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Amnon Shashua

AI humanoid robots developed by Israeli startup Mentee Robotics. (Courtesy of Mentee Robotics)
January 7, 2026, 4:22 pm
Mobileye buys Israeli AI humanoid startup for $900 million in bid for robotics
Mentee Robotics co-founder Amnon Shashua says ‘mentored’ human-like AI robots will be deployed in warehouses and assembly plants in 2028 and will do chores at home in 2030
By Sharon Wrobel
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the Live Keynote Pregame during the Nvidia GTC (GPU Technology Conference) in Washington, DC, on October 28, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)
December 30, 2025, 10:50 pm
Report: Nvidia in advanced talks to buy Israel’s AI21 Labs for up to $3 billion
Potential deal would come shortly after AI chip giant announced ‘second home’ in Kiryat Tivon, and following banner year for Israeli tech exits
By Reuters, Sharon Wrobel and ToI Staff
The Mobileye office campus located at the Har Hotzvim tech park in Jerusalem, March 26, 2024. (Courtesy)
December 9, 2025, 12:53 am
Struggling Mobileye to lay off hundreds of workers, mostly in Israel
Jerusalem-based autonomous car tech developer paring back employee count by some 5% as it looks to regroup in light of shrinking demand and revenue
By Sharon Wrobel
One Zero digital bank's securities platform. (Courtesy)
November 18, 2024, 5:28 pm
One Zero CEO steps down after halted expansion plans in Italy and layoffs due to war
Gal Bar Dea was designated to lead the Israeli bank’s plan to create a digital bank with Italy’s Banca Generali, which was frozen in the unfavorable geopolitical environment
By Sharon Wrobel
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)
September 4, 2024, 9:08 pm
Mobileye founder warns about how war, judicial overhaul hurt Israeli tech
Prof. Amnon Shashua says that while Israelis are used to living in a routine of war, the uncertainty puts off foreign investors and clients, hurting the local tech environment
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
Founders of Israeli startup Mentee Robotics (from left to right) Prof. Shai Shalev-Shwartz, Prof. Amnon Shashua, and Prof. Lior Wolf with prototype AI humanoid robot. (Courtesy)
April 18, 2024, 7:38 pm
Mobileye founder gives sneak peek into human-like AI robot doing household chores
Israeli startup Mentee Robotics debuts prototype of general-purpose robot that can move everywhere, clean dishes, do the laundry, work in warehouses… and learns on the fly
By Sharon Wrobel
The Mobileye office campus located at the Har Hotzvim tech park in Jerusalem, March 26, 2024. (Courtesy)
March 26, 2024, 4:55 pm
After seven years, Mobileye inaugurates new Jerusalem office campus
NIS 1 billion-plus complex in the Har Hotzvim tech park to be the main R&D site of the self-driving auto technology firm
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
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
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
AI21 founders (from right to left): Prof. Yoav Shoham, Ori Goshen, and Prof. Amnon Shashua. (Roei Shor Photography)
July 13, 2022, 10:24 am
AI21 Labs, co-founded by Amnon Shashua, pulls in $64m for AI language services
Tel Aviv NLP company seeks to ‘change the way people read and write’; funds to fuel R&D, recruitment
By Ricky Ben-David
From left: One Zero Bank CEO Gal Bar Dea, founder Amnon Shashua and chairman Shuki Oren. (Yanai Yechiel and Yonatan Hefner)
December 30, 2021, 8:03 pm
Israel’s newest bank picks a new name
Amnon Shashua’s banking company, known as the First Digital Bank, names itself One Zero to offer ‘real, comprehensive’ banking alternative
By Ricky Ben-David
Flipped-over helicopter near Yakum on December 19, 2021 (Screen grab/Ynet)
December 19, 2021, 12:17 pm
Mobileye founder Amnon Shashua lightly hurt after helicopter overturns on ground
Aircraft, reportedly piloted by tech entrepreneur during flight training, tips over; two others uninjured
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of artificial intelligence research, robots and banking (Blue Planet Studio; iStock by Getty Images)
December 14, 2021, 5:07 pm
New Israeli digital bank raises $120m with Asian, European investors
China’s Tencent, Japanese conglomerate SBI, and Swiss group Julius Baer back First Digital Bank, founded by Mobileye’s Amnon Shashua
By Ricky Ben-David
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