Cloud for Startups Summit 2026

14 JANUARY 2026

TEL AVIV stock exchange

Organized by

Welcome to Cloud for Startups Summit – where founders, CTOs, and cloud builders connect to power the next wave of scalable innovation.

This one-day summit unites startup leaders and tech partners for focused sessions on cloud infrastructure, DevOps culture, and startup-ready architectures. From Kubernetes to AI workloads, we’ll explore how early-stage teams can build fast, smart, and secure.

Join us real-world insights, actionable takeaways, and a community of builders who get it.

Brought to you by Lynx, your go-to-market partner and event creator connecting founders, tech leaders and investors across Israel and Europe.

When

14 January 2026

Where

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

Organized by

WHY ATTEND

Your Roadmap to Building, Scaling, and Succeeding in the Cloud & AI Era

build

Learn how top founders and engineers design cloud-native products built for scale, speed, and adaptability from day one.

OPTIMIZE

Discover the tools, frameworks, and playbooks that help startups reduce costs, boost performance, and accelerate deployment cycles.

GROW

Tap into stories and strategies from teams that turned MVPs into global products — with lessons on GTM, funding, and scaling smart.

CONNECT

Meet founders, cloud partners, and investors who share your vision. Build the relationships that move your startup forward.

who is attending

Who you can expect to meet at Cloud for Startups Summit

founders & startup teams

Founders, CEOs, CTOs, product builders, DevOps engineers, and early-stage teams shaping the next generation of cloud-native startups.

CLOUD LEADERS & TECH PARTNERS

CIOs, cloud architects, engineering managers, DevRel leaders, and ecosystem partners from leading platforms, hyperscalers, and service providers.

INVESTORS & ACCELERATORS

VCs, angels, accelerators, and innovation programs seeking early-stage startups pushing boundaries in cloud, data, and AI.

themes

Where the hottest technologies, boldest ideas and biggest opportunities come together.

FOUNDERS: Cloud Strategy & Growth

How founders architect scalable products, manage cloud spend, and turn infrastructure decisions into competitive advantage.

TECH LEADERS: Scalable Engineering

How CTOs and engineering leaders boost productivity with automation, DevOps excellence and world-class developer experience.

AI-Powered Cloud Infrastructure

Build intelligent, efficient systems with AI-assisted cloud tools, modern data stacks and high-performance architectures.

Secure & Compliant Cloud Scaling

Everything startups need to protect data, secure workloads, and stay compliant while growing fast.

SaaS Performance & Product Scaling

Best practices for scaling SaaS globally, improving reliability, and delivering outstanding user experiences.

GTM, Fundraising & Startup Growth

Winning strategies for acquiring customers, raising capital, and accelerating growth through cloud innovation.

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speakers

Meet this event’s speakers. We will reveal more speakers as we get closer to the event.

Gilad Barzilay

VP of Business Development @ Jit

Gal Benkin

Sales Manager @ Lynx

Yuval Chayu

CEO & Co-Founder @ CONNACT

Tal Dagan

Co-Founder & CEO @ Cloudi

Assi Dahan

VP Data Science & AI @ ONE datAI

Inbal Dovrat

Senior ISV Partner Development Manager @ AWS

Yossi Duani

Sales Business Development Manager @ Lynx

Amir Karlin

Marketing & Partnerships Manager @ Lynx

Avishay Matz

Director of Operations @ WideOps

Idit Neuderfer

CEO @ Redhead Method

Ben Pelled

Founder & CEO @ Lynx

Uri Teva

VP Business Development @ Cloudride

Nadav Tzuker

Product Partnerships @ Wiz

Voices That Inspire

Our stages have hosted a growing network of founders, tech leaders, investors and experts who share their insights at Lynx global events.

Here’s just a sample of some of our past speakers:

