Itai Gafni is Co-Founder and CEO of Huskeys, a Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity company pioneering the Edge Security Management (ESM) category with an agentic AI layer for web application firewalls.

Gafni earned a BSc in Computer Science from The College of Management Academic Studies and led AI-driven innovation initiatives within Israel's elite Unit 8200 intelligence unit.

Recognized on Forbes 30 Under 30, Gafni built Huskeys around a core belief that security must be measured by business impact, not just technical coverage.

Prior to Huskeys, Gafni was involved with ventures including Softwareye, OPRTRS CLUB, CCL, Upscalers, and 8200Angels, building deep expertise in network and web application security for complex enterprise environments.

Huskeys has raised $35M in total funding, including a $27M Series A led by Blackstone, and its platform processes over one trillion web requests daily for customers including TikTok, Hugging Face, LEGOLAND, and Blackstone itself.