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Mobileye co-founder and CEO Professor Amnon Shashua speaks at the Nasdaq exchange in New York after the Intel subsidiary went public, October 26, 2022. (Nasdaq)
July 23, 2026, 11:37 pm
Mobileye founder Shashua to hand over reins as CEO after almost three decades
Amnon Shashua, the architect of the Jerusalem-based autonomous car tech developer, seeks to leave day-to-day operations to focus on long-term tech trends, including humanoid robotics
By Sharon Wrobel
Attendees visit the Meta booth at the Game Developers Conference 2023 in San Francisco, California, on March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
May 20, 2026, 10:57 pm
Meta begins job cuts in Israel as global layoffs in the name of AI mount
Silicon Valley tech titan that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp is letting go of about 90 employees in Israel as part of round of layoffs to cut 10% of global headcount
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image of innovation, AI, machine learning and robots. (ipopba; iStock by Getty Images)
May 21, 2024, 6:26 pm
AI boom may leave Israel behind due to shortage of funds and talent, report warns
Research by RISE Israel and Google shows that local AI tech startups attract less investment than in US and Europe, and face a lack of employees with advanced academic degrees
By Sharon Wrobel
AI21 Labs co-founders (from left to right): Uri Goshen, Prof Amnon Shashua, and Prof Yoav Shoham. (Roei Shor)
November 21, 2023, 8:18 pm
Backed by Intel and Comcast, Israel’s AI21 raises another $53m at $1.4b valuation
Additional funds secured during war period by AI21 Labs, a creator of AI generative text models co-founded by Amnon Shashua, take financing round to $208 million
By Sharon Wrobel
Entrepreneurs gather at the Web Summit at Parque das Nacoes, in Lisbon on November 9, 2016. (AFP/ Patricia de Melo Moreira)
October 17, 2023, 5:38 pm
Tech leaders boycott Europe’s biggest tech confab over criticism of Israeli response
Israeli firms withdraw from next month’s Web Summit after its CEO expressed ‘shock’ over Western support for IDF operations in Gaza, which he suggested amounted to war crimes
By Sharon Wrobel
AI21 founders (from right to left): Prof. Yoav Shoham, Ori Goshen, and Prof. Amnon Shashua. (Roei Shor Photography)
August 31, 2023, 3:02 pm
Backed by Google and Nvidia, Israel AI startup nabs $155m, soars to $1.4b valuation
Funding round makes AI21 Labs, a creator of AI generative text models co-founded by Amnon Shashua, a new Israeli unicorn
By Sharon Wrobel
A DALL-E illustration created by Shoshanna Solomon: A futuristic cyborg riding a wave in the middle of the sea with an Israeli flag in the background.
August 2, 2023, 8:26 pm
As AI rides global wave, troubled Israel risks missing the splash
If judicial overhaul turmoil prevents Israel from being part of AI revolution, ‘we will weep for generations;’ argues expert who led task force on national cybersecurity policy
By Shoshanna Solomon
AI21 Labs's Jurassic-2, an advanced AI language model for automating text. (Courtesy)
March 9, 2023, 7:15 pm
Tel Aviv startup rolls out new advanced AI language model to rival OpenAI
AI21 Labs, co-founded by Amnon Shashua, launches Jurassic-2 and five new AI generative tools to paraphrase, summarize, check for grammar mistakes, and improve text
By Sharon Wrobel
AI21 founders (from right to left): Prof. Yoav Shoham, Ori Goshen, and Prof. Amnon Shashua. (Roei Shor Photography)
January 17, 2023, 4:04 pm
AI21 Labs, co-founded by Amnon Shashua, rolls out AI feature to spice up writing
NLP startup says Wordtune Spices is a generative AI toolbox to help students and professionals enrich their writing with statistical facts, analogies, and jokes
By Sharon Wrobel
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