ebay-logo-neweBay announced its acquisition of SalesPredict, an Israel-based company that leverages advanced analytics to predict customer buying behavior and sales conversion.

SalesPredict is eBay’s latest acquisition that will support its artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science efforts.  It follows eBay’s recent acquisition of Expertmaker, in order to further bolster its structured data efforts. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Upon the close of the transaction, a number of SalesPredict’s employees will join eBay’s structured data organization, working from eBay’s Israeli Development Center in Netanya.  SalesPredict Co-Founder and CEO Yaron Zakai-Or will serve as a Director of Product Management, Technology, and SalesPredict Co-Founder and CTO Kira Radinsky will be Director of Data Science & Chief Scientist, eBay Israel.

Source: SalesPredict