Eli Portnoy

About

Serial entrepreneur with two exits, ThinkNear (acquired by Telenav) and Sense360 (acquired by Medallia). Now building BackEngine, the infrastructure needed to power customer-aware AI.

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Maker History

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  BackEngine MCPMake private company knowledge usable for AI

  Aug 2026
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  BackEngine for SlackAccount prep, follow-ups, and customer insights in Slack

  Mar 2026
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  Sense360 SDKAdd sensor-intelligence in apps with a few lines of code

  Jun 2015
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Joined Product HuntAugust 5th, 2014