Start-up
Israeli AI startup Buildots completes $130m. funding round
Israeli company Buildots combines AI and computer vision at construction sites, targeting an international market on track to reach a value of about $1.4 trillion.
The new and surprising investment by Assi Cohen and Lior Suchard
Haifa startup HydroSight raises $5 million in seed round
Anthropic cancels $6B acquisition of Israeli AI start-up Decart following due diligence
Ben-Gurion third in the world for graduates' odds of founding a unicorn
Stanford University study: Ben-Gurion University graduates have the highest chance in Israel of founding a unicorn company, and rank third among institutions worldwide.
Israel isn’t losing to Europe. It’s simply not showing up - opinion
The question is no longer whether Israel has something to offer. In a global economy, what never meets a market never becomes impactful.
The strategy blind spot costing Israeli start-ups the US market - opinion
The very characteristic that gets a start-up off the ground, the preference for immediate tactical execution over long-term strategic planning, is a likely pitfall when moving to scale in the US...
Jewish success in AI is fueling an old debate about antisemitism - opinion
The poem asks God to choose another people, saying that the Jews have no more blood to sacrifice. They have run out of prayers and “have paid for every letter of the Ten Commandments..."
Israel pushes for deep tech start ups with Israel Innovation Authority’s new funding program
The Israel Innovation Authority will offer up to NIS 1 million more in funding through its startup fund to deep tech companies in the early stages of development.
Smotrich launches NIS 1.6 billion aid plan for high-tech and exporters
The Ministry of Finance will inject NIS 1 billion to save startups from closing, and will distribute hundreds of millions more to industrial plants.
Cyber security company NewCore raises $66 million
Among the investors in the company's round, which was founded by serial entrepreneurs and 8200 alumni: Assaf Rappaport, Yevgeny Dibrov, and Ofer Ben-Noon.
A new fund will invest in defense startups
Meet Stratos Ventures, the new Israeli fund connecting homeland security, government cyber, and supply chains with the strongest minds in the US.
Can Israel go from Start-Up Nation to AI State? - opinion
Citizens should ask their candidates running for office a direct question: which of you will mandate, not merely pilot, the use of AI to cut bureaucracy and serve citizens better?
Valued at $250 billion: Tel Aviv ranks fourth among world cities
According to a report by the international rating firm Start-up Genome, startup activity is concentrated in the fields of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and life sciences.
