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Israeli AI defense-tech firm Airis Labs raises $60 million

From Jerusalem Post · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Israeli AI defense-tech company Airis Labs has raised $60 million in total funding, including a $31 million Series B round.
  • The company's AI platform transforms unstructured visual data from various sources into machine-readable intelligence, creating a new category called User-Generated Field Intelligence.
  • Airis Labs, founded in 2023, aims to provide government organizations with real-time, actionable understanding from visual data, freeing up analysts for critical judgment calls.

Airis Labs, an Israeli AI defense-tech company, has announced a significant funding boost, raising $60 million in total, with a $31 million Series B round led by PSG Equity. This funding positions the company to further develop its innovative platform that tackles the overwhelming flood of visual data faced by government organizations.

Founded in 2023, Airis Labs has carved out a new niche with its User-Generated Field Intelligence. Unlike traditional video analytics or open-source intelligence, its platform ingests unstructured visual data from sources like smartphones, social media, security cameras, and drones. This data is then transformed into machine-readable intelligence, providing real-time, actionable understanding.

Government teams do not have a shortage of raw visual data. They have a shortage of machine-readable understanding. The next generation of AI used by government agencies needs to understand the physical world: what happened, where it happened, what changed, what matters, and what requires human judgment. Airis gives analysts and operators the clarity to act faster and with greater confidence.

— Noam FriedmanExplaining the company's mission and the value proposition of its AI platform.

CEO Noam Friedman highlighted the critical need for "machine-readable understanding" of the physical world, stating that government teams have an abundance of raw data but lack the clarity to act swiftly and confidently. Airis Labs' AI agents are designed to scale infinitely, ensuring that critical signals are not missed and allowing human analysts to focus on judgment calls that only they can make. The platform's development in real-world, high-stakes environments has earned it trust among government organizations globally.

"Airis Labs is the rare company that was born from a deep understanding of the problem space," said Eyal Waldman, an Airis board member and former CEO of Mellanox Technologies. "The founders understand the mission because they've lived it." This practical, field-tested approach distinguishes Airis Labs in the competitive AI landscape.

Airis Labs is the rare company that was born from a deep understanding of the problem space. The founders understand the mission because they've lived it. That's not something you can replicate, and it's why I'm proud to

— Eyal WaldmanPraising the company's practical approach and founders' experience.
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Originally published by Jerusalem Post in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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