Yanki Margalit

Yanki Margalit, an Israeli entrepreneur, investor, and speaker, founded Aladdin Knowledge Systems in 1985, leading it to a successful NASDAQ IPO in 1993 and guiding the company until 2009. Since then, he has invested in and mentored numerous startups through Innodo Ventures and served as chairman of several technology companies, including SpaceIL, the non-profit competing in the Google Lunar X Prize. In 2025, he launched Caura.ai, a startup pioneering memory and emotion in AI.