AI21 continues to build C-Suite to bring next
generation of AI capabilities to enterprise market
TEL AVIV, Israel, June 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AI21, a leader
in AI systems for enterprise, announced the appointment of
Sharon Argov as Chief Marketing
Officer and Yaniv Vakrat as Chief Revenue Officer. These
appointments add over 40 years of combined experience to AI21's
C-Suite.
These appointments highlight the interest in AI business
solutions and AI21's position to provide integrable LLM-based
solutions. In March, AI21 released Jamba, a production-grade
Mamba-style model offering unparalleled efficiency and performance.
It is available in Microsoft's Azure AI Studio, Snowflake Cortex,
and soon, Amazon Bedrock.
"We are excited to welcome Sharon and Yaniv to our team,"
said AI21 Co-CEO and Co-Founder Ori
Goshen. "Their experience will enable us to empower all
Fortune 500 companies with fully integrated AI technologies by
2027."
Argov has vast experience in building B2B marketing teams.
Before joining AI21, she served as CMO of cybersecurity unicorn
CYE, as VP of Growth at Hibob, Director of Marketing at 888
Holdings, and founded her own marketing boutique agency and is an
expert in hyper growth VC backed companies. She will direct AI21's
brand and marketing functions, focusing on data-driven
decision-making to grow the company's presence among the dev
community and the enterprise market.
"I'm excited to join AI21 in these revolutionary times," said
Sharon Argov. "We will facilitate
the adoption of AI capabilities in a responsible, structured, and
reliable way."
Vakrat joins AI21 from Wix, where he was Chief Business Officer.
Prior to Wix, Vakrat founded and led Figure 8 and spent years at
Adobe and McKinsey in Silicon Valley. As Chief Revenue Officer,
Vakrat will oversee revenue activities, including sales,
partnerships, customer success, business operations, and customer
care.
"I am thrilled to join AI21," said Yaniv Vakrat. "The company
has developed deep expertise in deploying LLMs-based solutions at
scale, and I see massive opportunities to shape the future of AI
systems in enterprises and ISVs."
About AI21
AI21 builds Foundation Models and AI Systems for enterprises to
accelerate the use of GenAI in production. Founded in 2017, AI21
has raised $336 million from NVIDIA,
Intel, Google, and others. It offers enterprise solutions, enabling
businesses to build generative AI-driven applications and services.
For more information, please visit www.AI21.com.
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