Modelyo
Category: AI Infrastructure
Israeli startup building a Sovereign Confidential Cloud that lets organizations run sensitive data, applications and AI on any cloud while keeping cryptographic control of their data, keys and model weights. Modelyo was founded in 2024. The company is led by Benny Meir. Based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $17M. Latest round: Venture Round. Key investors include OlivTree, Seth Merrin, David Phelps.
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $17M
Value proposition
Organizations can use cloud infrastructure, managed services and AI, including inference, agents and RAG, without giving cloud providers or Modelyo access to data or encryption keys. Protection is verified cryptographically through continuous attestation instead of relying on provider assurances.
Products and solutions
Sovereign Cloud: one confidential environment on any infrastructure, covering Kubernetes, databases, storage, networking, cache/queue, backup/DR and key management. Confidential AI: inference, agents and RAG run inside hardware-protected TEEs. Also provides unified customer-controlled key management/HSM support and continuous attestation with cryptographic audit evidence.
Unique value
A mesh of confidential managed services in which every service inherits the same hardware-rooted trust model, rather than one confidential service at a time. The company says it deploys in minutes on hyperscalers, neoclouds, sovereign clouds or on-prem.
Target customer
Governments, defense organizations, banks and financial institutions, healthcare and pharmaceutical companies, critical infrastructure operators, and large regulated enterprises
Industries served
Financial services, Government and defense, Healthcare and pharma, Critical infrastructure, Industrial enterprises
Technology advantage
Combines confidential computing (Intel TDX, AMD SEV-SNP, Arm CCA, NVIDIA H100/H200, Blackwell and Vera Rubin GPU TEEs), customer-controlled keys, continuous attestation and zero-trust architecture. The company reports 20+ patents and patent applications. The founding team has backgrounds in defense communications, encryption (MATZOV, IDF C4I) and secure virtualization.
How they differentiate
Competitors mostly protect individual workloads or enclaves. Modelyo offers a full sovereign stack of confidential managed services (K8s, DBs, storage, AI runtime) under one trust model, with cryptographic proof for auditors and GPU-confidential AI support.
Main competitors
Anjuna Security, Fortanix, OPAQUE Systems, Edgeless Systems
Key partnerships
NVIDIA, Intel, Google (confidential computing technology initiatives), Member of the Confidential Computing Consortium
Major milestones
2024: Founded after the October 7 attacks. February 2026: Welcomed as a new member of the Confidential Computing Consortium, CEO spoke at Cyber Week 2025 (Tel Aviv University). Oct 2026: Raised ~$17M led by OlivTree.
Growth metrics
30 employees (Oct 2026). Before the Oct 2026 round the company was funded solely by its founders.
Market positioning
Early-stage confidential and sovereign cloud platform for highly regulated and defense customers adopting AI and autonomous agents
Geographic focus
Israel, United States, Europe, South Korea, India, UAE
Patents and IP
More than 20 patents and patent applications (per company)
About Benny Meir
Lieutenant Colonel (reserves), IDF; 20+ years in special operations, establishing operational units and developing technological and operational capabilities; Bar-Ilan University.
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Official website: https://modelyo.com