ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 573

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Virgin nixes Israel route, Turkey’s carriers waive flight slots at Tel Aviv airport
By Sharon Wrobel
Three airlines — Virgin, Turkish Airlines, and Pegasus Airlines — signal they will not resume flight services to Israel amid ongoing Gaza war
A Turkish Airlines plane seen at the airstrip at Ben Gurion International Airport. February 26, 2015. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90/ File)
Intel-backed accelerator kicks off first cohort for Ignite startup program in Israel
By Sharon Wrobel
The Intel-backed Ignite DeepTech program for startups in Israel kicked off its first cohort this week, selecting 10 early-stage companies out of 258 applicants for the growth accelerator. The three-month program is tailored to help young entrepreneurs and founders in the deep tech sectors transition ideas into businesses with clear strategies. Each selected... Continue Reading
Ignite DeepTech accelerator for young startups launches first cohort, April 2025. (Courtesy)
Intel's manufacturing plant in Kiryat Gat in southern Israel. (Courtesy)
Intel’s Israel staff could face another wave of layoffs as global job cuts loom
By Sharon Wrobel
Israel using AI to pinpoint Hamas leaders, find hostages in Gaza tunnels — report
By ToI Staff
Israel has made unprecedented use of artificial intelligence to wage war in Gaza, with many programs developed through cooperation between enlisted intelligence soldiers and reservists who work at large tech firms, The New York Times reported Friday, citing European, American and Israeli defense officials. While Israel's use of... Continue Reading
Illustrative: A soldier from the IDF's Military Intelligence Directorate works at a computer. (Israel Defense Forces)
Israel rolls out pilot for students to learn with conversational avatar companions
By Sharon Wrobel
eSelf partners with the Center for Educational Technology for every student to have access to a private AI tutor that can respond to questions by using images and videos in lessons
Bank of Israel rejects Sa’ar’s request to cancel NIS 200 bill as blow against Hamas
By Lazar Berman
The Bank of Israel on Thursday dismissed a public call by Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar to take the 200-shekel banknote out of circulation after he claimed that doing so would deal a financial blow to Hamas. In his initial letter to Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron on Thursday, distributed by his office,... Continue Reading
Illustrative photo of 200-shekel bills, February 7, 2016. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
Illustrative: A Boeing 787 aircraft seen during final assembly production in Charleston, South Carolina, August 4, 2022. (BOEING / AFP)
Israeli startup sues ex-CEO for fraud, and allegedly forging contracts using ChatGPT
By Sharon Wrobel
Promai accuses Erez Ben-Eshay of fabricating fake contracts with giants like Boeing and Tesla, posing as a pilot and romancing the founder to defraud the company
Top-ranked Israeli robotics team gives up championship bid over Shabbat observance
By ToI Staff
An Israeli youth robotics team withdrew from the final round of an elite robotics championships over the weekend in Texas due to their religious observance of Shabbat, which precludes the use of electronics, among other things. The forfeit marked the second time in three years that the Trigon 5990 team from AMIT High... Continue Reading
Illustrative: Israel's Orbit team celebrates winning the FIRST robotics competition in 2024. (Courtesy: FIRST)
Sharon Wrobel
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Sharon Wrobel
Israir gets in line for TLV-NYC flights, but fares on El Al-ruled route to stay sky-high
Low-cost carrier Israir is set to become the third Israeli airline to operate nonstop flights between Tel Aviv and New York starting next year. But despite the extra competition to flagship carrier El Al, it will likely be some time before consumers can reasonably hope for airfare prices to begin to sink back toward... Continue Reading
An Israir flight takes off from Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 25, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
By chance, reserve combat paramedic David Citron (middle) runs into decade-long friend Alan Buch, a New York-based venture capitalist, at the Zikim crossing bordering the Gaza Strip, in December 2023. (Courtesy)
Inside story
$35 million VC fund launches thanks to reservist’s chance encounter on the Gaza border
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli investor David Citron bumped into NY-based venture capitalist Alan Buch while serving in the Israel-Hamas war. Their resulting fund for startups born in combat launches Monday
An illustrative image of robot hackers; the use of artificial intellicence in cyber security (Iaremenko; iStock by Getty Images)
Israeli team uses tool that finds fake online profiles to detect abnormal protein activity
By Diana Bletter
Ben-Gurion University scientists say their innovative algorithm, WGAND, can identify rogue protein behavior the same way investigators uncover suspicious social network patterns
Pluri employees at the Israeli biotech firm's cell therapy production facility in Haifa. (Courtesy/Michael Brikman)
Inside story
In case of a nuclear event, Ukraine to use Israeli placenta-based emergency treatment
By Sharon Wrobel
