Liran Zvibel

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer WEKA

Last Reviewed: September 28, 2026

Executive Summary

Liran Zvibel is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of WEKA, a Campbell, California company which builds data infrastructure software for AI and high-performance computing workloads. He co-founded it in 2013 and served as its Chief Technology Officer before taking the chief executive role. Under his leadership WEKA raised a $140 million Series E at a $1.6 billion valuation in 2024 and, by its own account, passed $100 million in annual recurring revenue that year. He came to it as a storage engineer: he was a founding technical team member at XIV Storage Systems, which IBM acquired in 2007.

Career Highlights

• Co-founder of WEKA (2013), now Chief Executive Officer; previously its Chief Technology Officer.
• $140M Series E in May 2024 at a $1.6B post-money valuation, led by Valor Equity Partners with NVIDIA, Generation Investment Management and Qualcomm Ventures among the participants.
• WEKA passed $100M ARR in 2024, with revenue more than doubling for a third consecutive year, according to the company.
• Principal software architect and founding technical team member at XIV Storage Systems, acquired by IBM in 2007; afterwards managed XIV’s teams at IBM.
• Co-founded and led R&D at Fusic, a social startup.
• Served five years as a software engineer in the Israel Defense Forces, reaching the rank of Captain.

Professional Journey

Zvibel studied mathematics and computer science at Tel Aviv University and spent five years as a software engineer in the Israel Defense Forces, leaving with the rank of Captain.

His formative commercial experience was at XIV Storage Systems, where he was principal software architect and a member of the founding technical team. IBM acquired XIV in 2007, and Zvibel stayed on for several years managing XIV’s teams inside IBM. He then co-founded Fusic, a social startup, where he led research and development.

He co-founded WEKA in 2013; Maor Ben-Dayan, now its Chief Architect, is also listed as a co-founder. The company builds data infrastructure software for AI, high-performance computing and scientific workloads. Zvibel first served as CTO and now leads the company as CEO, responsible for its long-term vision and strategy, working alongside Executive Chairman Amit Pandey.

The company’s 2024 was its most visible. In May it raised $140 million in a Series E led by Valor Equity Partners at a $1.6 billion post-money valuation, with every participant an existing investor increasing its position; WEKA said it was then supporting more than 300 of the world’s largest AI and GPU deployments and counted 12 of the Fortune 50 as customers. In a February 2025 letter Zvibel reported that WEKA had passed $100 million in annual recurring revenue and more than doubled revenue for the third year running, and set out a reorganisation of its go-to-market functions for the AI market. Through 2026 WEKA has continued to release products, including NeuralMesh 6 and WEKApod 3, and in July 2026 he appointed Shanta Kohli as Chief Marketing Officer.

Education

Tel Aviv University

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Computer Science