Qualcomm buys Israeli co SAM Seamless Network

Israeli cybersecurity firm SAM Seamless Network has introduced that it has been acquired by US chip large Qualcomm. “Globes” has realized that the acquisition of the corporate based by CEO Sivan Rauscher, and vice-chairman Shmuel Chafets, a accomplice on the Target Global enterprise capital fund, is for greater than $100 million. As far as is understood, the Israeli firm has raised $30 million up to now with its most up-to-date financing spherical in 2021, giving it a valuation of $60 million.

Among the corporate’s seed traders from a decade in the past are Blumberg Capital, Mindset Ventures and Spark Labs Group. Later traders embrace Intel Capital, Verizon Ventures and BlackBerry. The acquisition continues Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon’s custom of constructing comparatively small acquisitions, generally after a prolonged negotiation course of. This was the case final yr with the acquisition of Israeli firm Autotalks for about $80-90 million, after the 2 initially signed a memorandum of understanding for the acquisition in 2024 for over $300 million.

The new technique

The Israeli acquisition suits properly with the brand new technique introduced by Amon on the current Computex convention in Taipei, Taiwan: creating processors that permit edge units, with an emphasis on dwelling and private units, to course of extra info and AI computing operations to ease the computational load on knowledge facilities in head places of work and to speed up computing for the top person. To help extra knowledge processed on the gadget aspect, Qualcomm is looking for to thicken the layer of safety to forestall disruptions and breaches.

The Israeli firm offers safety for communication networks on the shopper aspect – close to properties or within the connection between communication firms and houses. SAM works with Internet suppliers, communication gear producers and repair suppliers around the globe, offering cybersecurity options and enhancing the person expertise for greater than 15 million networks and defending and monitoring half a billion units worldwide. Customers embrace US telecom giants AT&T and Verizon, Bezeq in Israel, and European suppliers similar to Belgium’s Telenet and the UK’s Virgin Media. SAM’s cybersecurity expertise has been confirmed in emergency situations throughout main geopolitical occasions, offering real-time safety for customers and infrastructure. The firm’s options permit service suppliers to determine superior threats, act proactively, and supply safer service to their clients. The firm has 80 workers in Israel and the US.

No response to this report has been forthcoming from SAM Seamless Networks.

Published by Globes, Israel enterprise news – en.globes.co.il – on July 1, 2026.

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