Where does Shahaf Gonen work?

Shahaf Gonen is Founder of Alterya and Director of Engineering at Chainalysis.

Where did Shahaf Gonen go to school?

Shahaf Gonen studied at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science & Physics).

Shahaf Gonen

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Director of Engineering at Chainalysis · Founder at Alterya

Israel

FoundedAlterya · YC

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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 Alterya YC S22

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Alterya's investors · 10

Alchemy Ventures Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks FJ LabsNew York · $100K – $3M checks Liquid VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks NFXSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks NycaNew York · $2M checks Nyca PartnersNew York · $1M – $10M checks OurCrowdJerusalem · $604K – $65M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Alterya

Elad FouksFounder

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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Elad Fouks

Founder at Alterya

Jonathan Levin

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Chainalysis

Philippe Botteri

Partner at Accel

Sigal Mandelker

General Partner at Ribbit Capital

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.
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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Founder at AlteryaYC S22

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