Maor Naksh

Role

Product / leadership figure known to both saar-arbel and nizan-shifman. Was stuck in his prior role for ~5 years without promotion; per the meeting, leaving that company to join notch. (Prior employer name unclear from ASR — transcript variants include “Mendel” and “Mai Tor”; treat as unknown until confirmed.)

Affiliations

• notch — incoming role (per 2026-05-27 conversation; not yet confirmed publicly).

Notes

• Saar identifies him as “head of something” at his prior firm.
• Used in the meeting as a data point that the “Wonderful for vertical X” pattern is real and pulling in serious operators — see vertical-use-case-led-brain.

Mentioned in

• 2026-05-27-directions-vertical-pivot-and-prediction-markets — referenced as moving to notch (Wonderful for regulated industries / call centers).