Israeli Tech Veterans Launch Venture Studio Betting on AI-Speed Software
Simplex founder Nimrod Lehavi and veteran entrepreneur Ofer Bar-Or have already launched five companies since January and plan to build dozens more
IAIG founders Nimrod Lehavi (l) and Ofer Bar-Or (r). Photo courtesy IAIG
What if you could build a software company in weeks instead of years?
That is the bet behind Inevitable AI Group (IAIG), a new Israeli venture studio founded by technology entrepreneurs Nimrod Lehavi and Ofer Bar-Or. The company has raised $6 million in pre-seed funding led by Aleph to build and launch dozens of software businesses using AI across development, operations and go-to-market.
Rather than building a single startup, IAIG works with entrepreneurs to identify established software markets, develop AI-native alternatives and launch them within weeks. Since launching in January, the company says it has already created five ventures and expects to launch dozens more by the end of the year.
The people behind the experiment bring considerable technology and startup experience. Lehavi previously founded Simplex, the Israeli payments technology company he sold to Nuvei for $300 million. Bar-Or has more than three decades of experience spanning telecommunications, semiconductors, internet infrastructure, machine learning and deep technology. A graduate of Israel's Talpiot program, he also spent seven years in Israel's space program.
The premise is that AI is changing the economics of building a software company. Smaller teams can automate much of development and operations, allowing them to bring products to market faster and at lower cost.
“SaaS isn't dying, it's being reinvented,” said Eden Shochat, equal partner at Aleph.
IAIG is effectively turning the traditional venture model on its head: instead of spending years building one company and hoping it finds a market, it aims to launch many products in proven categories and see which ones take off.
The $6 million will fund that experiment. The question is whether AI can make building software companies dramatically faster — without making finding successful ones any easier.