# Aviv Yovel

Building AI Solutions 🪄

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aviv-yovel/)

## Experience

- **Vizby AI** — Co-Founder
  Building the first platform that helps Shopify stores become visible, referenced, and recommended by AI search engines.
  *Feb 2026 – Present*

- **Fractional Tech Lead** — Working with startups on AI initiatives
  Architecting and shipping production-grade agentic systems for startups at every stage — from Seed to post-IPO.
  *Feb 2026 – Present*

- **Vona AI (For Posterity)** — Advisor
  Designed the agentic system and built the founding team as interim CTO — then recruited and advised the incoming CTO and CEO.
  *Apr 2024 – Apr 2026*

- **Ark Empowerment** — Interim CEO
  Stepped in as interim CEO to steer the company through its final transaction.
  *Nov 2025 – Feb 2026*

- **Ark Empowerment** — CTO
  Built an agentic system purpose-built for professional services, and founded and led the R&D team.
  *May 2024 – Jan 2026*

- **Consiglieri** — CTO
  Advised startups on business and technological transactions from Seed to Series B.
  *Jun 2023 – May 2024*

- **LetsTok AI** — CTO
  Redesigned the cloud architecture, led the R&D team, and established engineering best practices — following earlier tenure as Developer and Tech Lead.
  *Feb 2023 – Jun 2023*

[Read more on LinkedIn →](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aviv-yovel/details/experience/)

## Projects

- **Vessel** — AI-based BCI platform — LLMs for thought-based computer interaction. [GitHub →](https://github.com/universalbci)
- **NASA AI Platform** — Generative AI research platform for NASA scientists · 2nd place winner. [Blog →](https://drivendata.co/blog/ai-assistants-winners)

## Mentorship

- **Techstars Tel Aviv 🇮🇱** — Mentor · CTOs Roundtable leadership (Fall 2024)
- **B4i – Bocconi for Innovation 🇮🇹** — Mentor · Startup mentorship and support in evaluating and selecting startups
- **YEDI 🇨🇦** — Mentor · Startup mentorship and lecturing
- **ICDK – Innovation Centre Denmark 🇩🇰** — Community · Copenhagen & Tel Aviv · Danish Embassy Programs

## Contact

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aviv-yovel/
- Website: https://avivyovel.com