Our Mission

Dedicated to bringing honesty, clarity, and confidence into every critical moment of trust.

Our Mission

Dedicated to bringing honesty, clarity, and confidence into every critical moment of trust.

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Meet the Team

Dedication. Expertise. Passion.

At Validit.ai, we’re a passionate team that blends human insight with cutting-edge AI and computer vision to make the world more trustworthy. Bringing together experts in AI, computer vision, and deception detection, our team combines deep technical expertise with real-world field experience to build technology that truly makes an impact.

Avivit Yorkevich

Co-founder And CEO
Former Senior Officer and Head of R&D within the Deception Detection Unit of the Israeli Security Agency, with extensive leadership experience in large-scale governmental organizations.

A senior advisor to governments and global enterprises on fraud prevention and human reliability assessment.

Member of the American Polygraph Association.
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Yossi Penias

Co-founder And COO
Former Senior Officer in the Israeli Security Agency and former Human Intelligence Team Leader, with deep experience in complex operational environments.

Holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Law, bringing a unique combination of operational rigor, legal insight, and execution-focused leadership to his role as COO.

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May Megan

Head Of Product
May brings hands-on experience managing complex projects in large organizations, alongside a solid technical foundation in Computer Science. She leads product vision and execution, ensuring alignment between technology, business goals, and user needs.

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Anael Shomrai

R&D Team Lead
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer with extensive experience leading R&D in startup environments. Former Head of R&D at Intervyo, where she led the development of AI-based recruitment solutions across web and mobile platforms.

Holds a degree in Computer Science and brings strong expertise in agile development, scalable architecture, and end-to-end product execution.

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Royi Avital

CTO
Royi has over a decade of experience leading teams in algorithm development at Rafael, where he developed and implemented AI architectures and algorithms.

He is a lecturer in the AI field at the Technion and Reichman University, advising and guiding teams in Machine & Deep Learning, Signal & Image Processing, Computer Vision, Optimization, and Estimation.

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Eldad Meiron

Science and Research Team Leader
Former Sr.Officer in the ISA, Head of the government polygraph school, Head of the Department of all intelligence polygraph units, Mr. Meiron is a Subject Matter Expert with over 30 years of experience in polygraph testing. Research partner and experienced in various reliability assessment technologies. Board member and lecturer at the Israeli Polygraph Examiners Association(IPEA) and member of the American Polygraph Association(APA).

Tomer Kalderon

VP of sales and strategic partnerships
With 15 years of experience in tech, finance, and product implementation, Tomer is responsible for Validit's portfolio expansion and cooperation with our trusted partners.

Advisory Board

Dr. Eli Opper

Chairman of the Technion’s Centennial Club, former Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Labor in Israel, former President of Europe’s Eureka R&D Fund, senior partner at Giza Venture Capital, VP R&D, VP Advanced Topics and GM of Rafael’s Electronic Systems Division.

  

Orit Stav

International investment manager with over 20 years’ experience in venture capital and private equity, Orit represented Siemens Venture Capital in Israel and was a Partner at PNV. She serves as a Board Member in no less than eight public companies.

  

Dr. Or Yair

Ph.D from the Technion in Machine Learning, Bio-Signal Processing and is considered an image-processing expert. He has over 10 years’ experience in algorithmic structuring and has worked with industry-leading companies on their most challenging projects (Microsoft, WD, RAFAEL, IAI, RADA, etc.).

 

Avi Kerbs

President and CEO of Teuza Management, Kerbs, who possesses over 20 years’ experience in high technology systems and management, launched Teuza in 1992. He serves as a director on the boards of most of Teuza’s portfolio companies. He also served as a director on the boards of several public companies, which are traded on the Nasdaq.   Kerbs is a member of both The Technion and The University of Haifa’s Board of Governors and served as the chairman of the Scientific and Academic Club of The University of Haifa.

 

Stephen Ryan

A seasoned executive and serial entrepreneur with 30+ years in cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and payments. He is the CRO at IVIX, an AI-driven platform fighting financial crimes. Previously, he co-founded CipherTrace, a crypto forensics firm acquired by Mastercard in 2021. He has held leadership roles at Visa USA, First Data, IronKey, Arcot Systems, and more. He is an expert in cybersecurity, payments, and digital banking and holds a B.S. in Management Information Systems from Old Dominion University.

 

Tuff Yen

The founder of Seraph Group, an early-stage VC firm with 400+ investors and over 200 portfolio companies. A veteran investor and entrepreneur, he previously held roles at Hambrecht & Quist and Chemical Venture Partners (now J.P. Morgan Partners.
He created the Structured Angel Fund™ to provide accredited investors with access to curated startup deals. He has supported accelerators at MIT, UC Berkeley, and Stanford StartX, and began his career as a bioengineer at Genentech He holds degrees from UC Berkeley and Yale School of Management and is a frequent speaker on venture investing .