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Israeli military artificial-intelligence company listed in Tel Aviv; its systems are used on IDF armoured vehicles and drones; a co-founder is described as a former Unit 8200 commander; named by an Iranian official in 2026

Axon Vision

Logo Axon Vision logo.png
Axon Vision logo
Type Public company (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: AXN)
Founded 2017
Founder(s) Raz Roditti, Ido Rozenberg, Michael Zolotov
Headquarters 150 Begin Road, Tel Aviv 94158, Israel
Industry Military artificial intelligence (defence industry)
Services AI computer-vision software for armoured vehicles, remote-controlled weapon stations, drones, unmanned ground vehicles and loitering munitions
Number of employees 30 (2024)
Homepage axon-vision.com

Axon Vision is an Israeli military technology company that makes artificial-intelligence (AI) computer-vision software for armoured vehicles, remote-controlled weapon stations, drones and loitering munitions. It was founded in 2017 by Raz Roditti, Ido Rozenberg and Michael Zolotov, who had earlier founded the AI company Razor Labs. Rozenberg was described by Globes in 2021 as a "former commander at the 8200 intelligence corps unit in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)" (Unit 8200).[1] Its systems are used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), including on the army's Namer and Eitan armoured personnel carriers, and in 2024 its then chief executive, Roy Riftin, discussed the use of AI in ground combat in Gaza with Breaking Defense.[2] The company has been listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange since 2025.[3] In November 2026 Mohammad-Amin Aghamiri, secretary of Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace, named a company he called "Axon" among three firms he accused of working with Israel's military industries.[4]

Founders and military service

In a release issued when the company's managers opened trading in September 2025, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange said that Axon Vision was "Founded in 2017 by IDF elite technology unit veterans Raz Roditti, Ido Rozenberg, and Michael Zolotov" (Israel Defense Forces).[3] The three had earlier founded Razor Labs, which floated on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in 2021; the exchange release described Axon Vision as "the second company listed on TASE by the founders".[3] In Razor Labs' own announcement of its listing, the company described Ido Rozenberg as "an AI expert, researcher and developer of complex AI systems, and former commander at the 8200 intelligence corps unit in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)" (Unit 8200; Intelligence Corps).[5] Globes used the same description of Rozenberg in its report on the Razor Labs flotation.[1] The Jerusalem Post described him in 2021 as a "former commander in the 8200 technological unit in the IDF".[6] The Razor Labs material spells the chairman's name "Raz Roditi".[5]

At the time of the Tel Aviv listing, Raz Roditti was co-founder and chairman and Ido Rozenberg was co-founder, president and chief technology officer.[7] The Israeli company directory Start-Up Nation Finder listed Michael Zolotov as a co-founder and board member.[8] Roditti told Globes in 2024: "When we founded the company, people told us, 'Why found a defense company? The market is slow and it will be impossible to sell.' Part of the reason was Zionism."[9]

Sources differ on the founding year. Globes reported in 2024 that the company "was founded in 2018 by Roditti with CTO Ido Rozenberg and Michael Zolotov".[9] The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Breaking Defense and Israel Hayom give 2017,[3][2][10] and Start-Up Nation Finder gives March 2017.[8]

Chief executives

Brig. Gen. (res.) Roy Riftin, a former chief artillery officer of the Israel Defense Forces, had been chief executive for 18 months by September 2024, according to Globes.[9] Breaking Defense described him as a 30-year IDF veteran and former artillery commander.[2] In February 2026 the company appointed Neri Zin, a former executive of Elbit Systems, to replace Riftin, who had been chief executive for three years. Israel Defense reported that Zin had "over 20 years of senior management experience in the defense world, at Elbit Systems and other leading defense companies". It said the company's announcement described Zin's task as "leveraging the latest technological achievements in the Iron Swords War" (Israel's name for the war that began in October 2023) for growth in the international market. It also reported that under Riftin the company had signed "a significant strategic collaboration with Leonardo DRS USA" (Leonardo DRS) as part of setting up in the American market.[11]

Products

Israel Hayom reported in 2025 that Axon Vision's work covered four areas: situational awareness and decision-making, "smart" weapon stations, observation and intelligence (ISR) systems, and drone systems. Its Edge 360 software, installed on armoured fighting vehicles, fuses data from optical sensors and radars, warns crews of ground and air threats in real time and, according to the paper, can lock on to a threat and aim defensive systems or weapons at it automatically, leaving the crew only to "close the circle".[10]

