Machine & Deep Learning Israel

What Machine & Deep Learning Israel does

Machine & Deep Learning Israel (MDLI) is Israel's largest AI/ML professional community, founded in 2006 by Uri Eliabayev as a volunteer-driven knowledge sharing platform. The community serves over 42,000 members drawn from academia, industry, and Israel's defense sectors, providing a centralized hub for AI professionals to share knowledge, network, and access career resources. The entity operates without institutional funding, parent company, or external investors, and is structured as an independent founder-led community rather than a venture-backed company.

The platform is built on WordPress and operates as a content and community website comprising 351 pages of articles and technical reviews (spanning categories such as Deep Learning, Machine Learning, MDLI, Events, Jobs, Studies & Career, and Reviews), the Hidden Layers podcast featuring interviews with AI leaders from Google, Nvidia, and Intuit, an AI events calendar aggregating Israeli meetups and conferences, a free deep learning course, and a salary calculator built from the MDLI Annual Survey. A dedicated job board connects employers recruiting AI/ML talent with the community's professional network. The community also organizes and hosts vertical events such as the CyberML conference (Cybersecurity x Machine Learning) and others.

Revenue is generated primarily through job board transaction fees, including standard and featured listings. Employers such as Aidoc, Playtika, Mobileye, Cyera, Grain, ONE datAI, Simply, and CargoSeer have been observed recruiting through the platform. Distribution is entirely digital, reaching members through the website, email newsletter, Telegram channel, YouTube, and Facebook group, with international reach via podcast platforms (Spotify, Apple Podcasts). Strategic partnerships include the Swedish Innovation Authority 'The Connector' program and Nebius Academy (formerly Y-Data) for course promotion.

Name

Machine & Deep Learning Israel

Legal name

Machine & Deep Learning Israel

Website

https://machinelearning.co.il/

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Machine & Deep Learning Israel (MDLI) is Israel's largest AI/ML professional community, serving over 42,000 members since 2006 through a content platform featuring articles, a job board, events calendar, podcasts, salary calculator, and a free deep learning course.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional AI Community Platform

NAICS

Computer Training (611420), Professional and Management Development Training (61143)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Data, AI/ML & Analytics Staffing (BPACADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Data, Analytics & AI Training (BI, Data Engineering, ML/GenAI) (BPAEANAH)

Keywords

• AI community platform
• Machine learning jobs
• Tech talent marketplace
• AI events calendar
• Data science salary benchmark

Headquarters

HQ city

Tel Aviv-yafo

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Job Board Fees: Companies post job listings targeting data science, ML, DL, and AI professionals on MDLI's job board, generating revenue for the community.
2. Featured Job Postings: Premium/featured placement of job listings on the job board for enhanced visibility.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Machine & Deep Learning Israel (MDLI) operates the largest AI/ML professional community in Israel, providing a digital platform that includes a job board for recruiting data science and AI talent, an events calendar aggregating ML/AI conferences and meetups, technical articles and paper reviews in Hebrew, the Hidden Layers podcast featuring AI industry leaders, a salary calculator, a free deep learning course, and the CyberML conference. The community serves over 42,000 members from academia, industry, and Israel's defense sectors, while monetizing primarily through paid job postings on its job board.

Product overview

MDLI (Machine & Deep Learning Israel) is the largest and most active AI community in Israel, serving over 42,000 members since its founding in 2006. The community operates a platform consisting of a Job Board connecting companies with AI/ML talent, an Events Calendar aggregating ML/AI meetups and conferences in Israel, an Articles & Reviews section with technical content and paper reviews in Hebrew, the Hidden Layers Podcast featuring industry leader interviews, a Salary Calculator based on the MDLI Annual Survey, and a free Deep Learning Course for community members. The platform also organizes the annual CyberML conference focused on Cybersecurity and Machine Learning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hidden Layers Podcast: The community's podcast featuring interviews with AI industry leaders
• ExplAInable Podcast

