# Yali Saar

> Yali Saar is the Israeli co-founder and CEO of Tailor Brands. After work in acting, journalism, political communications and advertising, he co-founded an automated branding business with Tom Lahat and Nadav Shatz in 2014. It expanded into a platform for starting and operating small businesses. Saar also co-founded the public-education initiative Raising the Bar and writes about entrepreneurship and AI.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Tailor Brands
- **Organizations:** Tailor Brands, Raising the Bar, BBDO, Techstars, Entrepreneur Media, Fast Company
- **From:** Tel Aviv, Israel
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** Columbia University, Parsons School of Design
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Tailor Brands, which expanded from automated logo creation into business formation and operations., Co-founded Raising the Bar, an education initiative bringing talks to informal public venues in multiple cities., Forbes 30 Under 30 alumnus, as identified in his NOAH speaker biography; specific list and year not verified.

## Career timeline

- **2003** — Joined Beit Lessin Theater, according to his Hebrew Wikipedia biography.
- **2005-2006** — Appeared in the Israeli children’s television sitcom Zoom Zoom.
- **Before 2014** — Worked in journalism, political communications and creative advertising, including BBDO; co-founded Raising the Bar.
- **2012** — Columbia University attendance begins in his LinkedIn education listing.
- **2014** — Co-founded Tailor Brands with Nadav Shatz and Tom Lahat; the company appeared at Disrupt SF 2014.
- **2018** — Spoke at RISE in Hong Kong; Tailor Brands expanded its automated branding services.
- **2021** — Tailor Brands announced a $50 million Series C led by GoDaddy, taking reported funding at that time to $70 million.
- **2025** — Tailor Brands participated in Mastercard’s Business Builder program and announced Tailor AID.
- **2026** — Discussed the expansion into business formation and compliance; Tailor Brands launched Funding Search in May.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Tailor Brands, which expanded from automated logo creation into business formation and operations.
- Co-founded Raising the Bar, an education initiative bringing talks to informal public venues in multiple cities.
- Forbes 30 Under 30 alumnus, as identified in his NOAH speaker biography; specific list and year not verified.
- Led Tailor Brands during the $50 million GoDaddy-led financing announced in July 2021.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Tailor Brands announced Funding Search on May 19, matching business profiles with potential grants, tax benefits and non-loan funding opportunities.
- **2026-05** — In a May 20 interview, Saar described Navi, the company’s AI guidance assistant, and its expansion into formation, compliance and financial tools.
- **2026-03** — In a March 20 interview with Adam Mendler, Saar discussed shifting beyond logo creation and reported that roughly 2% of new U.S. business formations ran through the platform.
- **2025-08** — Saar publicly announced Tailor AID, a $1 million program of business-building packages for selected people displaced by AI.

## Links

- Website: https://www.tailorbrands.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yalisaar/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/yalisaar
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yalist/

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Last updated: 2026-10-22