Category Visionaries

Ayal Yogev, CEO and Co-Founder of Anjuna: $42 Million to Build The Future of Confidential Computing

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ayal Yogev, CEO and Co-founder of Anjuna, a confidential computing platform that has raised $42 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Ayal’s 25 years of experience in enterprise security and product management and number one life lesson from his time in the Israeli military: everything is possible. His admiration for Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, despite Mark’s controversial persona. The story of how he built Anjuna and met Yan Michalevsky, his Co-founder who also served in Israeli intelligence then did Ph.D. in Stanford before they both decided to develop Anjuna together. Security is an enabler. Ayal believes that 80% of security problems are due to access to infrastructure and confidential computing could be a solution to this issue. Why massive enterprise’s transition to the cloud put Anjuna’s software in high demand

Broadcast on:: 24 Aug 2023

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ayal Yogev, CEO and Co-founder of Anjuna, a confidential computing platform that has raised $42 Million in funding.

Topics Discussed:

Ayal’s 25 years of experience in enterprise security and product management and number one life lesson from his time in the Israeli military: everything is possible.
His admiration for Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, despite Mark’s controversial persona.
The story of how he built Anjuna and met Yan Michalevsky, his Co-founder who also served in Israeli intelligence then did Ph.D. in Stanford before they both decided to develop Anjuna together.
Security is an enabler. Ayal believes that 80% of security problems are due to access to infrastructure and confidential computing could be a solution to this issue.
Why massive enterprise’s transition to the cloud put Anjuna’s software in high demand