founders

Erez Agmon

Co-Founder & CEO @ Vayu

Rubi Aronshvili

Founder & CEO @ CYE

Tommy Barav

Co-Founder & CEO @ timeOS

Ohad Biron

Co Founder & CEO @ Bagel

Raanan Cohen

Unicorn Founder | Bestselling Author

Meiran Galis

CEO & Founder @ Scytale

Itamar Golan

CEO & Co-Founder @ Prompt Security

Dedy Kredo

Co-Founder & CPO @ Qodo

Daniel Marcous

Co-Founder & CTO @ April

Oshri Moyal

CTO & Co-Founder @ Atera

Kira Radinsky

CEO & CTO @ Diagnostic Robotics

Idan Wiener

CEO & Co-Founder @ illustria.io

Lior Wilczynski

Co-Founder & CEO @ morning by Green Invoice

Oded Zehavi

Co-Founder & CEO @ Mesh

Dr. Limor Ziv

Founder & CEO @ Humane AI

tech leaders

Hisham Abdulhalim

Chief of Staff, AI & Data @ Intuit Israel

Ainhoa Campo

Global Head of Open Innovation @ BBVA

Jo Coutuer

Chief Data Officer @ BNP Paribas Fortis

Eyal Efrat

CIO @ Bank Leumi

Shahar Friedman

Head of Tel Aviv Innovation Centre @ Visa

Nitin Gaur

Director, IBM Blockchain Labs @ IBM

Miri Gelbort

CIO @ Clal Insurance

Yoav Intrator

MD, Head of Israel Tech Center @ JPMorgan

Moti Jungreis

Executive Vice President @ TD Bank Group

Adi Kaplan

CIO @ Discount Bank

Michal Kissos Hertzog

Head of Innovation and Digital @ Bank Leumi

Marine Krasovska

Head of FinTech Supervision Department @ Bank of Latvia

Neeraj Makin

Senior EVP, Group Head, Venture Capital @ Emirates NBD

Guy Shabtay

CIO @ max

Yaki Zano

CIO @ Menora Mivtachim

investors

Renana Ashkenazi

General Partner @ Grove Ventures

Ronen Assia

Managing Partner @ Team8 Fintech

Liron Azrielant

Founder & Managing Partner @ Meron Capital

David Blumberg

Founder & Managing Partner @ Blumberg Capital

Avi Eyal

Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Entree Capital

Adam Fisher

Partner @ Bessemer Venture Partners

Maya Hawlasewicz

Principal @ Pitango

Noam Inbar

Partner @ Viola Fintech

Yonatan Mandelbaum

Partner @ TLV Partners

Omer Nagar

Founder & Managing Partner @ The Garage

Maria Pennanen

Co-founder & Investor @ Accelerator Frankfurt

Hadar Siterman Norris

Partner @ Team8 Capital

Bruce Taragin

Managing Director @ Blumberg Capital

Odelia Torteman

Digital Transformation, FinTech Industry @ IFC, World Bank Group

Avi Zeevi

Co-Founder & General Partner @ Viola Group

SPONSORS That Empower

Cloudi

Cloud solution provider and Microsoft CSP Partner, helping organizations maximize Azure capabilities with expert consulting, managed services, and trusted guidance for scalable digital transformation.

WideOps

Premier Google Cloud Partner providing cutting-edge cloud architecture, DevOps, and data engineering solutions for enterprise innovation and scalability.

Bit Cloud

Leading composability platform enabling faster time-to-market through modular architectures, open-source solutions, and high-performance cloud-native development.

Cloudride

Cloud experts specializing in AWS and Azure solutions, empowering businesses with secure, scalable, and cost-efficient cloud transformation.

ONE Technologies

A leading Israeli IT powerhouse delivering end-to-end digital transformation, consulting, and development solutions to thousands of global organizations.

Aryon Security

Aryon Security helps organizations prevent cloud risks before production with consistent, AI-powered security across any cloud environment.

GROW

GROW is a boutique full service B2B marketing agency delivering high-quality content that drives leads, conversions, and growth.

GRSee Consulting

A full service “compliance umbrella” agency, helping companies remove the burden of compliance and security so they can grow with confidence.

KavaDev

KavaDev helps companies deliver high-quality software while reducing total cost, by providing flexible access to expert development teams based globally.

community partners

Cloud People

MCP Israel

Hameetupistiot

n8n Israel

DatA- IL

The Red heah

Method

GET YOUR BRAND SEEN

Connect with the startups, founders, and tech leaders shaping the future.

Put your brand in front of key decision-makers, generate leads, and book real meetings.

get on stage

We’re curating amazing content for this year’s event.

Apply to speak if you’d like to be considered.

Connecting Startups, Tech Teams, Enterprise Leaders and Investors

- Driving Cloud Innovation

agenda

In this event, sessions will be held in Hebrew

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Cloud for Startups Summit, January 14 @ Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

09:00 - 09:45Breakfast
Networking Breakfast
By Breakfast
Breakfast, informal networking, meet founders, cloud leaders, engineering and DevOps teams, event speakers and partners.
09:45 - 10:00
Let’s Get Started: Opening Words from the Event Organizers & Partners
Cloud is where startups now win or lose – framing the day, themes, and who’s in the room.
- Ben Pelled, Founder & CEO @ Lynx
- Amir Karlin, Marketing & Partnerships @ Lynx
- Gal Benkin, Sales & Business Development @ Lynx
- Avishay Matz, Director of Operations @ WideOps
- Ofir Aizik, CEO @ One datAI
A short welcome to kick off the event, set the tone, and introduce the themes shaping this year’s summit. Cloud is where startups now win or lose, so this event will surely be impactful for all attendees. You will hear from the organizers and partners as they highlight what to expect, why these conversations matter now, and how today’s sessions are designed to inspire real, scalable impact.
10:00 - 10:10Keynote
From Cloud Strategy to Business Impact: Building Scalable, Secure and Cost-Efficient Platforms
By Tal Dagan, Co-Founder & CEO @ Cloudi
This session shows how organizations can turn cloud infrastructure into a true business growth engine. We’ll cover best practices for scalable architecture, automation, reliability, and cost optimization, based on real-world implementations. The lecture offers practical insights for CTOs and IT leaders looking to move from cloud adoption to measurable business impact.
10:10 - 10:20Keynote
The Next Cloud Wave: Speed, Scale & AI-Native Architecture
By Wideops
Cloud computing is shifting into an AI-native era, where speed, scale, and intelligent automation define how modern systems are built and operated.

