# Zohar Bronfman

> Zohar Bronfman is the co-founder and CEO of Pecan AI, a predictive analytics company he launched two months after finishing not one but two PhDs at Tel Aviv University - one in computational cognitive neuroscience, another in the history and philosophy of science. He and his co-founder built Pecan's first prototype for a data-science competition they missed the deadline for, then turned it into a low-code platform that lets business teams build predictive models without hiring data scientists. Pecan has raised roughly $127 million from Insight Partners, GV, and Dell, and its work now touches revenue at Fortune 500 companies. Bronfman is a vocal skeptic of AI hype, arguing that predictive AI and generative AI are more useful married than either is alone.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Pecan AI
- **Organizations:** Pecan AI
- **From:** Israel
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** PhD, Computational Cognitive Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, PhD, History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Tel Aviv University, MSc, Cognitive Science, Tel Aviv University, BA, Economics, The Open University of Israel
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Pecan AI to roughly $127 million in total funding, Backed by Insight Partners, GV (Google Ventures), and Dell Technologies Capital, Built the low-code predictive analytics platform used by Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 companies

## Career timeline

- **2018** — Co-founds Pecan AI with Noam Brezis two months after completing his doctorates; rents a room at Tel Aviv University to launch
- **2018** — Raises initial $4 million from S Capital investors Haim Sadger and Aya Peterburg
- **2022** — Closes $66 million Series C led by Insight Partners with GV and Dell Capital participation
- **2024** — Launches Predictive GenAI, fusing predictive analytics with generative AI
- **2025** — Rolls out Pecan's predictive modeling co-pilot; launches DemandForecast.ai

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Pecan AI to roughly $127 million in total funding
- Backed by Insight Partners, GV (Google Ventures), and Dell Technologies Capital
- Built the low-code predictive analytics platform used by Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 companies
- Introduced Predictive GenAI, an industry-first fusion of predictive and generative AI (2024)
- Earned two PhDs from Tel Aviv University simultaneously
- Member of the Forbes Technology Council

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Pecan launches its predictive modeling co-pilot to simplify complex analytics workflows
- **2025** — Pecan launches DemandForecast.ai, targeting supply chain and demand planning with GenAI-powered forecasting

## Links

- Website: https://pecan.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/zohar-bronfman
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/pecan_ai
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PecanAI

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Last updated: 2026-07-07