Ofri Ben-Porat is the CEO and co-founder of Edgify, a company that develops artificial intelligence (AI) technology for self-service checkouts.
The retail technology startup’s solutions include product recognition and fraud detection.
Founded in 2015, the London-headquartered startup has raised $6.5m in seed funding.
In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, Ben-Porat talks about being a deeptech founder with “no technical background in AI”, his dislike for the metaverse, and the best early hire he made.
1. What was the most important early hire you made?
OBF: Without a doubt, it is our head of people, Liron Kedem. In the early stages of a company, the biggest asset you have is the people you surround yourself with and when you get hiring right and/or wrong it makes a material difference to the success of your business. Even so, I’ve seen many who don’t consider it enough of a priority....