Amid rising threat from Russia, Pluri partners with Ukrainian blood bank to stockpile remedy for deadly radiation poisoning that uses cells grown from donated placentas
An unmanned D9 bulldozer digs up a field during a demonstration to the press at the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) quarters near Tel Aviv on March 26, 2025. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
Israel’s new unmanned bulldozers ‘changing the paradigm’ of war in Gaza
By AFP and ToI Staff
The Robdozer, the robotic version of the D9 bulldozer, has begun limited deployment in the IDF’s operations against Hamas; ‘This is the future,’ says one military expert
A television screen displays market news at the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square, New York City on April 9, 2025. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
Israeli tech firms in US spared the worst of Trump tariffs, insiders say
By Luke Tress
Most Israel-founded companies sell software, which is exempt from administration’s levies, but the broader impact affects firms’ investments and markets
Dor Sarig (right) and Ziv Karliner, co-founders of Israeli AI security startup Pillar Security. (Courtesy)
Israeli startup nabs funds to build defense layer against evolving AI cyber threats
By Sharon Wrobel
Pillar Security raises $9 million in seed funding to triple its workforce and expand its R&D operations to help businesses build secure AI systems
A Hertz rental car is being scanned by Israeli startup UVeye's AI-driven inspection system. (Courtesy)
Hertz taps Israeli tech startup for automated inspection systems at US airports
By Sharon Wrobel
UVeye, the developer of an AI-powered scanner that can run full vehicle inspections in seconds, will install at least 100 of its ‘MRI’ systems at Hertz bases
Illustrative image of robots and artificial intelligence (AI) (Phonlamai iStock by Getty Images)
ChatGPT CV
Israel tops list of countries with highest self-reported AI skills
By Sharon Wrobel
Index of profiles by professional networking site LinkedIn also finds Israel ranks first in metric of female concentration in AI versus a global average of 87 countries
Ilya Sutskever, Israeli-Canadian computer scientist and co-founder and then-chief scientist of OpenAI, speaks at a TED AI conference in San Francisco on October 17, 2023. (Glenn Chapman / AFP)
Google and Nvidia said to back OpenAI co-founder Sutskever’s safety startup
By Sharon Wrobel
Safe Superintelligence, co-founded by Israel-raised Sutskever, raises $2b to hire top engineers in Tel Aviv and Palo Alto, and develop safe AI systems that are smarter than humans
Illustrative: Machinery in an armored vehicle manufacturing factory, December 27, 2023. (Defense Ministry)
Demand for state-backed insurance soars as Israeli exporters fear Trump tariff chaos
By Sharon Wrobel
State-owned Ashra trade agency says it granted exporters insurance for transactions worth NIS 4 billion in first quarter, versus NIS 1 billion during same period in 2024
A sports car drives along the Place de l'Etoile, in front of the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, France, February 18, 2025. (AP/Aurelien Morissard)
'Our success is revealing a huge problem in France'
A French taxi app for visiting Israelis is gaining popularity amid rising antisemitism
By Romain Chauvet
Monite, an application similar to Uber designed specifically for Hebrew speakers, is catching on beyond its intended audience, as unprecedented levels of hate threaten local Jews
Unrecognized Bedouin villages around the Ramat Hovav industrial area in southern Israel suffer from a high level of air pollution from nearby chenical evaporation ponds and an Israel Electric Corporation power plant on December 28, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/FLASH90)
Pensions and savings schemes are key pathway to fighting climate crisis, confab told
By Sue Surkes
First climate finance conference in Israel hears call for more government steps and action by individuals, warnings to business not to be left behind
Israeli-founded firms flock to Florida to expand footprint, and boost economy – study
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli-founded companies are increasingly eyeing Florida as a hub to expand their businesses in the US market, according to a new study by the United States – Israel Business Alliance (USIBA). "Israeli entrepreneurs are looking more and more at Florida as a viable option to grow their businesses in the US as it... Continue Reading
Skyline of downtown Miami is seen from Miami City Hall, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP/Lynne Sladky)
A Turkish Airlines plane seen at the airstrip at Ben Gurion International Airport. February 26, 2015. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90/ File)
April 28, 2025, 9:38 pm
Virgin nixes Israel route, Turkey’s carriers waive flight slots at Tel Aviv airport
Three airlines — Virgin, Turkish Airlines, and Pegasus Airlines — signal they will not resume flight services to Israel amid ongoing Gaza war
By Sharon Wrobel
Ignite DeepTech accelerator for young startups launches first cohort, April 2025. (Courtesy)
April 27, 2025, 11:59 pm
Intel-backed accelerator kicks off first cohort for Ignite startup program in Israel
Ignite DeepTech, a project to foster and grow young companies, selects 10 startups in areas of cybersecurity, biotech, and road safety to participate in new initiative
By Sharon Wrobel
