Hailo
Hailo is an Israeli semiconductor company that designs and manufactures AI accelerators and processors for edge devices. The company specializes in high-performance, power-efficient inference processors used in autonomous vehicles, security cameras, robotics, and other embedded AI applications. Hailo's flagship products include the Hailo-8 AI accelerator (26 TOPS hardware performance) and the Hailo-10H generative AI accelerator with 40 TOPS INT4 performance.
Acquired
Hailo has been acquired
This company is no longer available on our private secondary market.
Overview
Company data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.
Founded
2017
Employees
51–200
Total Funding
$349.5M
7 rounds
Latest Valuation
$1.2B
Apr 2, 2024
Secondary Signals (Note: SetterVC does not verify the accuracy of these)
3 signalsMicrochip Technology completed its acquisition of Hailo on Sept 21, 2026, ending Hailo's run as an independent company
Removes Hailo from the private secondary market; equity converts per undisclosed deal terms rather than trading further
Cut ~50% of workforce (about 110 of 220) in a restructuring to focus on Physical AI, citing funding pressure; earlier SPAC merger plan fell through
Distress-level reset; weak support for secondary pricing near prior marks
Reportedly pursuing SPAC merger at a valuation under $500M, down from $1.2B peak, ahead of urgent IPO bid.
Sharp markdown vs. last priced round; pre-acquisition low-water mark for any secondary holder.
Funding
Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.
Total raised $349.5M across 7 rounds
Last updated 10-08-2026
| Date | Round | Amount Raised | Valuation | Lead Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2026 | Shareholder Loan — Delek Automotive | $9M | — | Delek Automotive Systems |
| Apr 2, 2024 | Series C Extension Bloomberg | $120M | $1.2B | Not disclosed |
| Oct 2021 | Series C | $136M | $1B | Poalim Equity, Carasso Motors |
Valuation Trajectory
Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.
Entry · Series C
$1B
Oct 2021
Hailo today
$1.2B
Apr 2024 · latest mark
Hailo multiple
1.2x
valuation uplift since first round
Y-axis is logarithmic. Hollow dots = estimated valuations. Does not represent realized investor returns.
Leadership
Orr Danon
CEO & Co-Founder
Avi Baum
CTO & Co-Founder
Hadar Zeitlin
Chief Business Development Officer & Co-Founder
Competitors
Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.
NVIDIA
GPU acceleration for AI inference via Jetson platform; higher power consumption (10-15W+) than Hailo-8
Google
Coral Edge TPU; efficient 4 TOPS inference but tightly integrated with TensorFlow Lite
Qualcomm
Snapdragon and Cloud AI engines; Robotics RB5 platform with ~15 TOPS via Qualcomm AI Engine
Intel
Movidius and Neural Compute Stick; solid vision processing but lower TOPS and scalability compared to modern accelerators
AMD
Versal adaptive SoCs and Kria modules for edge AI acceleration
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