories and company ecosystem profiles list Raz as Tango's founder, CEO and executive chairman.

## Achievements

- Co-founded four technology ventures across online services, application streaming, video distribution and consumer social video.
- Helped launch one of the early mobile video-calling apps to work across iOS and Android and across mobile and Wi-Fi networks.
- Built Tango to a company-reported 200 million registered users by March 2014.
- Raised a $280 million Series D for Tango in 2014, led by Alibaba, in a round that brought reported total funding to $367 million.
- Is named as an inventor on AppStream's US patent for streaming software modules.
- Helped redirect Tango into user-generated live streaming and a creator micro-transaction economy beginning in 2018.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — An updated executive directory listed Raz as Tango's founder, CEO and executive chairman.
- **2023-08** — A Jefferies private-company profile identified Raz as Tango's CEO and co-founder and reported more than 450 million app downloads.
- **2022-03** — Raz discussed Tango's shift to live streaming, creator micro-transactions and its zero-ad strategy in a published interview.

## Links

- Website: https://tango.me
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/uri-raz-1853606
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/tangome
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/TangoMe/

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Last updated: 2026-09-26