Shahaf Gonen
InvestorFounderDirector of Engineering at Chainalysis · Founder at Alterya
Israel
FoundedAlterya · YCAlterya
About
Shahaf Gonen completed the Talipot Elite Program and led a cybersecurity team at the Israeli military intelligence unit 8200, working with R&D and intelligence departments. He previously worked at Google.
Founder at AlteryaYC S22
Intro paths
YC
Shahaf went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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EF
Elad FouksFounder
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Experience
- ChainalysisDirector of Engineeringcurrent2026 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
- ChainalysisHead of Fraud Engineering2025 — 2026Tel Aviv District, Israel
- AlteryaCo-Founder & CTO2022 — 2025Tel Aviv District, Israel
- StealthIdeation2021 — 2022Tel Aviv District, Israel
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2019 — 2021Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
- Talpiot ProgramTalpiot Program - Second Year Commander2017 — 2018Jerusalem District, Israel
- Israeli Military Intelligence - Unit 8200Development Team Lead2015 — 2017Israel
- Israeli Military Intelligence - Unit 8200Software Engineer2012 — 2015Israel
- Talpiot Program, IDFCadet2009 — 2012Jerusalem District, Israel
Skills & more
C++2Python (Programming Language)2Java1Visual StudioGit1C (Programming Language)1Programming14Team Building12Technical Leadership10Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)2Algorithms2Scalability2
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shahaf Gonen?
- Shahaf Gonen completed the Talipot Elite Program and led a cybersecurity team at the Israeli military intelligence unit 8200, working with R&D and intelligence departments. He previously worked at Google.
- Where does Shahaf Gonen work?
- Shahaf Gonen is Founder of Alterya and Director of Engineering at Chainalysis.
- What companies did Shahaf Gonen found?
- Shahaf Gonen founded Alterya, Alterya.
- Where did Shahaf Gonen go to school?
- Shahaf Gonen studied at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science & Physics).
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