Alon Talmor

Questioner
DISC Type : c

Founder & CEO at Ask-AI

Tel Aviv District, Israel, Canada

Overview

Alon Talmor is the Founder and CEO of Ask-AI, a generative AI platform for enterprises. A serial entrepreneur, he previously founded BlueTail, which was acquired by Salesforce where he then served as Chief Data Scientist. He holds a PhD in AI/NLP from Tel Aviv University and has contributed to award-winning academic papers.

After selling his first company, Alon traveled the world for a year before pursuing his PhD to find the next major technological shift. Beyond his professional sphere, he has a passion for extreme sports and playing the piano, balancing his deep technical expertise with adventurous and creative pursuits.

Unique fact: Before his first startup, Alon studied brain science and began a PhD he didnt complete, a goal he later fulfilled in the field of AI after his successful exit from Salesforce.

Personality Overview

Not Easily Convinced

Systematic

Cautious & Analytical

They prefer to fully evaluate every situation.  They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point. While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.

Topics They Care About

Enterprise AI Adoption
Believes AI will consolidate the SaaS industry and focuses on solving the challenge of fragmented enterprise data across systems like Salesforce, Slack, and Zendesk.
AI/NLP Research
His PhD focused on Natural Language Processing, and he co-authored the influential "CommonsenseQA" paper, which won a Best Paper award at NAACL.
Serial Entrepreneurship
Founded BlueTail (acquired by Salesforce) and Ask-AI. He often speaks about the psychological challenges and motivations that follow a successful company exit.

Media Appearances

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Work History

1-2022
Founder & CEO at Ask-AI
2-2019 - 5-2021
Parttime Researcher at Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)
3-2017 - 12-2020
PhD in Question Answering, NLP, AI at Tel Aviv University
7-2012 - 9-2015
Chief Data Scientist, Data.com at salesforce.com
7-2009 - 7-2012
Co-Founder, CEO (Acquired by Salesforce.com) at BlueTail

Education

2017 - 2020
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Tel Aviv University
B.A. from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

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Insights For Selling To Alon

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • If you have a lower priced product compared to the competition, call out the same
  • Tell them that you will come back if you don’t have a good answer for a question
  • Emphasise more on facts and measurable benefits

DONT's

  • Avoid phrases like ‘do not worry about’, ‘no one compares to’ etc.
  • Avoid rushing them, be polite and patient
  • Don’t overhype the product/pitch, keep it measured

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Alon is

  • Ensuring that the product delivers ROI, cost-effective pricing and process compliance are very important for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Alon

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Alon move?

  • If they have the information that they need, they can move fast at making their decisions.
  • Can Alon take some risk or not?

  • If they believe that they have analyzed the situation well, they can take a little risk.

You And Alon

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