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- Yotam Segev
About Yotam
Yotam Segev is the Co-founder and CEO of Cyera, a company he cofounded less than five years ago to address data security challenges. He leads Cyera in developing an AI security platform that helps organizations manage and protect sensitive data. Segev believes that while Cyera's business had a strong foundation before AI, the AI boom has significantly accelerated its growth and importance. He emphasizes the critical need for robust data security to enable companies to safely adopt and utilize AI applications.
Strengths: founder archetype
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Why technical builder
Yotam Segev co-founded Cyera to solve a practical, enterprise-scale problem in data security, leveraging his technical background. He demonstrates a deep understanding of the evolving cybersecurity landscape, particularly with the advent of AI, and is actively shaping the company's strategy to address these new challenges. His rapid ascent with Cyera, achieving significant valuation within a few years, suggests an outlier trajectory.
The signals behind it 4
- Less than five years ago, Yotam Segev cofounded Cyera to solve the practical, enterprise-scale problem of data security.Technical builder · Domain operator · Young outlier
F - “Our business had legs before AI,” said Segev. “But with AI, it’s got wings.”Domain operatorF
- “If they don’t have the data security done right, they just have no ability to say ‘Yes’ to AI in the way they want to,” Segev says.Domain operatorF
- According to Yotam Segev, CEO and co-founder of Cyera, the decision to raise capital was driven primarily by the opportunity to bring Goldman Sachs on board as a strategic investor, rather than by an immediate need for cDomain operator
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Yotam Segev | Cofounded Cyera, Data Security in AI Era
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Network
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In their words
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- “He explained that current buyers are primarily early adopters of new technologies, while other companies may need several more years before committing to similar investments.”Providing a tempered outlook on the widespread adoption of data security solutions. · Sep 22, 2026E
Team at Cyera
Interviews and coverage
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- Cyera CEO Yotam Segev on cybersecurity in the AI eraCNBC · Jul 28, 2026
C - Exclusive: Cyera CEO Yotam Segev on raising $400 million and why the stakes in cybersecurity are getting higherFortune · Jan 8, 2026F
- Yotam Segev, Cyera CEO: A Fortt Knox UpdateCNBC · May 21, 2026C
- A Security raises $37 million backed by Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport and Cyera CEO Yotam SegevCTech · Jun 8, 2026
C - Goldman Sachs invests $400m in CyeraGlobes - Israel Business News · Sep 22, 2026E
- "Cyera is already the Wiz of data security. We want to be the Palo Alto Networks of data security"CTech · Apr 1, 2026C
- Episode 518: Cyera CEO Yotam Segev on Securing Enterprise Data in the Expanding AI EraYouTube · Mar 11, 2026Y
How this is researched
Researched from public pages: press, interviews, the company's site and the founder's own posts. Each source logo links the page that states the row; anything we couldn't source is left out. The archetype is our reading of that record, from a fixed set so founders can be compared. Updated Oct 13, 2026.
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