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{{short description|'''Israeli cybersecurity entrepreneur; co-founder and CEO of Apiiro; formerly Aorato'''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Idan Plotnik
| nationality = Israeli
| occupation = Cybersecurity entrepreneur
| known_for = Co-founder and CEO of [[Apiiro]]; founder of [[Aorato]]
}}
'''Idan Plotnik''' is an Israeli cybersecurity entrepreneur. He is co-founder and chief executive of [[Apiiro]], an application-security company. Company and press materials describe him and co-founder [[Yonatan Eldar]] as alumni of the [[IDF]] cybersecurity unit Matzov. Before Apiiro he founded [[Aorato]], which Microsoft acquired for about $200 million, and later worked as a director of engineering at Microsoft.<ref name="PRApiiro">[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apiiro-disrupts-devsecops-market-with-company-launch-raises-35-million-from-greylock-and-kleiner-perkins-301150756.html apiiro Disrupts DevSecOps Market with Company Launch; Raises $35 Million from Greylock and Kleiner Perkins], PR Newswire, 13 October 2020.</ref><ref name="CtechApiiro35">[https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3859030,00.html Israel's apiiro comes out of stealth announcing $35 million series A], ''Ctech'', 2020.</ref>

== Aorato and Microsoft ==

Plotnik was founder and CEO of Aorato, a user-and-entity behaviour analytics (UEBA) company acquired by Microsoft. He and Eldar then worked at Microsoft as engineering executives.<ref name="PRApiiro"/>

== Apiiro ==

Apiiro launched publicly in October 2020 with $35 million from Greylock and Kleiner Perkins. ''Ctech'' later reported a $100 million raise after talks of a [[Palo Alto Networks]] acquisition did not complete, and earlier deal talk of a roughly $600 million Palo Alto acquisition.<ref name="PRApiiro"/><ref name="CtechApiiro100">[https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/s1uq8zzso Apiiro raises $100 million after Palo Alto acquisition falls through], ''Ctech''.</ref><ref name="CtechApiiro">Meir Orbach, [https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/syh51g8wo Palo Alto Networks on verge of $600 million acquisition of Apiiro], ''Ctech'', 19 September 2022.</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Apiiro]]
* [[Yonatan Eldar]]
* [[Unit 8200]]
* [[Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans]]

==Notes==
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[[Category:Israel|Plotnik, Idan]]
[[Category:Unit 8200|Plotnik, Idan]]

Idan Plotnik - Revision history

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