Hirundo Overview
Hirundo is developing a platform to optimize machine learning data for teams. The product addresses three key issues in the machine learning life cycle: optimizing and reducing training data, analyzing the causes and locations of faults in model predictions, and removing problematic data from the training model without the need for retraining.
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time ($)
$1.7M
$9.7MJun 2025
Latest News
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/PRNewswire/ -- Hirundo, specialists in machine unlearning, has beaten more than 1,100 of their peers in the RAISE Summit Start-Up Competition, as it was...
Hirundo, an Israeli startup specializing in machine unlearning technology, has won the RAISE Summit Start-Up Competition, beating over 1,100 competitors. The company, which recently raised an $8 million seed funding round led by Maverick Ventures Israel, offers a pioneering solution that enables AI models to forget unwanted data and behaviors without retraining. This technology addresses AI hallucinations and biases, ensuring data is fully deleted while maintaining model accuracy. The RAISE Summit, held at Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, is a leading AI conference in Europe. Hirundos CEO, Ben Luria, expressed that the win is a significant endorsement of their mission to make AI safer and more trustworthy.
Investment
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Israeli startup tackles hallucinations, bias, and toxic data in trained models with “machine unlearning” approach.
Israeli startup Hirundo has raised $8 million in Seed funding to advance its machine unlearning technology, which aims to address issues like hallucinations, bias, and toxic data in AI models. The funding round was led by Maverick Ventures Israel, with contributions from several other investors. Hirundos technology, which is currently in the pilot stage, is being tested by multinational companies in finance, healthcare, and defense sectors. The companys approach involves surgically removing unwanted data and behaviors from AI models, offering a scalable and repeatable solution that avoids the need for costly retraining. Hirundos method has reportedly achieved significant reductions in bias and hallucinations in models.
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/PRNewswire/ -- Hirundo - specialists in machine unlearning, has raised an $8M seed funding round, led by Maverick Ventures Israel, with participation from...
Hirundo, a pioneer in machine unlearning, has secured $8M in seed funding led by Maverick Ventures Israel. The company addresses AI biases and hallucinations by enabling AI models to forget problematic data without retraining. This approach enhances AI reliability and trustworthiness, crucial for enterprise adoption. Hirundos technology is being piloted with multinational corporations and government agencies, focusing on reducing AI biases and hallucinations. The funding will support the enhancement of their technology, promoting broader AI adoption. Hirundos solution is particularly relevant for industries like finance, healthcare, and defense, where AI accuracy is mission-critical.
InvestmentProduct StagePartners
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War fails to keep Israeli startups from VivaTech
Israeli startups, including Hirundo, Ama Care, Luminescent, Clickfreeze, and Bria, attended the VivaTech event in Paris, showcasing their AI-based products and services. Hirundo introduced an AI unlearning platform, while Ama Cares app provides information on beauty products. Luminescent has developed a process using renewable energy to convert heat into electricity, and Clickfreeze blocks robot clicks on internet ads. Bria, which has signed partnerships with 18 stock houses and Microsoft, offers a visual generative AI open platform. The event provided these startups an opportunity to pitch their products and potentially establish partnerships.
PartnersCustomers
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Startup Of The Week: Hirundo - The Innovator
Hirundo, a company with headquarters in Tel Aviv and London, is developing a Machine Unlearning Platform to ensure AI models only retain necessary data. The company is pioneering in a field that focuses on making AI forget. Until now, the only way to remove unwanted data from AI models has been to retrain the model, a process that is both time-consuming and costly. Hirundos solution removes unwanted data at less than 5% of the time and cost to retrain, according to CEO Ben Luria.
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| Sector | Business Software |
Funding
| Total funding | $9.7M |
| Last funding | $8M |
| Stage | Seed |
| Rounds | 2 |
| Investors | 4 |
Team Members
2
Employees: 11-50
Web & Social Links
| Website | www.hirundo.io |
| Careers | Careers page |
Locations
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
London, UK
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Hirundo Business
Business models
B2B
Product stage
Released
Employees
11-50
Sector
Business SoftwareIT, R&D & Data SolutionsSoftware Development ToolsTarget Customer
Enterprise & Professional ServicesSoftware DevelopmentEnterprisesCore Technology
Artificial IntelligenceNatural Language ProcessingTags (1)
patent-pendingHirundo Financials
$9.7M
Total funding
Undisclosed
Capital raised
$8M
Last funding
Seed
Funding stage
2
Total rounds
4
Investors
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time ($)
$1.7M
$9.7MJun 2025
Private Equity Funding
Seed
Jun 2025
$8M
Maverick Ventures IsraeI (Lead)
,
Plug and Play, Alpha Intelligence Capital, Tachles VC
Pre-Seed
$1.7M
Tachles VC
Hirundo Lifecycle
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time
$1.7M
$9.7MJun 2025
All Events
Seed
Jun 2025
$8M
Maverick Ventures IsraeI (Lead)
,
Plug and Play, Alpha Intelligence Capital, Tachles VC
Pre-Seed
$1.7M
Tachles VC
Hirundo News
6 articles
growth-positive
/PRNewswire/ -- Hirundo, specialists in machine unlearning, has beaten more than 1,100 of their peers in the RAISE Summit Start-Up Competition, as it was...
