Arato
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Founders
About
Arato Software Ltd. is an Israel-based startup founded in 2024 that builds tools for developers to test and evaluate their AI applications before deployment 12. The platform simulates how users might interact with AI applications — using text, image, voice and business data — so organizations can spot potential failures, identify risks and highlight areas for improvement before systems reach production 12. The company has 23 employees and is led by three co-founders — CEO Shahar Erez, CTO Hilik Paz, and VP of R&D Tal Salmona — who previously worked together at Mercury Interactive and VMware 2. Erez and Paz also co-founded workforce management platform Stoke, which Fiverr acquired in 2021 for $95 million 12.
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Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
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| 2026-06-29 | Seed | $10M | TLV Partners | Jibe Ventures, Raghu Raghuram, Marianna Tessel 12 |
What Investors Say
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What Founders Say
“For many years, the software industry focused on whether a system works or not. In the AI era, the more important question is whether it is ready for business use.” — Shahar Erez, Co-Founder & CEO, Arato, CTech interview, June 2026 2
“The question is how often will it fail, in which situations, and what the potential damage could be to users and to the business. Arato makes it possible to measure that systematically before customers discover problems themselves.” — Shahar Erez, Co-Founder & CEO, Arato, SiliconANGLE, June 29, 2026 1
Sources
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SiliconANGLE, “Software testing startup Arato gets $10M to try and stop businesses deploying AI systems blind,” June 29, 2026. Accessed July 2026. https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/29/software-testing-startup-arato-gets-10m-try-stop-businesses-deploying-ai-systems-blind/↩↩↩↩↩
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CTech (Calcalist), “After selling to Fiverr, founders raise $10 million Seed for new AI testing venture Arato,” June 2026. Accessed July 2026. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hjsft0j7me↩↩↩↩↩↩