The team behind Alora
Alora was founded by people who have lived both the operational and technical sides of the problem. We're building the tool we wished we had.
Our Mission
To own part-level execution decisions in complex manufacturing, so teams act on what matters before small issues become business failures.
Why this team?
We've lived both sides of the supply chain problem — operations and technology.
Domain Expertise
Deep understanding of supply chain pain points. Sharon managed $200M in supplier deals and knows the customer pain at scale.
Product Vision
Experience building complex products in regulated industries, scaling teams from startup to mature product.
Technical Excellence
AI/ML expertise with graph neural networks directly applicable to supply chain network modeling.
Meet the founders
Sharon Ilan
Co-Founder, CEO
Sharon brings deep supply chain expertise from building operations departments at surgical robotics companies and managing $200M in supplier deals at Better Place. She knows the customer pain firsthand.
- $200M in supplier deals managed
- First employee at Better Place
- Built supply chain operations at Human Xtensions
- Unit 76 Intelligence, Operations Officer
Yuval Blyakhman
Co-Founder, CPO
Yuval rose from first employee to VP R&D at Human Xtensions, a surgical robotics company. He brings product vision and engineering leadership experience from complex, regulated industries.
- First employee → VP R&D at Human Xtensions
- Multiple patents in medical instruments
- Surgical robotics product development
- Unit 81 Intelligence, Mechanical Engineer
Idan Ben-Ami
Co-Founder, CTO
Idan completed his CS degree at 14.5 and brings PhD-level AI/ML expertise in graph neural networks — directly applicable to supply chain network modeling. He's built high-performance trading systems and cloud infrastructure at scale.
- CS B.Sc. completed at age 14.5
- Master's in AI/ML (Graph Neural Networks)
- Built sub-100ns HFT systems
- Talpiot Program (top 50 of 10,000)
Shared Background
Elite military intelligence
All three founders served in elite Israeli military intelligence units (Unit 81/8153, Unit 76). This background instilled a culture of innovation, problem-solving, and high-stakes decision-making.
Our Vision
From part-level risk to business outcome
In complex hardware, everything starts with a BOM and a part number — and the risk attached to it. Alora is building a decision layer on top of the BOM that connects each part, supplier, and BOM position to:
Over time, this BOM-driven, risk-aware view will support wider decisions in Sourcing (which suppliers to depend on), Operations (which builds to protect), and Finance (how risk flows to margin).
Our direction is simple: connect BOM and part-level reality to business income.
Want to work with us?
We're always looking for talented people who share our passion for solving hard problems in supply chain operations.