The company's other products, according to Globes, Israel Defense and the company itself, include:

  • EdgeUAV, which uses cameras mounted on armoured fighting vehicles or fixed positions to detect and classify nearby drones;[9]
  • EdgeSA, a 360° situational-awareness and automatic threat-detection system for armoured vehicles and unmanned ground vehicles;[7]
  • EdgeRCWS, software for remote-controlled weapon stations. The company says it allows them to "automatically detect and respond to a wide range of aerial and ground threats in real time" and enables "interception of hostile drones as well as enemy combatants attempting to approach undetected";[12]
  • AI for aerial platforms, "from guidance for loitering munitions to target orchestration capabilities".[7]

Use by the Israeli military in Gaza and Lebanon

Breaking Defense reported in March 2024 that Axon Vision's systems had been integrated into "key platforms of the Israel Defense Forces" (Israel Defense Forces). Riftin specified these as the Namer and Eitan armoured personnel carriers. The article was headlined as an interview about "AI in ground combat in Gaza". Asked about reports on the Israeli targeting programme known as the Gospel, Riftin said that such systems process big data to produce target banks, a broader use than his company's: "From what we do, it's not relevant ... We don't deal with big data". He said that the company was also working on AI for loitering munitions, which the IDF did not then use, but that it had "different customers that have this solution".[2]

Globes reported in September 2024 that the Israeli Ministry of Defence had bought dozens of EdgeUAV systems and that the ministry's orders from the company that year exceeded $2.5 million. The paper said the company worked closely with MAFAT, the ministry's Directorate of Defense Research and Development.[9] In September 2025 the company announced a $2 million order from an Israeli defence customer for an EdgeRCWS upgrade kit for remote-controlled weapon stations.[12]

Israel Hayom reported in August 2025 that the company had worked closely with the Ministry of Defence and the IDF in recent years and that its systems were installed on armoured combat vehicles. It said Axon Vision had changed its roadmap "following the lessons of the campaign in Gaza and Lebanon". The company had added the ability to analyse LiDAR data, which the paper said made it possible to detect people moving and hidden threats in wooded and complex terrain "such as in southern Lebanon".[10] The stock exchange release at the company's listing said its systems were "already in operational use by the IDF and deployed across multiple platforms, including UAV formations and ground forces", and were "actively supporting troops in the field during the ongoing war". In the same release Roditti said investor confidence would let the company keep "deploying groundbreaking AI technologies that enhance the protection of IDF soldiers".[3]

Other customers

Israel Defense reported in 2025 that the company had received an $800,000 order from a European defence agency for EdgeSA, to be fitted to Leopard main battle tanks and CV90 infantry fighting vehicles, and a $250,000 order in Asia to supply EdgeSA for unmanned ground vehicles. It said the company collaborated with Israel's Ministry of Defence, Elbit Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries.[7] Israel Hayom reported a collaboration with the Czech CSG group to install EdgeSA in Pandur 8×8 EVO vehicles and, later, TADEAS 6×6 command vehicles.[10] Globes reported in 2024 that, following demand from the IDF, the company had received orders from US and European armies.[9]

Ownership and funding

According to Globes, Elbit Systems made an early investment in Axon Vision. The founders later bought back the stake, and the paper said cooperation between the two companies had continued. It reported that the company had 30 employees and was then raising a $15 million round.[9] Start-Up Nation Finder listed a 2018 grant from the BIRD Foundation among its funding.[8]

In August 2025 the company completed an initial public offering on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Israel Hayom reported that it raised about NIS 88 million in shares and options at a pre-money valuation of NIS 130 million.[10] Israel Defense put the sum at about $26 million.[7] The company trades under the symbol AXN.[12]

Named by Iranian official (2026)

