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MIND booth at Black Hat

Black Hat 2026: Israeli cyber companies unveil AI defenses for the age of autonomous attacks

04.08.26|CTech
From protecting AI agents to predicting threats and automating responses, Israeli security firms are building new tools for a world where attackers and defenders increasingly rely on artificial intelligence. 
עמירם שחר (מימין) ועומר גרוסמן

CyberArk veteran and former IDF cyber chief joins unicorn Upwind

26.07.26|Meir Orbach
Omer Grossman joins the cloud security startup as Chief Business Officer after leading CyberArk’s trust division and commanding the IDF Cyber Defense Center. 
כנס מיקרוסופט 30.06.2026 – עמירם שחר וידאו

"The agent world is changing all the rules of the cyber game"

01.07.26|Rani Ben Shaul
Amiram Shachar, founder and CEO of Upwind, said at the Microsoft AI Tour Tel Aviv 2026 conference that AI agents are changing the balance of power between attackers and defenders: "The physics of cybersecurity are changing." On Wiz’s exit: "An amazing deal, which creates an opportunity for all the other players to stand out."
פועלים טק פרויקט GROWTH - מימין לביא פרדמן סמנכ”ל צמיחה Upwind ו דיויד אלוש מנכ״ל ומייסד שותף SENAI

“We quickly realized that to reach our potential we needed to build a broad platform that could compete with the largest players”

10.04.26|Maayan Manela
As part of the Growth+ project by Calcalist and Poalim Tech, Lavi Ferdman, SVP of Growth at Upwind, met with David Allouche, CEO and co-founder at Senai: “We had to leave Israel to meet clients while airports here were closed for weeks. Managing a small team spread across the world, while also taking care of families in Israel during wartime, has been the biggest challenge this year.”
Joe Sullivan

Former Facebook, Uber CSO joins cyber unicorn Upwind

05.04.26|CTech
Joe Sullivan becomes a strategic advisor to Amiram Shachar’s startup as demand for cloud and AI security accelerates.
עמירם שחר מנכל ושותף מייסד Upwind

Salesforce Ventures invests an estimated tens of millions in Upwind at $1.6 billion valuation

24.03.26|CTech
New investment comes just two months after $250 million round, signaling continued investor confidence in AI-driven cloud security.
Amiram Shahar and Rinki Sethi

Cyber startup Upwind joins unicorn club with $250 million Series B at $1.5 billion valuation

26.01.26|Meir Orbach
The AI-driven cloud security platform reports 900% revenue growth and adoption by global enterprises including Siemens, Peloton, Roku, and NuBank.
עמירם שחר מייסד חברת ה סייבר אפווינד

Cyber startup Upwind in talks to raise $250 million-plus at over $1.2 billion valuation

21.01.26|Meir Orbach
EXCLUSIVE: The Israeli company, founded by Amiram Shachar and former Spot executives, is seeking a sharply higher valuation one year after its last round.
Amiram Shachar

Datadog in talks to acquire Upwind for $1 billion

22.07.25|Meir Orbach
The deal would see the Israeli cybersecurity startup exit just three years after its founding.
Rinki Sethi

Rinki Sethi, former Twitter CISO, joins cloud security startup Upwind

12.06.25|CTech
Sethi, who previously held senior security roles at Twitter, Walmart, Rubrik, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, and PayPal, will lead Upwind’s global information security and technology efforts.
Most Promising Cyber

WATCH: CTech's most promising Cyber startups

06.05.25|CTech
Here's everything you need to know about Blockaid, Prompt Security, Ox Security, Torq, and Upwind Security
צוות אפווינד וצוות ניקס – ירין פינין (אפווינד), נדב נאור (אפווינד) , אלון סבן (ניקס), עמירם שחר (אפווינד), גילי יאנקוביץ (ניקס) ומושיקו חסן (אפווינד)

Upwind acquires Nyx Security to strengthen real-time cloud application protection

28.04.25|Meir Orbach
The acquisition will enable Upwind’s customers to gain real-time insights into application code anomalies and identify threats as they occur, providing an integration between the application, its underlying infrastructure, and the cloud.
UK Cyber Delegation

8 Israeli cyber companies travel to the UK for collaboration opportunities

25.12.24|James Spiro
The group went as part of the Global Tech Connect Cybersecurity Bootcamp facilitated by the UK-Israel Tech Hub at the British Embassy in Israel in partnership with Global Tech Connect.
Amiram Shachar

Cloud security startup Upwind nets $100M in Series A, triples valuation to $900M

02.12.24|CTech
The Israeli company, founded by former Spot.io executives, plans to accelerate its global expansion plans and enhance its cloud security platform.
עמירם שחר מנכ"ל Spot.io

Cyber startup Upwind raising $100 million at $850-900M valuation

09.11.24|CTech
The Israeli company, founded by Amiram Shachar and his founding partners from Spot.io, which was sold to NetApp for $450 million, is set to take its total funding to $180 million in two years.
Joshua Burgin Upwind Security

Operational excellence in cloud security: Lessons from CrowdStrike outage and Amazon’s playbook

24.09.24|Joshua Burgin
"At Amazon, the '5 Whys' was integral to the Correction of Errors process, addressing both immediate and deeper issues," writes Joshua Burgin, Chief Product Officer at Upwind Security.
פיץ ועידת לונדון 2024 יובל אבידור Pich Mind The Tech London 2024 Yuval Avidor

Upwind: Cloud security that cuts the noise and accelerates the threat response

18.09.24|CTech
Joshua Burgin Upwind Amazon

Ex-Amazon employee criticizes silence on colleague’s Hamas capture, Amazon defends approach

16.07.24|James Spiro
Sasha Trufanov has been held hostage by Hamas since October 7. “Our focus remains on supporting all efforts to bring Sasha home safely, and continuing to ensure his family is supported during this difficult time,” Amazon said in response. “All of a sudden people rediscover ‘institutional neutrality’,” says former colleague Joshua Burgin. 
DI-D מקצועות AI

A whole new job market: Introducing AI professions

03.06.24|Maayan Manela
Alongside the fear of AI taking away jobs, new opportunities are also arising - innovative professions and roles that adopt artificial intelligence tools in fields such as marketing, cyber, health and even in manufacturing plants. These are the roles that are being born right now
מימין: עמירם שחר, סטף קרי ועומרי כספי

Cyber startup Upwind nets $50 million to protect cloud applications

05.09.23|Meir Orbach
The Israeli company, founded by Amiram Shachar and his founding partners from Spot.io, which was sold to NetApp for $450 million, took its total funding to $80 million in less than a year
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