Micha Breakstone, PhD

Micha Breakstone is a serial entrepreneur known for his transformative impact on the AI and tech startup ecosystem, particularly within Israel. As Co-Founder and President of Chorus.ai, Micha led the company to pioneer the field of conversation intelligence, ultimately resulting in its acquisition by ZoomInfo for $575 million. Building on this success, he founded Somite.ai, securing a $47M Series A round led by Khosla Ventures  (May 2025) to develop AI-driven foundation models for human stem cells, enabling novel cell therapies at scale (Forbes).

Somite.ai takes a full-stack approach—generating data at 1,000x lower cost, training large-scale AI models with unmatched predictive power, and leveraging these models to discover, refine, and optimize groundbreaking cell therapy applications. The founding team combines Micha’s entrepreneurial expertise with world-renowned scientists, including the Head of the Fundamental AI Group at MIT, who pioneered foundational research on scaling laws, and three Harvard Medical School professors and National Academy of Sciences and Medicine members, notably the Chair of the Genetics Department at HMS. Based in Boston and officially launching operations in January 2024, Somite.ai has raised ~$60M to date.

Before these achievements, Micha made his mark by selling his NLP (Natural Language Processing) business unit to Intel in 2014, showcasing his expertise in AI and machine learning early in his career. Further cementing his role as a cornerstone of the Israeli tech community, he founded the Founders Club Tel Aviv, the largest network of its kind in Israel, bringing together over 500 venture-backed founders.

Micha's commitment to nurturing the next generation of tech innovation is evident in his mentoring of over 130 Israeli startups and investments in 32 startups, playing a pivotal role in building several AI Israeli unicorns "from the outside." His broad experience in designing Machine Learning systems is underpinned by a strong academic foundation, holding a Master's in Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science.

Through his entrepreneurial ventures, mentorship, and investments, Micha Breakstone has not only advanced the field of AI but has also significantly contributed to the growth and success of the Israeli tech ecosystem and beyond, with his latest venture promising revolutionary advances in healthcare.