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Gur Kimchi

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Senior Advisor – Science & Technology at NEW VISTA CAPITAL · Board director at Evolved Robotics · Founder at Data Blanket

Seattle, Washington, United States

FoundedData Blanket

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Erica VanunlockedGur: together at Stealth Startup (2025–2026)
×6Gur: together at Stealth Startup
Gur: together at Opteran
×4Gur: together at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

About

Co-founder of Data Blanket and former Vice President at Amazon (Air Mobility).

Board director at Evolved Robotics

Founder at Data Blanket

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Data Blanket's investors · 2

Breakthrough Energy VenturesBoston · $500K – $50M checks · since 2022Israel Growth PartnersHerzliya · $10M – $110M checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Data Blanket

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Omer Bar-YohayExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. Evolved RoboticsCo-Founder & Tech Fellowcurrent2025 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  2. Stealth StartupCofounder & Tech Fellowcurrent2024 — presentUnited States
  3. DatablanketCo-Founder & Board Membercurrent2022 — presentGreater Seattle Area
  4. OumiAdvisorcurrent2024 — presentUnited States
  5. Claryo, Inc.Advisorcurrent2022 — present
  6. AerolaneCofounder & Non-Executive Chairpersoncurrent2020 — presentUnited States
  7. Near Earth AutonomyIndependent Board Membercurrent2021 — presentPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
  8. New Vista CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2021 — presentGreater Chicago Area
  9. Otto AviationAdvisorcurrent2022 — present
  10. Ascent AeroSystemsAdviser and Technical SMEcurrent2024 — presentUnited States
  11. Ascent AeroSystemsIndependent Board Member & Technical Fellow2020 — 2024Greater Boston
  12. WeelAdvisorcurrent2021 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  13. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSubject Matter Expert - AI, Autonomy, Robotics, and Safetycurrent2020 — present
  14. GSI TechnologyAdvisorcurrent2020 — present
  15. North American Wave Engine CorporationAdvisor2020 — 2025
  16. Vertical AerospaceIndependent Board Member & Certification Committee Chair2021 — 2025United Kingdom
  17. The Building Machines CompanyAdvisor2021 — 2024Greater Boston
  18. OpteranAdvisor2021 — 2023United Kingdom
  19. HyPointAdvisor2020 — 2022
  20. Federal Aviation AdministrationDAC (Drone Advisory Committee) Member2016 — 2021
  21. AmazonVice President, Amazon2020Seattle, Washington, United States
  22. AmazonVice President, Prime Air2012 — 2020Greater Seattle Area
  23. AmazonVice President, Vendor Systems (+ 2 tech incubations)2012 — 2014Seattle, WA

Skills & more

Barista1Cloud ComputingDistributed Systems93Software Design80Scalability58Architecture42Start-ups56Mobile Devices45Algorithms36Web Services32Mobile Applications30Software Development65
+8 moreSoftware EngineeringSystem ArchitectureTeam BuildingVoIPTeam LeadershipBusiness StrategyProduct ManagementSearch

Languages English · Hebrew

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Colleagues at NEW VISTA CAPITAL

Ben Story
Investor at NEW VISTA CAPITAL
Brando Brandolini d'Adda
Investor at NEW VISTA CAPITAL
Brett Sagan
General Partner at NEW VISTA CAPITAL
Carole N. House
Former White House National Security Council Special Advisor; Former Chair, CFTC Technology Advisory Committee at NEW VISTA CAPITAL
Chris Cassidy
NASA Astronaut and former Navy SEAL at NEW VISTA CAPITAL
Chuck Corcoran
Major General USAF (ret.) at NEW VISTA CAPITAL
Dan Hart
Former CEO Virgin Orbit at NEW VISTA CAPITAL
Daniel Fata
Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy at NEW VISTA CAPITAL

Frequently asked questions

Who is Gur Kimchi?
Co-founder of Data Blanket and former Vice President at Amazon (Air Mobility).
Where does Gur Kimchi work?
Gur Kimchi is Founder of Data Blanket and Senior Advisor – Science & Technology at NEW VISTA CAPITAL and Board director at Evolved Robotics.
What companies did Gur Kimchi found?
Gur Kimchi founded Data Blanket.
Where did Gur Kimchi go to school?
Gur Kimchi studied at School of hard knocks (Learn from failures, Driving TRLs, DfXs, Productivity and OODA loops).

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