DualBird, founded in 2022 by Amir Gilad (CEO), Ehud Eliaz, Gilad Tal (CTO) and Ohad Gamliel, builds a cloud-native data and AI infrastructure engine that delivers hardware-grade acceleration without requiring changes to existing systems. Using field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), DualBird accelerates Apache Spark and Amazon EMR deployments via a lightweight plug-in, eliminating disk spills, data skews and excessive shuffle data while automatically optimizing workloads. The company claims 10-30x faster data processing and 50-90% lower costs, with benchmark EC2 cost reductions of 55-85% versus CPU-based Spark. Integration takes three steps: change the instance type, add the Spark plugin, and observe results, with zero engineering effort and migration-free deployment. DualBird raised a $17M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Uncork Capital and Angular Ventures (the company reports $25M raised in total to accelerate its data processing engine for the AI era).
DualBird
ActiveHardware-accelerated, cloud-native engine for faster, cheaper data and AI processing
Total raised
$17M
1 round
Stage
Series A
Nov 2025
Team
11-50
since 2022
Pricing
Enterprise
Founded
2022
Tel Aviv, Israel
Agent-ready
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FPGA-powered hardware acceleration
Apache Spark and Amazon EMR acceleration
Lightweight Spark plug-in deployment
Eliminates disk spills and data skews
Reduced shuffle data
Automatic workload optimization
Migration-free integration
Major EC2 cost reductions
25/100
Early
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
No public agent surfaces detected yet.
Nov 2025 Series A $17M ● Lightspeed Venture Partners
Capital network
$25M raised ·4 backers·10 network links
- Backers4
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- Extended networkfunds that co-invest alongside them
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- What does DualBird do?
- DualBird is a cloud-native engine that accelerates Apache Spark and Amazon EMR workloads using FPGA hardware acceleration, claiming 10-30x faster processing at much lower cost.
- Who founded DualBird?
- DualBird was founded in 2022 by Amir Gilad, Ehud Eliaz, Gilad Tal and Ohad Gamliel.
- How much has DualBird raised?
- DualBird raised a $17M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with about $25M raised in total.
- How is DualBird deployed?
- Via a lightweight Spark plug-in and an instance-type change, with no migration or engineering rewrite.
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