Private company

Anobit

Former Israeli technology company

Anobit Technologies, Ltd. (Hebrew: אנוביט) was an Israeli fabless designer of flash memory controllers. It was acquired by Apple in 2012 as it was the maker of a flash-memory drive component for the iPhone.2 It is part of Apple Inc.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

2006Founded1
  • Industrycomputer memory1
  • HeadquartersHerzliya Pituah1
  • Websitewww.anobit.com
  • Legal formpublic company1

Anobit Technologies, Ltd. (Hebrew: אנוביט) was an Israeli fabless designer of flash memory controllers. It was acquired by Apple in 2012 as it was the maker of a flash-memory drive component for the iPhone.2

Corporate structure

Anobit is part of a group headed by Apple Inc.. 112 entities, 36 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

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The story

The firm was founded in 2006 by Prof. Ehud Weinstein, Ariel Maislos, and Dr. Ofir Shalvi. In March 2012, it held 65 patents (24 granted and 41 pending), including Memory Signal Processing technology. It was headquartered in Herzliya, with an American office in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Investors in the company included Battery Ventures, Pitango Venture Capital and Intel Capital. Reuters put the total raised at about US$76 million, while Globes gave $77 million.

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Products and brands

  • computer memory

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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Acquisitions

Calcalist reported on December 20, 2011, that Apple had bought Anobit for up to $500 million. Globes reported a price of $350 million to $400 million. On January 11, 2012, Apple confirmed the purchase but did not give a price. Bloomberg, citing two Anobit shareholders, reported that the price was about $390 million.

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Timeline

  1. 2006Founded Founded1

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