Start up nation

Tel Aviv ranks 34th globally, highest in Middle East, in Oxford Economics’ 2026 Global Cities Index

Tel Aviv is one of the only three Middle East cities included in the top 50 of the index, which ranks the top 1,000 cities worldwide following several key areas.

A hot day at the beach in Tel Aviv.
Israeli Tech

From Weizmann computers to start-up nation: How Israel grew to become a high-tech powerhouse

Israelis have become exceptionally good at building when the plan keeps changing.

Built for uncertainty - opinion

Alumni from Unit 8200 attend annual conference in 2025.

IDF Unit 8200 Alumni Association uses network to drive Israeli innovation, start-ups


Ex-IDF intel. officials break new cybersecurity ground in bid to transform the cloud

A new company led by an ex-chief of IDF intelligence Unit 8200 aims to make the cloud defendable against cyberattacks.

Keep your head in the cloud

Why is the hi-tech sector protesting against the judicial reform?

Israel Innovation institute founder: 'If you kill the hi-tech sector, the consequences will be huge.'

 WORKERS FROM the hi-tech sector protest against the proposed changes to the legal system, in Tel Aviv, on Tuesday.

WATCH: Founder of billion dollar Israeli company drilled at home. It didn't end well

Oren Kaniel, CEO and co-founder of the successful Israeli marketing analytics start-up AppsFlyer, is on paternity leave. Watch what happened.

AppsFlyer co-founders CTO Reshef Mann (L) and CEO Oren Kaniel.

Start-Up Nation Central is making its mark at COP27

Just days into the international conference, SNC said it has already started a regional initiative that it believes will bring countries in the ‘neighborhood’ to work together.

 The Israel pavilion at Sharm e-Sheikh in Egypt for COP27.

Israel isn't the Start-Up Nation. It's the Jewish state - opinion

Israel did not fight its many wars out of allegiance to the microchip. Judaism is the basis for the past, present and future Jewish state.

 A soldier casts his ballot in the Israeli general elections a day early at the Har Dov military base on Mount Hermon, on October 31, 2022.

Pinecone Systems releases the next stage of search engine evolution

‘Vector search’ fuses the two dominant search models – keyword and semantic – into one system that will enable companies to offer the highest level search results possible.

 Search Engine Land search marketing blog word visualizations at Online Marketing Blog.

Israeli innovators win $2 million Climate Solutions Prize

Hundreds of people attended the Climate Solutions Prize Festival in the Hulda forest in central Israel.

Dr. Doron Markel, Chief Scientist KKL-JNF; Jeff Hart, Executive Chair of the Climate Solutions Prize; Galit Levi, Chief Officer Climate Solution Prize; Avi Hasson, CEO of Start-Up Nation Central.

Amid an onslaught of firings, how have these start-ups survived?

Despite the ongoing firing trend which has led to the termination of hundreds of employees, these companies have managed to hold strong and even grow.

 Women in tech - illustrative

Israel could become a climate change solution leader - opinion

Israel, as a recognized leader in developing advanced solutions to global challenges, is extremely well-positioned to take a central position in battling climate change.

 THE CLIMATE Solutions Prize leadership team attends the launch event for the prize.

Can Keymakr video annotation help AI see like Terminator or Iron Man?

Tech Talk: Keymakr video annotation helps AI see better.

Robot on display at Terminator 3 premier in Los Angeles