Amit is the CEO and co-founder of Laminar. Shaked served in Unit 8200 of the Israel Defense Forces, an Israeli Intelligence Corps unit focused on signal intelligence and code decryption, before co-founding Laminar. Shaked earned a master's degree in artificial intelligence and deep learning during his time in the military. After Unit 8200, Amit led deep learning, AI, and augmented reality teams for the unicorn Magic Leap. Amit holds a Master of Computer Science from Tel Aviv University.