Oak Cyber Startup Tops LinkedIn's Most Desired Israeli Companies List
Translated & summarized from Mako by baba
Cybersecurity firm Oak topped LinkedIn's 2026 list of the most desired Israeli startups, followed by doubleAI and Wonderful. The ranking is based on employment growth, job seeker interest, and talent attraction. Oak, founded in 2025, specializes in identity and access management for AI agents. The report also highlights AI's role in entrepreneurship, with many professionals seeing it as a catalyst for starting businesses.
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- Cybersecurity firm Oak ranked as Israel's most desired startup by LinkedIn for 2026.
- The ranking considers employment growth, job seeker interest, and talent attraction.
- Oak, founded in 2025, focuses on managing identities and access for AI agents.
- DoubleAI, led by Amnon Shashua, and Wonderful secured second and third places respectively.
- LinkedIn noted AI's increasing influence on entrepreneurship globally.
- The list includes 15 Israeli startups across various tech sectors.
Cybersecurity firm Oak has been named the most sought-after startup in Israel by LinkedIn for 2026, surpassing doubleAI and Wonderful. The annual ranking evaluates companies based on employment growth, job seeker interest, and their ability to attract top talent, using four key metrics: employment growth, engagement, job interest, and attracting leading employees. To qualify, companies must be independent, privately held, seven years old or younger, and founded or headquartered in Israel.
Oak, established in 2025, is a cybersecurity company with 60 employees and offices in Tel Aviv and San Francisco. Its system helps organizations manage identities and access permissions for employees, machines, and AI agents. Oak's founder, Shi Morag, has a history of successfully founding and selling two previous cybersecurity firms, Secdo and Armetic.
DoubleAI, founded in 2023 and led by Amnon Shashua, secured the second position. The company, with 40 employees and a headquarters in Tel Aviv, develops "Artificial Expert Intelligence" (AEI) systems designed to replicate rare expertise and solve complex scientific and technical problems. Wonderful, founded in 2025, ranked third. It employs 265 people across Tel Aviv and Amsterdam and offers an AI-powered operating system for automating customer service and core operations for large organizations, particularly in non-English speaking markets. Wonderful recently raised $550 million at a $5 billion valuation.
The list also features Kela Technologies (fourth), Echo (fifth), Cyera (sixth), Notch (seventh), Mate (eighth), Eon (ninth), Port (tenth), Encore AI (eleventh), Limitless Labs (twelfth), Adaptive6 (thirteenth), Dream (fourteenth), and FINQ (fifteenth). These companies span various sectors including software development, AI infrastructure, data analytics, cybersecurity, and financial services, with many having dual headquarters in Israel and the United States or Europe.
LinkedIn noted the growing impact of AI on entrepreneurship, with a survey indicating that four in ten professionals worldwide believe AI increases their likelihood of starting a business. AI tools are seen as lowering barriers to entry, enabling faster product development, automation, and smaller teams, though this also intensifies competition in a crowded market.
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