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HiBob MILITARY

MILITARY AUDIT UPDATED 2026-08-08
Military Score 0.01 /10 C HiBob - BDS-1000 557
Military 0.01

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Military Audit: HiBob

Direct Defence Contracting & Procurement

No public evidence identified of any contract, tender award, framework agreement, or memorandum of understanding between HiBob and the Israeli Ministry of Defence (IMOD), the IDF, the Israel Prison Service, the Israel Border Police, or any other Israeli state security body. HiBob does not appear in the SIBAT (Israel MOD Defense Export & Defense Cooperation Directorate) Homeland & Cyber Defense Israel Directory, checked directly against the 2018/19 edition 1, nor in SIBAT’s general defence and homeland-security directory listing service 2. No press releases or trade-press reports describing defence cooperation, joint ventures, or partnership agreements between HiBob and Israeli defence entities were located.

Dual-Use Products & Tactical Variants

HiBob’s sole identified product is “Bob,” a cloud-based human capital management / HR software platform 34. No public evidence identified of ruggedised, tactical, mil-spec, or defence-grade product variants; the company’s offering is enterprise SaaS HR software with no identified military-specification configuration. No public evidence identified of export licence applications, end-user certificates, or government export-control reviews tied to sales to Israeli defence or security end-users, consistent with the company’s known product category.

Heavy Machinery, Construction & Infrastructure

HiBob is a software company with no identified equipment, vehicle, or machinery product line. No public evidence identified of NGO, UN, or photographic documentation linking HiBob to construction or demolition activity in settlements, the separation barrier, or military installations; the OHCHR Business and Human Rights database was checked directly and returned no HiBob entry 5, and the Who Profits company database was checked for methodology and structure with no corresponding HiBob listing surfaced 6.

Supply Chain Integration with Defence Primes

No public evidence identified of HiBob supplying components, sub-systems, integration services, or manufacturing support to Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, or IMI Systems/Elbit Land. No public evidence identified of joint development, co-production, or technology-transfer agreements between HiBob and any Israeli defence firm.

Logistical Sustainment & Base Services

No public evidence identified of HiBob providing catering, transport, fuel, waste management, facilities maintenance, telecommunications, or other support services to IDF bases, training facilities, or detention centres in the West Bank, Golan Heights, East Jerusalem, the Negev, or elsewhere. No public evidence identified of shipping, freight, or port-handling contracts connected to Israeli military cargo or arms shipments, consistent with HiBob’s identified software business model.

Munitions, Weapons Systems & Strategic Platforms

No public evidence identified of any role by HiBob as manufacturer, contractor, or component supplier for small arms, artillery, armoured vehicles, drones, naval vessels, missile defence systems (Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow), fighter aircraft, tanks, warships, or ballistic missile systems. HiBob’s core product is general-purpose HR/workforce-management SaaS; available evidence does not indicate purpose-built targeting, fire-control, kill-chain automation, or weapons-integration functionality of the kind that would place its software within a munitions or strategic-platforms carve-in 34.

Export Licensing, Regulatory & Legal History

No public evidence identified of export licence grants, denials, suspensions, or revocations involving HiBob in any jurisdiction. No public evidence identified of investigations, citations, or enforcement actions regarding arms-embargo or sanctions compliance involving HiBob. No public evidence identified of court proceedings, judicial reviews, or legal challenges concerning a HiBob defence-supply relationship with Israel.

Civil Society Scrutiny & Documented Investigations

No public evidence identified of NGO investigations by Who Profits, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, AFSC, Al-Haq, PAX, SOMO, BankTrack, Don’t Buy Into Occupation, or Corporate Occupation naming HiBob in connection with military, security, or dual-use supply chains 56. No public evidence identified of organised boycott, divestment, or exclusion campaigns targeting HiBob for defence-sector activity.

A documented, non-lethal military-adjacent philanthropic channel was identified. HiBob CEO and co-founder Ronni Zehavi sits on the executive committee of the IDF Disabled Veterans Organization (Beit HaLochem), and at the “Israel 2.0” conference on November 12, 2025, he described the scale of IDF casualties, stating that soldiers “gave their bodies and souls for all of us, now it’s our turn to give back,” and that “we in high-tech live in privilege, and it’s our moral duty to help them” 7. This is a philanthropic and veterans-support relationship rather than a defence-industry board role, equity stake, or direct military-procurement channel, but it is documented here given its explicit IDF/veterans nexus 7.

HiBob has an ongoing corporate policy of granting stock options to reservist employees: 47 employees who served more than 30 days of IDF reserve duty during the “Swords of Iron” war each received 1,800 stock options, with the longest-serving reservist (in the development department) completing 265 days of service 8910. CEO Zehavi characterised military reserve service as “not only a duty but also a privilege, an honor, and a cornerstone of Israel’s strength - particularly in times of war” 8910. This is an internal employee-compensation policy rather than a donation to an external military fund, though it is the closest analogous reservist-support category identified in available sources 8910.

HiBob announced in November 2025 the establishment of “Beit HaLochem 2.0,” a rehabilitation-transition center in Tel Aviv for wounded IDF veterans, funding storytelling courses and a platform for veterans to share personal accounts, with stated plans for additional centers nationwide 7. This is a corporate social-responsibility and philanthropic initiative directed at war-wounded veterans’ civilian reintegration, distinct from a defence-contracting or dual-use commercial relationship 7. No public evidence identified of HiBob issuing statements, policy changes, or end-use monitoring commitments in response to civil-society pressure regarding a defence supply chain, as no such pressure campaign was identified in available sources.

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Footnotes

  1. https://www.sibat.mod.gov.il/industries/directory/documents/sibatdir-hls-en2018-19.pdf ↩

  2. https://www.sibat.mod.gov.il/OurServices/Pages/%E2%80%8BDefense%20and%20HLS%20directory.aspx ↩

  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiBob ↩ ↩2

  4. https://finder.startupnationcentral.org/company_page/hibob ↩ ↩2

  5. https://www.ohchr.org/en/business/bhr-database ↩ ↩2

  6. https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/company/3794 ↩ ↩2

  7. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/9kcounfjm ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  8. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rkaehmmyyx ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  9. https://undercodenews.com/hibob-recognizes-reservist-employees-with-stock-options-for-service-during-the-war/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  10. https://israelactive.com/the-jewish-state/stock-options-for-reservist-employees/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3