AI21 Labs
AI21 Labs develops enterprise AI systems and foundation models, offering privately deployed AI solutions tailored for organizations. The company has raised $627 million, including a Series D round in May 2025, and employs 177 people.
The growth story
AI21 Labs grew from 43 to 177 employees between 2020 and 2026, raising $627M along the way, most recently a Series D in May 2025.
About
AI21 Labs builds AI systems and foundation models designed for enterprise use, focusing on security, privacy, and reliability. Its solutions are privately deployed and customized to meet organizational needs.
The company, founded in 2017, has raised $627 million from investors like NVIDIA, Google, and Intel. Its Series D funding round in May 2025 highlights its continued growth in the enterprise AI space.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest function at AI21 Labs, with 58 employees. The company operates with a relatively flat structure, as indicated by a median tenure of 2 years.
The AI21 Labs org chart
Ori Goshen (Co-Founder and CEO) leads 57 mapped leaders with 8 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 77 (-17% YoY), Information Technology 19 (-21% YoY), Sales 9 (-40% YoY), Marketing 8 (-47% YoY), Business Development 8 (-43% YoY), Education 7 (-22% YoY).
Talent flow
AI21 Labs draws heavily from the Israel Defense Forces, with 31 alumni, and Tel Aviv University, with 11 alumni. Its talent also includes veterans of Israeli Military Intelligence and Unit 8200. Former employees often move to companies like Google and monday.com.
Most common previous employers of AI21 Labs staff: Israel Defense Forces (31), Tel Aviv University (11), Israeli Military Intelligence - Unit 8200 (11), Intel (9), Israeli Military Intelligence (8), Wix (7). Former AI21 Labs employees most often moved to Google (11), monday.com (8), Fundamental (4), Joon (4), Nimble (4), Google DeepMind (3).
Alumni worth knowing
The AI21 Labs mafia
AI21 Labs alumni have founded 10 companies, including Corma, which employs 20 people, and 8200Angels, which employs 9.
10Hofit Bata, was Senior Deep Learning Researcher, CTO Office until 2025Hadar Avtalion, was Advisor, Strategic Initiatives until 2024Alon Valadji, was Front End Architect Consultant @AI21 Labs until 2022Amit Meirovich, was Marketing Automation Specialist until 2024
Eran Yacobovitch, was Marketing Consultant until 2024
Adi Retman, was Marketing & Alliances until 2024
Ben Pines, was Director Of Content until 2024
Yaniv Vakrat, was Chief Commercial Officer until 2025Web traffic
Traffic mix: 44% direct, 42% search, 3% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at AI21 Labs: Python (Programming Language) (77), SQL (52), Java (48), Machine Learning (44), Project Management (40), Software Development (39), Git (38), JavaScript (37).
Where the team actually sits
AI21 Labs people are concentrated in Tel Aviv District, Israel (63), Israel (62), Center District, Israel (5), Ukraine (2).
Search footprint
AI21 Labs attracts about 44,880 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $151K a month if bought through ads. It gained 4,243 ranking keywords and lost 9,878 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.60 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.30 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.40 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.20 / 5
Frequently asked
AI21 Labs has 177 employees as of September 2026.
AI21 Labs has raised $627M in total, most recently a Series D round in May 2025.
AI21 Labs was founded in 2017 by Ori Goshen, Yoav Shoham, Amnon Shashua.
Ori Goshen (Co-Founder and CEO) sits at the top of AI21 Labs's reporting structure, with 8 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current AI21 Labs staff are Israel Defense Forces (31 people), Tel Aviv University (11 people), Israeli Military Intelligence - Unit 8200 (11 people).
Former AI21 Labs employees most often move to Google (11), monday.com (8), Fundamental (4).
At least 10 companies have a founder who previously worked at AI21 Labs, including Corma, 8200Angels, Neradot.
AI21 Labs attracts about 44,880 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $151K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among AI21 Labs staff are Python (Programming Language), SQL, Java, Machine Learning, Project Management.
AI21 Labs staff are concentrated in Tel Aviv District, Israel (63), Israel (62), Center District, Israel (5).
AI21 Labs has about 77 people in Engineering, down 17% over the past year, as of September 2026.
AI21 Labs has about 19 people in Information Technology, down 21% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 145 current and 249 former AI21 Labs profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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