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Employees at Tel Aviv-based venture group Team8. (Courtesy)
August 13, 2026, 12:38 am
Backed by Walmart and Cisco, Israel’s Team8 raises $365m to help build AI startups
Venture group plans to use funds for investing in 16 companies that focus on software infrastructure needed for businesses to securely manage AI agents in workloads
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: A tech development center in Herzliya, October 30, 2020. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
August 11, 2026, 9:52 pm
Survey finds AI adoption spurring shift in tech hiring from software to hardware
Despite major layoffs, tech employment is stable even as Israeli software firms cut jobs amid AI advances, with hardware companies continuing to hire to meet demand for chips
By Sharon Wrobel
British musician Boy George performs with Senhit (not pictured) representing San Marino with the song ‘Superstar’ during the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, May 12, 2026. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP)
August 10, 2026, 9:18 am
Boy George defends AI use in pro-Israel song, threatens to fire reluctant bandmates
British pop star says human musicians would have ‘gotten in my way’ while producing Nova tribute; insists lyrics, melody are entirely his after track’s removal from music platform
By ToI Staff
Israeli NeuroAI startup Hemispheric builds an AI model to decipher the language of the brain. (Courtesy of David Garb)
August 5, 2026, 3:34 am
Israeli startup looks to harness AI to decode the ‘language’ of the brain
Hemispheric says its AI model, trained on EEG data from 100,000 people, can translate a brain’s electrical activity to diagnose conditions like PTSD, but tech yet to be proven, expert warns
By Sharon Wrobel
An illustrative image of a quantum computing concept. (metamorworks; iStock by Getty Images)
August 4, 2026, 11:34 pm
Israel rolls out tender for national quantum computer, and plans for advanced AI push
Plan aims to establish ‘Israeli technological sovereignty,’ provide a significant boost to the local high-tech ecosystem, and strengthen the country’s long-term competitiveness
By Sharon Wrobel
The Technology Awareness Group office in Williamsburg, New York City, July 9, 2026. (Times of Israel staff)
August 2, 2026, 4:04 pm
AI rabbis? Some NY Hasidic groups see new technology as a challenge, others as a tool
Artificial intelligence that can answer questions of Jewish law may threaten congregants’ relationships with religious leaders, but also serves as a powerful educational resource
By David Pinto
Team at AI security startup Onyx Security. (Courtesy of Netanel Tobias)
July 30, 2026, 9:02 pm
Israeli cyber startup raises $113m to secure and control autonomous AI agents
Onyx Security is developing technology to govern the use of advanced autonomous systems as companies hand more of their workflows to an army of AI agents
By Sharon Wrobel
Left to right: An aerial view of Tel Aviv University (Tel Aviv University); Haifa's Technion campus. (Technion Spokesperson's Office)
July 30, 2026, 12:55 am
Two Israeli universities rank among top 30 global producers of AI talent, startups
Technion and Tel Aviv University secure 25th and 28th places, respectively, in global index measuring ability to educate talent and generate research and entrepreneurship in AI
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli startup Oasis Security founders Danny Brickman (right) and Amit Zimerman. (Courtesy of Ohad Kab).
July 28, 2026, 8:18 pm
Cyera to acquire Israeli AI startup Oasis Security in $1 billion deal
Company develops technology for managing non-human identities, such as AI agents, to help businesses control the risks of adopting autonomous tools into work processes
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Arnold Schwarzenegger as 'The Terminator' (Publicity)
July 27, 2026, 9:51 am
‘Skynet Day,’ when AI hacked into startup, brings dystopian sci-fi scenarios closer than ever
While real-life ‘Terminator’ is not at hand, use of AI in military is getting uncomfortably close to film’s imagery, such as Israel’s use of programs to find targets in Gaza war
By Laurie Kellman and Lindsey Bahr
Illustrative image of cybersecurity threats and data breaches. (iStock via Getty Images)
July 23, 2026, 9:39 pm
Cisco backs Israeli cyber startup led by Iranian-born security veteran
Zafran Security is the developer of software to detect and mitigate cyber threats by unifying existing security tools, as AI advances reduce the time defenders have to act
By Sharon Wrobel
The OpenAI logo is displayed on a cellphone with an image on a computer monitor generated by ChatGPT’s Dall-E text-to-image model, December 8, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
July 22, 2026, 6:08 pm
OpenAI models go rogue during testing, triggering ‘unprecedented’ cyber breach
New York-based AI startup Hugging Face says it used an open-sourced Chinese model to contain the hack, which compromised its infrastructure
By Raphael Satter
The monday.com team opens trade on the Nasdaq on June 10, 2021 (Nasdaq)
July 22, 2026, 5:56 pm
Israel’s Monday.com lays off 20% of its employees as AI changes how work gets done
Work management software firm says move is not intended to replace workers with AI, but is part of restructuring toward a platform in which human employees and AI agents work together
By Sharon Wrobel
IDF soldiers use Israeli-founded defense tech startup EyesAtop's universal remote controller to operate a variety of drones. (Courtesy EyesAtop)
July 20, 2026, 4:43 am
By unifying controls, startup led by slain soldier’s brother puts drone war in IDF’s hands
EyesAtop’s universal remote controller allows a single soldier to fly different types of UAVs at once, giving the IDF an edge on battlefields being transformed by cheap drone tech
By Sharon Wrobel
Central Election Committee workers count the final ballots at Knesset on November 3, 2022 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 7, 2026, 8:05 pm
State comptroller: Government has no policy to combat foreign election meddling
Englman says in report that Iran and other hostile actors are exploiting social media to create divisions in Israeli society and undermine public trust in results of fall election
By Jeremy Sharon
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