eBay will acquire SalesPredict, a Netanya, Israel-based company that leverages advanced analytics to predict customer buying behavior and sales conversion.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
SalesPredict’s acquisition – which follows the recent purchase of Expertmaker – will support eBay’s artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science efforts.
Upon the close of the transaction, a number of SalesPredict’s employees will join eBay’s structured data organization, working from eBay’s Israeli Development Center in Netanya.
SalesPredict Co-Founder and CEO Yaron Zakai-Or will serve as a Director of Product Management, Technology, and SalesPredict Co-Founder and CTO Kira Radinsky will be Director of Data Science & Chief Scientist, eBay Israel.
Co-founded in 2012 by Yaron Zakai-Or and Kira Radinsky, SalesPredict was backed by Yandex, AfterDox, Redline Capital, KGC Capital, and Pitango Venture Capital.
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11/07/2016