WEKA
WEKA develops AI data infrastructure software to optimize GPU performance for enterprise AI workloads. The company has raised $415M, most recently in a Series E round in May 2024, and counts 30% of Fortune 50 companies as customers.
The growth story
WEKA grew from 157 to 559 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $415M along the way, most recently a Series E in May 2024.
About
WEKA sells software that helps enterprises and cloud providers run AI workloads more efficiently by reducing GPU bottlenecks. Its NeuralMesh product aims to speed up AI training and inference while lowering costs.
The company has grown to 559 employees and secured $415M in funding, including a Series E round in May 2024. Its customer base includes nearly a third of Fortune 50 companies.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is WEKA's largest function with 180 employees, representing nearly a third of its workforce. The company is led by founders from Israel's tech sector.
The WEKA org chart
Liran Zvibel (Co-Founder, CEO) leads 59 mapped leaders with 13 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 177 (+12% YoY), Sales 106 (+33% YoY), Information Technology 52 (0% YoY), Operations 28 (+33% YoY), Business Development 25 (-7% YoY), Marketing 23 (+44% YoY).
Talent flow
WEKA recruits heavily from Dell Technologies, IBM, and NetApp, with Dell alone accounting for 84 hires. Alumni frequently move to NetApp, Hammerspace, and NVIDIA. Many employees studied at Israeli universities like Tel Aviv University and Ben-Gurion University.
Most common previous employers of WEKA staff: Dell Technologies (84), IBM (42), NetApp (39), Oracle (24), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (22), Cisco (21). Former WEKA employees most often moved to NetApp (14), Hammerspace (12), NVIDIA (11), Nebius (11), Google (10), DDN (9).
Alumni worth knowing
The WEKA mafia
WEKA alumni have founded 8 companies, including Tech Mahindra, which employs over 150,000 people, and smaller ventures like DIGITZ and Sunvest Capital Partners.
8Annesha Dutta, was Senior Manager - Digital Communications until 2024Todd Haller, was Vice President Sales - Americas until 2023Eran Wagner, was Board Member until 2016Trisha Harry, was Board Observer until 2022Hadas Avni-Peleg, was Senior Solutions Architect, CTO Office until 2023Robert Davies, was Sr. Technical Services Engineer until 2025
Michael Raam, was President and CEO until 2017Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 40% direct, 46% search, 4% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at WEKA: Linux (185), Cloud Computing (183), Storage (158), Management (150), Virtualization (147), Python (Programming Language) (134), Leadership (128), Data Centers (118).
Where the team actually sits
WEKA people are concentrated in Israel (76), California, United States (47), Karnataka, India (34), Tel Aviv District, Israel (29).
Search footprint
WEKA attracts about 7,554 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $98K a month if bought through ads. It gained 1,258 ranking keywords and lost 1,680 in the last period.
Frequently asked
WEKA has 559 employees as of September 2026.
WEKA has raised $415M in total, most recently a Series E round in May 2024.
WEKA was founded in 2013 by Liran Zvibel.
Liran Zvibel (Co-Founder, CEO) sits at the top of WEKA's reporting structure, with 13 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current WEKA staff are Dell Technologies (84 people), IBM (42 people), NetApp (39 people).
Former WEKA employees most often move to NetApp (14), Hammerspace (12), NVIDIA (11).
At least 8 companies have a founder who previously worked at WEKA, including Tech Mahindra, DIGITZ, Sunvest Capital Partners.
WEKA attracts about 7,554 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $98K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among WEKA staff are Linux, Cloud Computing, Storage, Management, Virtualization.
WEKA staff are concentrated in Israel (76), California, United States (47), Karnataka, India (34).
WEKA has about 177 people in Engineering, up 12% over the past year, as of September 2026.
WEKA has about 106 people in Sales, up 33% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 452 current and 466 former WEKA profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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