A CEO who is also the only employee: The startup that wants to take down legacy SaaS companies raised $6 million
IAIG (Inevitable AI Group) has raised $6 million in a pre-seed round led by Aleph. The venture studio builds lean software companies where a single entrepreneur serves as both CEO and the sole employee, leveraging AI tools to replace traditional SaaS models.
IAIG founders: from right to left, Nimrod Lahavi and Ofer Bar-Or. Photo: IAIG
In recent years, the SaaS world has been undergoing turmoil under the auspices of the AI revolution. While giant companies are rushing to integrate AI components into their legacy architectures, a new model offers a completely different approach: creating lean software companies built from the start for the AI era and managed by a single entrepreneur.
Behind this concept is IAIG (Inevitable AI Group), which operates on a Venture Studio model and targets legacy SaaS categories generating hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Today, the company announced the completion of a $6 million pre-seed funding round led by the Aleph fund with the participation of industry angels. Behind IAIG are serial entrepreneurs Nimrod Lahavi and Ofer Bar-Or, who worked together at Simplex until its $300 million sale. Bar-Or was also previously behind ParallelM, acquired by DataRobot, and UCnGO, acquired by Emblaze.
One entrepreneur, one employee
The company seeks to create lean, AI-oriented firms that replace cumbersome legacy providers. Since market demand is already proven, the risk of searching for Product Market Fit is almost entirely removed. In practice, the group assigns a single entrepreneur to each category who serves as CEO and is the only employee. Using AI-based development tools, MCP protocols, and built-in chat interfaces, the entrepreneur rebuilds an entire product, develops marketing infrastructure, and goes live in just four to six weeks.
According to IAIG, since the beginning of 2026, the group has established nine active companies, including Corebee (customer support), Spiceform (smart forms), VScout (recruiting), Guidely (software training), vendorca (vendor management), Keply (CRM), Rumore (social media reputation), SteerLegal (law firms), and Mahakala (meeting coordination).
"AI is changing not only the software products themselves, but also the pace, cost, and the way companies are built, grow, and reach an exit," explains Nimrod Lahavi, CEO of IAIG, to Geektime. Ofer Bar-Or, the company's COO, adds: "AI significantly reduces execution barriers, allowing entrepreneurs to spend more time solving real business problems and less time dealing with the complexity of building software."
Operationally, the group does not employ full-time staff other than the founders and a few freelancers. Entrepreneurs start as temporary EIRs, become CEOs once the product goes live, and meet weekly at a workspace in Tel Aviv to share knowledge.
Regarding the process, Lahavi says: "Often people approach us, but we also reach out to many. It's not for everyone. You have to be someone who wants to be an entrepreneur, perhaps has tried it before, and wants to try with a more supportive structure. The group of CEOs is super helpful, so every new entrepreneur can stand on the shoulders of their predecessors, creating a strong cumulative effect of corporate culture and knowledge."
Adan Shohat, a partner at the Aleph fund, said: "The SaaS market is not dead, but is being rebuilt. AI allows customers to get tools tailored to their needs in a faster and more accurate way. We invested in IAIG because Nimrod and Ofer identified this transition in time and are building software companies born around AI instead of adding AI to products built for another era."