Hirundo, an Israeli startup specializing in machine unlearning technology, has won the RAISE Summit Start-Up Competition, beating over 1,100 competitors. The company, which recently raised an $8 million seed funding round led by Maverick Ventures Israel, offers a pioneering solution that enables AI models to forget unwanted data and behaviors without retraining. This technology addresses AI hallucinations and biases, ensuring data is fully deleted while maintaining model accuracy. The RAISE Summit, held at Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, is a leading AI conference in Europe. Hirundos CEO, Ben Luria, expressed that the win is a significant endorsement of their mission to make AI safer and more trustworthy.
Investment
growth-positive
Israeli startup tackles hallucinations, bias, and toxic data in trained models with “machine unlearning” approach.
Israeli startup Hirundo has raised $8 million in Seed funding to advance its machine unlearning technology, which aims to address issues like hallucinations, bias, and toxic data in AI models. The funding round was led by Maverick Ventures Israel, with contributions from several other investors. Hirundos technology, which is currently in the pilot stage, is being tested by multinational companies in finance, healthcare, and defense sectors. The companys approach involves surgically removing unwanted data and behaviors from AI models, offering a scalable and repeatable solution that avoids the need for costly retraining. Hirundos method has reportedly achieved significant reductions in bias and hallucinations in models.
InvestmentProduct StagePartners
growth-positive
/PRNewswire/ -- Hirundo - specialists in machine unlearning, has raised an $8M seed funding round, led by Maverick Ventures Israel, with participation from...
Hirundo, a pioneer in machine unlearning, has secured $8M in seed funding led by Maverick Ventures Israel. The company addresses AI biases and hallucinations by enabling AI models to forget problematic data without retraining. This approach enhances AI reliability and trustworthiness, crucial for enterprise adoption. Hirundos technology is being piloted with multinational corporations and government agencies, focusing on reducing AI biases and hallucinations. The funding will support the enhancement of their technology, promoting broader AI adoption. Hirundos solution is particularly relevant for industries like finance, healthcare, and defense, where AI accuracy is mission-critical.
InvestmentProduct StagePartners
growth-positive
War fails to keep Israeli startups from VivaTech
Israeli startups, including Hirundo, Ama Care, Luminescent, Clickfreeze, and Bria, attended the VivaTech event in Paris, showcasing their AI-based products and services. Hirundo introduced an AI unlearning platform, while Ama Cares app provides information on beauty products. Luminescent has developed a process using renewable energy to convert heat into electricity, and Clickfreeze blocks robot clicks on internet ads. Bria, which has signed partnerships with 18 stock houses and Microsoft, offers a visual generative AI open platform. The event provided these startups an opportunity to pitch their products and potentially establish partnerships.
PartnersCustomers
growth-positive
Startup Of The Week: Hirundo - The Innovator
Hirundo, a company with headquarters in Tel Aviv and London, is developing a Machine Unlearning Platform to ensure AI models only retain necessary data. The company is pioneering in a field that focuses on making AI forget. Until now, the only way to remove unwanted data from AI models has been to retrain the model, a process that is both time-consuming and costly. Hirundos solution removes unwanted data at less than 5% of the time and cost to retrain, according to CEO Ben Luria.
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Strengthening Israeli entrepreneurship in wartime, 18 startups selected to pitch to investors in Roadshow+ | CTech
The Roadshow+ event, organized by Calcalist and Poalim Tech, is providing a platform for 18 selected startups from various fields to present their pitches to leading investors in Israel. The event is taking place for the third year in a row and is aimed at entrepreneurs in stages from Pre-Seed to A. Despite the ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza and the challenges faced by the tech industry over the past year, the event is providing a significant opportunity for entrepreneurs to gain exposure to leading investors.
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Employee Info
| Employees (range) | 11-50 |
| Exact count | 16 |
| Team members | 2 |
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| BI Verification | Dana Arnon |
| Registrar ID | 516810744 |
| Crunchbase | hirundo |
| Creator | Jenny Sotnik-Talisman |
| Creator email | jenny.sotnik@sncentral.org |
| Last update | 2024-06-10T00:00:00.000Z |
| Created | 2024-06-10T00:00:00.000Z |