# Assaf Araki

> Assaf Araki is a Series A investor at Intel Capital backing Software and Information Technology. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/assaf-araki-2015054
- Website: https://x.com/bigdata_ml?lang=en

Assaf Araki is a Series A investor at Intel Capital in Palo Alto focused on Software and Information Technology. Assaf Araki is the Investment Director at Intel Capital. He attended the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 43% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 29% |
| GPU | 1 | 14% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| Big Data | 1 | 14% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Series B | 2 | 29% |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series C | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Runpod | Runpod is a cloud platform specifically designed for AI, providing GPU infrastructure that simplifies the building and deployment of models in a matter of seconds. It offers cost-effective GPU cloud computing services tailored for training, deploying, and scaling AI models efficiently. | $20M | Seed | May 08, 2024 |  |
| TileDB | TileDB is foundational software designed by scientists for scientific discovery.TileDB structures all data types, including that data that does not fit into relational databases built for structured tabular data. Built on a powerful shape-shifting array database, TileDB handles the complexities of non-traditional “unstructured” multimodal data,such as genomic variants, bulk and single-cell transcriptomics, proteomics, biomedical imaging, as well as the frontier data of the future.Used by science and data teams within big pharma and biotechs to power their multiomic FAIR data platforms, TileDB is the destination for scientific breakthroughs where frontier multimodal data is driving drug discovery. | $34M | Series B | Sep 20, 2023 |  |
| Anyscale | Anyscale provides an application development platform for developers to build distributed applications. The platform is based on an open-source framework that enables software developers to easily write compute-intensive applications by simplifying the hardware decisions made.Anyscale was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Berkeley,California. | $99M | Series C | Aug 23, 2022 |  |
| OtterTune | OtterTune provides automated performance tuning solutions for data-intensive applications. It learns how the database behaves and continually tunes runtime knobs to improve the system’s performance. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | $12M | Series A | May 10, 2022 |  |
| Anyscale | Anyscale provides an application development platform for developers to build distributed applications. The platform is based on an open-source framework that enables software developers to easily write compute-intensive applications by simplifying the hardware decisions made.Anyscale was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Berkeley,California. | $100M | Series C | Dec 07, 2021 |  |
| Anyscale | Anyscale provides an application development platform for developers to build distributed applications. The platform is based on an open-source framework that enables software developers to easily write compute-intensive applications by simplifying the hardware decisions made.Anyscale was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Berkeley,California. | $40M | Series B | Oct 21, 2020 |  |
| Anyscale | Anyscale provides an application development platform for developers to build distributed applications. The platform is based on an open-source framework that enables software developers to easily write compute-intensive applications by simplifying the hardware decisions made.Anyscale was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Berkeley,California. | $20M | Series A | Dec 17, 2019 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Foundation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundation-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Addition](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/addition-7af4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sancus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sancus-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scale-asia-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Intel Capital

VC Fund · Santa Clara, United States

Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, edge, 5G, autonomy, cybersecurity, client & gaming, enterprise applications, silicon design and manufacturing, and a wide range of other disruptive technologies.

5 contacts available at Intel Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Fligel | Senior Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-fligel |
| Assaf Araki | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/assaf-araki |
| Dave Johnson | Managing Director / Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dave-johnson-6 |
| David Flanagan | Vice President & Sr. Managing Director , US | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-flanagan |
| Jennifer Ard | Managing Director, Head of Investment Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jennifer-ard |

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## FAQ

### What does Assaf Araki invest in?

Assaf Araki invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and GPU startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Assaf Araki last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Assaf Araki closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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