Edelbyte Emerges From Stealth With $70 Million for AI Data Platform

Israeli startup Edelbyte emerged from stealth on Wednesday, November 11, disclosing $70 million raised during its first year. The financing comprises a $25 million seed round led by Sequoia Capital and a $45 million Series A led by Quiet Capital. Other investors include Swish Ventures and Startpoint Capital. Edelbyte combines data search and analytics in a single platform for people, applications and AI agents. Sequoia says the system keeps detailed historical data available for interactive queries while providing governed access to the same information. Customers can deploy it in the cloud or on their own premises, with managed and self-hosted options. The company was founded in November 2025 by chief executive Avner Aharoni, chief technology officer Evgeney Ryzhyk, engineering vice president Alexander Sloutsky and platform engineering vice president Yoni Leibowitz. The four worked together at Microsoft for more than a decade, building Kusto, the data engine behind Azure Data Explorer. Sequoia credits Ryzhyk with inventing Kusto’s engine and query language. Sequoia Capital said: “We are proud to have led their seed round and to be their partners.” The investor says some customers have increased query volumes tenfold without increasing their budgets. Aharoni says Edelbyte already has paying customers processing petabyte-scale data in production. The company has about 40 employees.