This keynote explores the core technologies driving this transformation, from accelerated compute and vector-native data to autonomous cloud operations, and how they enable companies to move faster and compete smarter.

We will learn what it takes to design cloud architectures ready for AI at their core and how to prepare teams and products for the next wave of innovation.
10:20 - 10:30Keynote
The AI/LLM Hammer: Not Every Problem Is a Nail
By Assi Dahan, VP Data Science & AI @ ONE datAI
A fast, focused session that cuts through the industry confusion around ML, AI, GenAI, and NLP. With high failure rates across the market, we show how our approach consistently succeeds while saving organizations time, money, and unnecessary complexity. We’ll present a clear overview of the main use-case categories and data types, share real examples of what actually works in production, and explain when an off-the-shelf LLM is enough — and when you need deeper architecture, tuning, or custom development around it.
10:30 - 10:40Keynote
The AI Managed Bubble: Who’s Really in Control of the Cloud?
By Uri Teva, VP Business Development @ Cloudride
AI is rapidly becoming the invisible layer that plans, optimizes, secures, and operates our cloud infrastructure. But as more decisions move from humans to algorithms, are we building smarter systems or locking ourselves inside an AI-managed bubble?

In this keynote, Uri explores how AI-driven cloud management is reshaping cost control, performance, security, and business decision-making. He’ll unpack where AI truly adds value, where the hype begins, and what startup leaders must understand to stay in control of their cloud strategy as autonomy increases.
10:40 - 11:10Panel Discussion
Building a Cloud-Ready Startup: From MVP to Global Scale
Moderator: Nadav Tzuker, Product Partnerships @ Wiz
- Gilad Barzilay, VP of Business Development @ Jit
- Yuval Chayu, CEO & Co-Founder @ CONNACT
- Inbal Dovrat, Senior ISV Partner Development Manager @ AWS
- Gilad Shoham, Dev & Open Source Leader @ Bit Cloud
Startups often begin with speed as their top priority, but the foundations built in the early days can determine whether a product can scale reliably, cost-effectively, and globally. This session explores the key architectural decisions that separate cloud-native startups that grow smoothly from those that hit infrastructure roadblocks. We’ll discuss how to architect from day one for resilience, multi-region scaling, and startup-level efficiency.

From choosing the right cloud services to designing for observability, automation, security, and cost control, we’ll walk through best practices used by today’s fastest-scaling companies. Whether you’re building your first MVP or preparing for hypergrowth, this session will equip you with practical guidance to ensure your startup is ready for global demand — without slowing down innovation.
11:10 - 11:40Panel Discussion
From Startup to Secure Cloud – What CISOs Want to See

Moderator: Ben Pelled, Co-Founder & CEO @ Lynx

As startups scale, security quickly shifts from an afterthought to a critical business enabler. In a world of accelerating cloud adoption, CISOs and security leaders are raising the bar for what they expect from technology vendors, partners, and fast-moving startups. This panel brings together leading security executives and security startup founders to explore the new standards of “enterprise-ready” security, from architecture and compliance to proactive risk prevention.

Together, they’ll break down the most common cloud vulnerabilities startups overlook, the must-have elements of a trustworthy security posture, and how young companies can balance rapid innovation with robust protection. Whether you’re building cloud infrastructure, selling to enterprise customers, or preparing your product for scale, this conversation will reveal what security leaders really look for, and how to meet those expectations from day one.
11:40 - 12:10Lightning Talk
Startup Pitches & Demos: AI and Cloud-Native Game Changers

Moderator: Idit Neuderfer CEO @ Redhead Method

5 handpicked startups building on the AI and cloud take the stage for fast, focused pitches & demos.

Each founder will have 4 minutes to showcase their product, traction, and roadmap, followed by 2 minutes of sharp Q&A from the moderator and audience.

This is your chance to spot the next wave of AI and cloud-native disruptors, discover collaboration opportunities, and get inspired by what early-stage teams are building today
12:10 - 12:40Panel Discussion
Cloud + AI: Real Production Use Cases
Moderator: TBA
- Assi Dahan, VP Data Science & AI @ ONE datAI
Real-world AI workloads in production: infra, observability, MLOps, guardrails, and compliance.
12:40 - 12:50
Wrap-Up & Closing Notes
Key takeaways, thank-yous, and an invitation to continue conversations over drinks.

Cloud is where startups now win or lose – framing the day, themes, and who’s in the room.
- Ben Pelled, Conference Organizer @ Lynx
- Amir Karlin, Marketing & Partnerships @ Lynx
- Gal Benkin, Sales & Business Development @ Lynx
12:50 - 13:40
Cloud Leaders Networking & Meetings
By Beer & Networking
A dedicated hour for focused, high-value connections and pre-scheduled meetings.

Attendees are invited to join structured and informal networking with founders, cloud leaders, enterprise buyers, investors, and technology partners.

This session is designed to spark collaborations, schedule pilot discussions, explore partnerships, and connect founders with potential clients, partners, investors, co-founders or advisors.

Light refreshments will be served to create a relaxed environment conducive to meaningful business conversations.