Herzliya, Israel — June 4, 2026 — Willow, an agentic access platform founded by former Wix engineers, has emerged from stealth with $7 million in seed funding to help enterprises securely oversee and govern AI agents. The round was led by Hetz Ventures, with early backing from Wix Co-Founder and CEO Avishai Abrahami and President Nir Zohar.
Already deployed across 5,000 employees at Wix, Willow equips enterprises with full visibility into AI agent activity, while enforcing granular controls over how agents access internal systems, data, and tools. With 79% of companies introducing AI agents and 73% running multi-agent systems, Willow addresses growing risks of misuse and unauthorized integrations.
CEO Eyal Ben Ezra explained: “Businesses face an impossible trade-off: either lock AI down or let agents run unchecked. Willow offers another option, giving enterprises complete oversight and narrowing the attack surface exponentially.”
The platform connects any AI agent — including Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Codex, Gemini, n8n, and custom models — to enterprise systems through a governance layer that includes runtime permissions, audit trails, and shadow AI detection. It also offers a marketplace with over 1,000 connectors, 100 skills, and 100 plugins, deployable via SaaS, dedicated cloud, or self-hosted environments.
Hetz Ventures Partner Guy Fighel noted Willow’s proven success at Wix: “The gateway between AI agents and enterprise systems is one of the most overlooked blind spots in security. Willow solved this problem at scale before bringing it to market.”
Founded by Eyal Ben Ezra (CEO), Shalev Shalit (CTO), and Idan Chetrit (VP Platform), Willow is already expanding deployments with enterprise customers in cybersecurity, real estate, fintech, and more.
