Corsight AI
Israeli AI facial recognition company with Unit 8200 ties supplying Gaza surveillance tech
| Corsight AI | |
|---|---|
| Trade name | No |
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 2019 |
| Founder(s) | Igal Raichelgauz, Karina Odinaev, Professor Yehoshua Y. Zeevi |
| Defunct | No |
| Headquarters | Ramat Gan, occupied Palestine |
| Industry | Artificial intelligence, facial recognition |
| Services | Facial Intelligence platform - real-time and forensic facial recognition services |
| Parent | Awz Ventures |
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| Homepage | corsight.ai |
Corsight AI is an Israeli artificial intelligence company specialising in real-time facial recognition technology. Headquartered in Ramat Gan, the firm develops its "Facial Intelligence" platform for law enforcement, governments, aviation, retail and other sectors worldwide.
The company maintains documented ties to 'Israeli' military intelligence, with its technology deployed by Unit 8200 for mass surveillance operations in Gaza. Corsight AI is backed by Awz Ventures, a Canadian-Israeli firm linked to former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
It originated as a spin-off related to Cortica, founded by former members of Unit 8200.
Founding and background
Corsight AI was established in 2019 with $5 million seed funding from Awz Ventures.[1]
Leadership
Several key executives and board members have backgrounds in Israeli intelligence or military units, including Unit 8200.
| Name | Role | Background |
|---|---|---|
| Igal Raichelgauz | Chairman (Cortica co-founder) | Began career in an elite Israeli intelligence unit[2][3] |
| Gal Biton | VP Global Sales | Lieutenant Colonel, IDF Reserves |
| Matan Noga | VP R&D | Senior roles at Cortica; AI surveillance and drone technologies[4] |
| Ron Tiberg-Shachar | Former COO | Assistant to the Director in the Israeli army's Cyber Defence Division[3] |
| Yaron Ashkenazi | Managing Partner and board member | Former officer in the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency)[2][3] |
| Giora Eiland | Board member | Retired Major General, former Head of IDF Operations and Planning Divisions and Head of Israel's National Security Council[2][5] |
Technology and products
Corsight AI markets its Facial Intelligence platform for real-time identification from partial or obscured faces, with claimed high accuracy in challenging conditions.[6][7] It has achieved ISO/IEC 42001 certification for AI management, becoming the first facial recognition company to do so.[8]
Global contracts and deployments
Corsight AI supplies facial recognition technology to the Israeli military and intelligence agencies, including Unit 8200 operations in Gaza since the October 2023 ground invasion. The system has been used to scan and catalogue Palestinian faces at checkpoints and evacuation routes without consent.[9][10][11] In the United Kingdom, its software is subcontracted via Digital Barriers for Essex Police trials and the national live facial recognition rollout.[12] Additional deployments include airports and hospitals in Europe, police forces in South America, and retail applications elsewhere.
Controversies
Reports document Corsight AI technology’s role in Israeli mass surveillance programmes in Gaza, involving collection of facial data without consent and instances of false positives leading to wrongful detentions.[13]
External links
Notes
- ↑ The Breach, Stephen Harper’s firm behind spy tech Israel is using to target Gazans Breach Media, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Al Jazeera, UK police to use AI facial recognition tech linked to Israel’s war on Gaza Al Jazeera, 28 January 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 DIMSE, Corsight DIMSE, accessed April 2026.
- ↑ The Org, Matan Noga - VP R&D at Corsight The Org, accessed April 2026.
- ↑ CTech, Corsight AI appoints Giora Eiland to its Board of Directors Calcalistech, 13 January 2021.
- ↑ Corsight AI, Face Recognition, Facial Recognition System Corsight AI official website, accessed 28 April 2026.
- ↑ Corsight AI, Law Enforcement Corsight AI official website, accessed April 2026.
- ↑ Business Wire, Corsight AI Becomes First Facial Recognition Company to Achieve ISO 42001 Certification Business Wire, 25 March 2025.
- ↑ Who Profits, Corsight AI Who Profits, accessed April 2026.
- ↑ Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Report reveals Google & Corsight technologies role in Israel’s expansive facial recognition program in Gaza Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, 2024.
- ↑ State of Surveillance, UK Police Adopt Facial Recognition Tech Used to Surveil Palestinians in Gaza State of Surveillance, 2026.
- ↑ Action on Armed Violence, Essex police refuse to reveal whether officers met with controversial facial recognition Israeli firm Corsight AI AOAV, 2025.
- ↑ Institute for Palestine Studies, Explainer: The Role of AI in Israel's Genocidal Campaign Against Palestinians Journal of Palestine Studies, 2025.