# Gal Niv: founder, Enigma

Canonical ID: `30ea2e21-1152-4467-93ef-9c0af171a91c`

Co-founder of [Enigma](/companies/enigma), an AI robotics research lab emerging from stealth in July 2026 with a $71M seed round led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital. Israeli Unit 8200 veteran who met co-founder Jonathan Jacobi in hacking competitions as a teen; the two became close friends during their cybersecurity service together. Enigma is building intuitive human-robot interaction interfaces, running a large-scale online experiment with 100+ proprietary robotic arms.

- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (1)

- [Enigma](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/enigma.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)

## Foundings (1)

- [Enigma](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/enigma.md) (sole)

See all founders: [/founders](https://registry.deploy.report/founders.md)

## Co-founders (1)

- [Jonathan Jacobi](https://registry.deploy.report/people/jonathan-jacobi.md) co-founded [Enigma](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/enigma.md)

## Sources (2)

1. https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/27/enigma-raises-70m-to-make-controlling-a-robot-as-easy-as-adjusting-the-volume/
2. https://thenextweb.com/news/enigma-70m-seed-robot-interaction-experiment


_API: GET /v1/people/gal-niv · canonical URL: /people/gal-niv_