Leverage Israel
The flagship of Israeli tech, in San Francisco for one day.
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 · The Hibernia, 1 Jones St, San Francisco, CA 94102 · SF Tech Week
Presented by Onyx Security · Co-hosted with a16z speedrun
1,200 founders, investors and operators · Register
Agenda
- 9:00 AM - Doors, registration and breakfast
- 9:45 AM - Opening remarks - Nir Naamani (Co-founder & CEO, Leverage)
- 10:05 AM - Israelis Selling Too Early? The Israel-U.S. M&A Landscape - Ari Haber (Partner, Fenwick) - Shuly Galili (Founding Partner, UpWest)
- 10:30 AM - Who owns the data layer - Tamar Bercovici (VP of Engineering, Box) - Reah Miyara (Sr. Director & Head of Models, Google Models) - Anthony Goldbloom (Founder, Kaggle · CEO, Sumble) - Shir Chorev (Moderator · Co-founder & CTO, Leverage)
- 10:55 AM - Real-World Models - Itai Zadok (Senior Product Manager, NVIDIA) - Kfir Aberman (Head of R&D & Founding Member, Decart) - Dr. Yair Adato (CEO, Bria) - Almog Hillel (Moderator, AI R&D, Decart)
- 11:20 AM - The Case for Open Source Models - Matan Roet (Investor, Redpoint Ventures) - Dr. Roy Nissim (Sr. Manager, AI Engineering, Red Hat) - Nancy Wang (CTO, 1Password) - Eyal Niv (Moderator, Managing Partner, Pitango)
- 11:45 AM - How to Ensure Israel Is Not Losing the AI Race - Reah Miyara (Sr. Director & Head of Models, Google Models) - Kfir Aberman (Head of R&D & Founding Member, Decart) - Hagay Lupesko (SVP Engineering, Cerebras Systems) - Col. (Res) Ryan Gity (Moderator, Secretary & Member, Israel's National Committee for AI Strategy)
- 12:10 PM - Deep Tech & Defense - Col. (Res) Ryan Gity (Secretary & Member, Israel's National Committee for AI Strategy) - Sam Feldman (Corporate Affairs & Special Projects, Palantir) - Lee Jacobs (Moderator, Co-founder & Managing Director, Long Journey Ventures) - Special guest
- 12:30 PM - Lunch and the partner expo
- 1:30 PM - Ops & GTM in the U.S. Market - Camilla Matias (COO (ex-COO, Brex), Monaco) - Ron Miasnik (Head of Business Development, Cognition) - Rick Saxe (Moderator, Strategic Partnerships, Google)
- 1:55 PM - Cybersecurity in the AGI-era - Gil Elbaz (Co-founder & Chief AI Officer, Onyx Security) - Yaron Singer (CS Professor · Ex-VP @Cisco, Harvard) - Shir Chorev (Moderator · Co-founder & CTO, Leverage)
- 2:20 PM - Product Marketing 101 for International Founders - Gili Guri (VP Marketing, Deel) - Camilla Matias (Moderator, COO (ex-COO, Brex), Monaco)
- 2:45 PM - Future of Physical AI - Elana Lian (Partner, Dell Technologies Capital) - Avidan Ross (Managing Partner, Root Ventures) - Hagay Lupesko (SVP Engineering, Cerebras Systems)
- 3:10 PM - Building the Next $100B AI Infra Companies - Josh Sirota (Founder & CEO, Eragon) - Ron Kimchi (CTO & Co-founder, Eon)
- 3:35 PM - Agents Restructure The Financial Stack - Seth Rosenberg (General Partner, Greylock) - Nick Shalek (General Partner, Ribbit Capital) - Shir Chorev (Moderator · Co-founder & CTO, Leverage)
- 4:00 PM - Navigating U.S. and Israeli Culture Differences - Shuly Galili (Founding Partner, UpWest) - Zachary Potter (Program Lead, VCs & Startups, monday.com)
- 4:20 PM - Closing remarks - Nir Naamani (Co-founder & CEO, Leverage)
- 4:30 PM - Closing reception
Speakers
- Gil Elbaz - Co-founder & Chief AI Officer, Onyx Security
- Yaron Singer - CS Professor · Ex-VP @Cisco, Harvard
- Tamar Bercovici - VP of Engineering, Box
- Reah Miyara - Sr. Director & Head of Models, Google Models
- Anthony Goldbloom - Founder, Kaggle · CEO, Sumble
- Itai Zadok - Senior Product Manager, NVIDIA
- Kfir Aberman - Head of R&D & Founding Member, Decart
- Dr. Yair Adato - CEO, Bria
- Almog Hillel - AI R&D, Decart
- Matan Roet - Investor, Redpoint Ventures
- Dr. Roy Nissim - Sr. Manager, AI Engineering, Red Hat
- Nancy Wang - CTO, 1Password
- Eyal Niv - Managing Partner, Pitango
- Col. (Res) Ryan Gity - Secretary & Member, Israel's National Committee for AI Strategy
- Sam Feldman - Corporate Affairs & Special Projects, Palantir
- Lee Jacobs - Co-founder & Managing Director, Long Journey Ventures
- Elana Lian - Partner, Dell Technologies Capital
- Avidan Ross - Managing Partner, Root Ventures
- Hagay Lupesko - SVP Engineering, Cerebras Systems
- Josh Sirota - Founder & CEO, Eragon
- Ron Kimchi - CTO & Co-founder, Eon
- Gili Guri - VP Marketing, Deel
- Rick Saxe - Strategic Partnerships, Google
- Ari Haber - Partner, Fenwick
- Shuly Galili - Founding Partner, UpWest
- Camilla Matias - COO (ex-COO, Brex), Monaco
- Ron Miasnik - Head of Business Development, Cognition
- Seth Rosenberg - General Partner, Greylock
- Nick Shalek - General Partner, Ribbit Capital
- Zachary Potter - Program Lead, VCs & Startups, monday.com
Partners
- Founding Partner: Onyx Security
- Silver Partner: Fenwick, Dell Technologies Capital, monday.com, Red Hat, Pitango, UpWest
- Logo Partner: Deel, Bria