Intel's manufacturing plant in Kiryat Gat in southern Israel. (Courtesy)
April 24, 2025, 9:55 pm
Intel’s Israel staff could face another wave of layoffs as global job cuts loom
US chipmaker, one of Israel’s largest employers, has 9,350 people working at three R&D centers and a manufacturing plant; reported layoffs could affect as many as 1,800 workers
By Sharon Wrobel
Dr. Alan Bekker, co-founder and CEO of Israeli AI startup eSelf. (Courtesy)
April 24, 2025, 3:51 am
Israel rolls out pilot for students to learn with conversational avatar companions
eSelf partners with the Center for Educational Technology for every student to have access to a private AI tutor that can respond to questions by using images and videos in lessons
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: A Boeing 787 aircraft seen during final assembly production in Charleston, South Carolina, August 4, 2022. (BOEING / AFP)
April 22, 2025, 9:01 pm
Israeli startup sues ex-CEO for fraud, and allegedly forging contracts using ChatGPT
Promai accuses Erez Ben-Eshay of fabricating fake contracts with giants like Boeing and Tesla, posing as a pilot and romancing the founder to defraud the company
By Sharon Wrobel
An Israir flight takes off from Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 25, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
April 22, 2025, 5:28 pm
Israir gets in line for TLV-NYC flights, but fares on El Al-ruled route to stay sky-high
Low-cost local carrier will offer seats to US next year; until then, war and fears of fresh cancellations are keeping prices raised despite competition from Arkia, Delta and United
By Sharon Wrobel
By chance, reserve combat paramedic David Citron (middle) runs into decade-long friend Alan Buch, a New York-based venture capitalist, at the Zikim crossing bordering the Gaza Strip, in December 2023. (Courtesy)
April 21, 2025, 4:47 pm
$35 million VC fund launches thanks to reservist’s chance encounter on the Gaza border
Israeli investor David Citron bumped into NY-based venture capitalist Alan Buch while serving in the Israel-Hamas war. Their resulting fund for startups born in combat launches Monday
By Sharon Wrobel
Pluri employees at the Israeli biotech firm's cell therapy production facility in Haifa. (Courtesy/Michael Brikman)
April 20, 2025, 4:12 pm
In case of a nuclear event, Ukraine to use Israeli placenta-based emergency treatment
Amid rising threat from Russia, Pluri partners with Ukrainian blood bank to stockpile remedy for deadly radiation poisoning that uses cells grown from donated placentas
By Sharon Wrobel
Dor Sarig (right) and Ziv Karliner, co-founders of Israeli AI security startup Pillar Security. (Courtesy)
April 16, 2025, 8:12 pm
Israeli startup nabs funds to build defense layer against evolving AI cyber threats
Pillar Security raises $9 million in seed funding to triple its workforce and expand its R&D operations to help businesses build secure AI systems
By Sharon Wrobel
A Hertz rental car is being scanned by Israeli startup UVeye's AI-driven inspection system. (Courtesy)
April 16, 2025, 4:22 pm
Hertz taps Israeli tech startup for automated inspection systems at US airports
UVeye, the developer of an AI-powered scanner that can run full vehicle inspections in seconds, will install at least 100 of its ‘MRI’ systems at Hertz bases
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image of robots and artificial intelligence (AI) (Phonlamai iStock by Getty Images)
April 15, 2025, 8:06 pm
Israel tops list of countries with highest self-reported AI skills
Index of profiles by professional networking site LinkedIn also finds Israel ranks first in metric of female concentration in AI versus a global average of 87 countries
By Sharon Wrobel
Ilya Sutskever, Israeli-Canadian computer scientist and co-founder and then-chief scientist of OpenAI, speaks at a TED AI conference in San Francisco on October 17, 2023. (Glenn Chapman / AFP)
April 14, 2025, 6:26 pm
Google and Nvidia said to back OpenAI co-founder Sutskever’s safety startup
Safe Superintelligence, co-founded by Israel-raised Sutskever, raises $2b to hire top engineers in Tel Aviv and Palo Alto, and develop safe AI systems that are smarter than humans
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Machinery in an armored vehicle manufacturing factory, December 27, 2023. (Defense Ministry)
April 10, 2025, 8:20 pm
Demand for state-backed insurance soars as Israeli exporters fear Trump tariff chaos
State-owned Ashra trade agency says it granted exporters insurance for transactions worth NIS 4 billion in first quarter, versus NIS 1 billion during same period in 2024
By Sharon Wrobel
Skyline of downtown Miami is seen from Miami City Hall, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP/Lynne Sladky)
April 9, 2025, 11:56 pm
Israeli-founded firms flock to Florida to expand footprint, and boost economy – study
The Sunshine State is home to 429 Israeli-founded companies, and two unicorns that employ 8,190 local workers, according to a new US-Israel Business Alliance report
By Sharon Wrobel
Offices of Discount and Hapoalim banks in the center of Tel Aviv (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90)
April 9, 2025, 5:11 pm
Hapoalim and Discount each fined NIS 40 million by competition watchdog
Israel Competition Authority alleges that the commercial banks’ minority stakes in fintech startup Neema would restrict fair conduct and hinder competition
By Sharon Wrobel
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