On 2 November 2026 Mohammad-Amin Aghamiri, secretary of Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace, named three companies in an interview on Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) state television and accused them of working with Israel's military industries. According to Iran International, Aghamiri said the firms were part of a network of AI start-ups working with Israeli military industries, particularly the aerospace sector. He said: "We know who is engaged in what activities ... We say explicitly that the hands of these people are stained with the blood of the people." The outlet reported that he accused the companies of playing a role in military operations and assassinations, and that he urged their employees to leave: "I think those who work at these companies should decide on their future as soon as possible, leave and not continue their cooperation." Asked what would happen if they stayed, he said, according to the same report, "We will see what happens."[4] The Persian technology site Zoomit reported that Aghamiri claimed the companies' products had been used in Israeli military operations and assassinations against Iran. It quoted him as saying that "we neither forgive nor forget" anyone whose hands were stained with "the blood of our people".[13] These are Aghamiri's allegations. The reports cited here do not say which products or operations he meant.

Reports of the interview give the company names differently. Iran International and the Persian news site Fararu rendered them as Axon, Unigen and Migos (اکسون، یونیژن و میگوس).[4][14] Zoomit and Khabaronline quoted him as saying "for example Axon, U Vision, Migos or Magos" (مثلا اکسون، یو ویژن، میگوس یا مگوس).[13][15] None of these reports gave the companies' full names. A post on X by Arya Yadegaar on 2 November 2026 identified the three as Axon Vision, UVision and Magos Systems. It described Axon Vision as a developer of "AI-powered military targeting, surveillance, and battlefield intelligence systems".[16]

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Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Globes correspondent, AI co Razor Labs raises $36m in TASE IPO Globes, 29 March 2021, accessed 3 November 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Seth J. Frantzman, Israel's Axon Vision CEO talks AI in ground combat in Gaza Breaking Defense, 27 March 2024, accessed 3 November 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Axon Vision Joins Tel Aviv Stock Exchange - Axon Vision Is One Of 17 New Companies That Joined TASE In 2025 Mondo Visione, 30 September 2025, accessed 3 November 2026.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Iran International, Iran cyberspace chief threatens Axon, Unigen, Migos over alleged Israeli military ties Iran International, 3 November 2026, accessed 3 November 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Razor Labs, Razor Labs Becomes the First AI Company on Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Razor Labs, 22 February 2021, accessed 3 November 2026.
  6. ↑ Ariel Shapira, The new industrial revolution starts with this Israeli company The Jerusalem Post, 14 March 2021, accessed 3 November 2026.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Mandi Kogosowski, Axon Vision Completes IPO on Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Israel Defense, 7 September 2025, accessed 3 November 2026.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Start-Up Nation Central, Axon Vision Start-Up Nation Finder, accessed 3 November 2026.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Dean Shmuel Elmas, IDF using Axon Vision's AI to combat drones Globes, 15 September 2024, accessed 3 November 2026.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Yochai Schweiger, לראשונה בישראל: חברת AI ביטחונית הצטרפה לבורסה (For the first time in Israel: a defence AI company has joined the stock exchange), Israel Hayom (Hebrew), 27 August 2025, accessed 3 November 2026.
  11. ↑ Eyal Boguslavsky, Axon Vision Appoints Neri Zin as CEO Israel Defense, 19 February 2026, accessed 3 November 2026.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Axon Vision, Axon Vision Receives $2 Million Order from Israeli Defense Customer PR Newswire, 9 September 2025, accessed 3 November 2026.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Hanieh Kalhor, آقامیری سه شرکت فناوری را به همکاری نظامی با اسرائیل متهم کرد: نه می‌بخشیم، نه فراموش می‌کنیم (Aghamiri accuses three technology companies of military cooperation with Israel: we neither forgive nor forget), Zoomit (Persian), 3 November 2026, accessed 3 November 2026.
  14. ↑ Fararu, آقامیری: روی شرکت‌های فناوری همکار اسرائیل اشراف کامل داریم (Aghamiri: we have full oversight of technology companies cooperating with Israel), Fararu (Persian), 2 November 2026, accessed 3 November 2026.
  15. ↑ Khabaronline, آقامیری سه شرکت فناوری را به همکاری نظامی با اسرائیل متهم کرد (Aghamiri accuses three technology companies of military cooperation with Israel), Khabaronline (Persian), 3 November 2026, accessed 3 November 2026.
  16. ↑ Arya Yadegaar, Post on Iran's Head of National Cyberspace naming three companies X, 2 November 2026, accessed 3 November 2026.
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