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Israeli 42AI Exits Stealth With $62.5M Seed for a 'Behavioral World Model' That Predicts Humans

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Summary

Israeli startup 42AI emerged from stealth with a $62.5M seed raised over three years from its founders and Infinity Group. Its 'behavioral world model' claims 98% accuracy predicting whether trades fall inside expected ranges and 0.8–0.85 F1 on direction and volume, and is already in production at financial brokerages. Co-founders Amit Gal-Or (CEO) and Ehud Ezra (CTO) say next targets include fraud, cybersecurity, gaming, and helping AI agents reason about human behavior.