Ten Israeli-founded firms were chosen for this year’s Fast Company Most Innovative Companies lists in specific categories, three of which have Technion connections. In the enterprise category, aiOla is featured for helping industry reduce paper forms via AI and using AI-powered speech recognition for tasks like vehicle safety. In the security category, Dazz was featured for using AI to help find and fix critical issues within cloud infrastructures. And Silverfort, also in the security category, was featured for protecting every login and account in an enterprise. aiOla COO Alon Peleg, Dazz Co-founder and CEO Merav Bahat, and Silverfort Co-founder and CTO Yaron Kassner are all Technion alumni.
Conversational AI pioneer aiOla is cited for “rescuing legacy industries from paper forms via AI,” using AI-powered speech recognition for tasks like vehicle safety inspections in more than 120 languages spoken in various accents.
Dazz appears in the security category “for using AI to help find and fix critical issues within cloud infrastructures.” The startup was acquired by Israeli unicorn Wiz at the end of 2024 for approximately $450 million. (Wiz itself is in the midst of acquisition by Alphabet for a record $32 billion.)
Silverfort also won a place on the security category list, for “protecting every login and account in an enterprise.” The company focuses on identity security, integrating authentication into a single, easy-to-install platform that can instantly block compromised accounts, trigger multifactor authentication, and accelerate remediation time.