Jeen Technologies, a company spun out from One Technologies about 18 months ago, has secured NIS 8.6 million in recent orders from a single strategic defense customer, part of a framework agreement valued at up to NIS 45 million over the next two years. The latest order, worth NIS 4.3 million, is the second procurement from the same customer in three months. What began as a civilian robotics initiative has become one of Israel's most significant defense-AI companies, embedding its technology across the country's defense agencies at a moment when sovereign AI systems have become a strategic imperative.
CEO Oded Tahori said the company's trajectory has been both rapid and unexpected. "We started in civilian robotics," he said. "I didn't think what we were developing was meant for defense. But they came to us, saw the platform, and now we're embedded across the defense agencies." The framework agreement was signed in March with a major defense organization, and Jeen's defense subsidiary now focuses on sovereign AI systems, intelligence-driven analytics and mission-support technologies for defense customers.
The Strategic Imperative
Tahori said Jeen is now part of Israel's emerging national AI strategy, providing sovereign, secure systems that can operate without internet connectivity. "Defense bodies in Israel understand that there is a company that can deliver AI without the internet," he said. "They cannot work with OpenAI or global cloud systems, especially when it comes to intelligence." The company's main solution is an agentic AI platform capable of running entirely offline and under strict security controls. This isn't a technical preference. It's an operational requirement for intelligence and defense bodies that cannot risk dependence on foreign cloud infrastructure or internet-connected systems that might be compromised, monitored or shut down during conflict.
The company has raised $25 million, grown to nearly 140 employees and expanded to offices in Singapore, London and New York, with Israel serving as the company's R&D and implementation hub. The team includes former senior figures from Israel's intelligence community, among them a former R&D manager of the Mossad, the Mossad's former head of research and a former data manager at the Shin Bet. The company's defense division is led by Nir Mitchell, a former combat officer in the IAF's elite Shaldag unit and a senior official in the Prime Minister's Office.
Operational AI at Scale
Tahori said Jeen's platform is already being used by large Israeli defense primes, where the company has a strong connection with thousands of users. Over the past year, Jeen has begun working with all major defense agencies in Israel, providing AI tools for intelligence analysis, operational planning and administrative workflows. "We're shaping how defense agencies work with AI at scale," he said. "For intelligence, for operations, for commanders who need cognitive support when they're exhausted. Systems don't feel stressed."
The company's technology has already been adopted by major civilian institutions, including Bank Mizrahi, the Israel Electric Corporation and Maccabi Healthcare Services. Tahori described Jeen as a dual-use company, bringing civilian AI capabilities into defense where they are urgently needed. "We're already showing Jeen as part of Israel's defense capability in generative AI," he said. "You cannot depend on global organizations. The tech needs to work without the cloud - efficiently, and independently."
The Palantir Model
Tahori said the company hopes to build the Israeli equivalent of Palantir, a sovereign AI system designed to support intelligence, operations and decision-making at scale. "Jeen will be a core system for operational and administrative needs," he said, describing it as connecting defense agencies to generative AI in a secure, sovereign way. As Israel's security establishment accelerates adoption of AI across intelligence, operations and command-level decision-making, what began as a civilian robotics project has evolved into a company that defense agencies sought out themselves.
Why This Matters:
Jeen's rapid integration into Israel's defense infrastructure reflects a broader strategic shift: the recognition that AI superiority will determine future conflicts, and that dependence on foreign cloud platforms is a vulnerability no state can afford in wartime. Israel's defense agencies cannot rely on OpenAI, Google or Amazon Web Services when those systems require internet connectivity that might be severed, when foreign governments might impose restrictions, or when adversaries might exploit cloud vulnerabilities. Jeen's sovereign, offline-capable platform addresses a gap that became urgent after October 7 and the multi-front conflict that followed. The company's ability to provide cognitive support for exhausted commanders, intelligence analysis at scale, and operational planning tools without external dependencies makes it a critical piece of Israel's national security architecture. As regional threats from Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas persist, the ability to operate AI systems independently of global infrastructure isn't a luxury. It's a requirement for survival.