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Avichai Ben

Observer · DISC type ci
Co-Founder & CTO at Charm Security
📍 Israel

Avichai Ben is the Co-Founder and CTO of Charm Security, a company focused on combating modern scams by addressing the human attack surface. His expertise is rooted in data science and machine learning, with past leadership roles at Transmit Security and Microsoft. He holds advanced degrees from Tel Aviv University and The Hebrew University.

Avichai successfully launched his company with $8M in seed funding to build proactive defenses against scams that manipulate people rather than just exploit code.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder & CTO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Israel
Personality Overview

How Avichai shows up

Assertive
Curious
Example Seeker

They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince.

Priorities

Topics Avichai cares about

AI in Security
Focuses on leveraging AI to understand human vulnerabilities and protect against sophisticated, emotionally-engineered scams, a core mission of his company, Charm Security.
Combating Scams
Co-founded a company to proactively protect people from the "scamdemic" by focusing on the human element of security rather than just technical exploits.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Co-Founder & CTO
Charm Security
11-2024 - 3-2025
EIR
Team8
5-2022 - 5-2024
Data Science Teams Lead
Transmit Security
12-2021 - 5-2022
Data & ML expert
Transmit Security
2-2019 - 12-2021
Data & Applied Scientist (Azure Security Center)
Microsoft
In the press

Media appearances

Charm Security Emerges From Stealth to Combat Scams and Social Engineering, Securing $8M in Seed Funding. Featured in PR Newswire
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Charm Security secures $8M Seed round to stop AI‑powered scams. Featured in Calcalist Tech
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Education
10-2018 - 7-2021
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Summa Cum Laude
Tel Aviv University
2014 - 2017
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Summa Cum Laude
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2007 - 2009
Computer Science
MEET, Middle East Education through Technology
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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