Products and services

• MDLI Job Board (לוח משרות) A job board that connects companies hiring data science, machine learning, deep learning, and AI professionals with the MDLI community's talent pool. Companies pay to post listings (standard and featured placements) targeting the Israeli AI workforce.
• MDLI Events Calendar (לוח אירועים) A centralized events calendar aggregating ML/AI meetups, workshops, and conferences across Israel, including event details, dates, locations, and registration links.
• MDLI Articles & Reviews (מאמרים) A publishing platform featuring 351 pages of technical articles, paper reviews, and industry coverage in Hebrew across topics including Deep Learning, Machine Learning, community news, events, careers, and product reviews.
• Hidden Layers Podcast An AI-focused podcast featuring interviews with industry leaders covering AI engineering, MLOps, LLM applications, computer vision, and AI infrastructure. Distributed on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
• MDLI Salary Calculator (מחשבון שכר) A compensation estimation tool for data science and machine learning positions in Israel, based on results from the MDLI Annual Survey. Allows users to estimate salary based on position, experience, education, and company type.
• MDLI Free Deep Learning Course A free deep learning course provided to MDLI community members to support professional development in AI/ML.
• CyberML Conference Israel's first technical conference dedicated to the intersection of Cybersecurity and Machine Learning, covering topics from securing ML pipelines to automated threat detection and response.

Quantifiable outcome

• 42,000+ community members in Israel's AI field
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Swedish Innovation Authority – 'The Connector' ProgramminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMDLI partners with the Swedish Innovation Authority through the 'The Connector' program, which facilitates connections between international organizations and Israeli stakeholders in the AI/technology space.
• Nebius Academy (formerly Y-Data)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNebius Academy (formerly Y-Data, merged into Nebius Group – a global AI cloud company) partnered with MDLI to promote its AI Powered Data Science course to the Israeli AI community. MDLI features interviews, sponsored content, and referral links for Nebius Academy courses. Y-Data/Nebius Academy was formed after Y-Data merged with Nebius Group.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• MLOps Community: A global volunteer-driven community for ML/MLOps practitioners hosting meetups, a Slack group, and content. Directly comparable to MDLI as a community-led professional network serving AI/ML talent with events and educational programming.
• KDnuggets: A long-running online publication and community covering AI, machine learning, data science, and analytics with articles, tutorials, newsletters, and a jobs board. Comparable to MDLI's combination of articles, jobs board, and educational content for AI/ML professionals.
• DataTalks.Club: A community of data professionals hosting podcasts, meetups, and a jobs-focused newsletter. Comparable to MDLI's podcast-led, event-driven community model for data and AI practitioners.
• Towards AI: A media and community platform publishing AI/ML articles, courses, and a job board. Directly comparable to MDLI as a content-and-jobs destination for the AI/ML professional audience.

Emerging players

• Papers with Code: A community resource linking ML research papers with code implementations and benchmarks. Comparable to MDLI's editorial mission of curating and explaining AI research to a practitioner audience, though narrower in scope (research only, no jobs).
• Fast.ai: A free deep learning education platform offering courses and a community forum. Comparable to MDLI's free Deep Learning Course and educational programming aimed at AI practitioners.
• r/MachineLearning (Reddit): The largest online discussion forum for ML practitioners, hosting paper discussions, career threads, and announcements. Comparable as a community hub for AI/ML professionals with discussion and recruitment spillover, though not a jobs-platform per se.
• AIcrowd: A community platform for AI competitions, challenges, and crowd-sourced problem solving. Comparable as a community-led platform serving AI practitioners with engagement and ranking mechanics.

Broad incumbents

• DeepLearning.AI: A globally recognized AI education and community brand founded by Andrew Ng, offering courses, newsletters, and events. Comparable to MDLI's deep learning course and content ecosystem, but operating at a global, well-capitalized scale.
• Coursera: A large-scale online learning platform hosting AI/ML courses and specializations with a global audience. Comparable to MDLI's educational programming in AI/ML, but operating as a broad incumbent across many disciplines.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xt.me/s/MDLI1
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCfmK_Tsp2VJVFokMb6N3r1Q
• Facebookfacebook.com/groups/MDLI1

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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