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Itai Gafni (left) and Roy Weisfeld, co-founders of Israeli cybersecurity startup Huskeys in Tel Aviv. (Yair Glazer)
September 2, 2026, 10:33 pm
US giant Blackstone invests in Israeli cyber startup tackling malicious AI web traffic
Tel Aviv-based Huskeys is building technology to manage and secure internet traffic generated by AI agents and other autonomous systems acting online rather than by humans
By Sharon Wrobel
Cyera cybersecurity startup founders Yotam Segev (left) and Tamar Bar-Ilan. (Courtest of Cyera)
January 8, 2026, 7:08 pm
AI security boom triples valuation of Israeli cyber startup to $9 billion within a year
Israeli-founded Cyera snags $400 million from investors, led by US asset manager Blackstone, to bolster its data security platform as businesses increasingly adopt AI models
By Sharon Wrobel
Cyera cybersecurity startup founders Yotam Segev (left) and Tamar Bar-Ilan. (Menash Cohen)
December 17, 2025, 6:47 pm
Israeli-founded cyber unicorn Cyera said to raise $400m, soaring to $9 billion valuation
Investment led by US alternative asset manager Blackstone comes six months after previous round, when the Israeli data security startup was valued at $6 billion
By Sharon Wrobel
Blackstone vice chairman of strategy and client relations Tom Nides (right), and Yifat Oron, Blackstone senior managing director at the alternative asset manager's Tel Aviv office on Feb. 3, 2025. (Courtesy)
February 4, 2025, 7:29 pm
Former US ambassador: Trump will want Netanyahu to push next stage of hostage deal
In addition to Gaza plan and cooperation on Iran, the prime minister and the US president will discuss economic issues, including AI chip rules, Tom Nides says
By Sharon Wrobel
Tomer Weingarten, CEO and co-founder of cybersecurity firm SentinelOne, at the New York Stock Exchange, June 30, 2021 (Courtesy)
December 20, 2021, 4:23 pm
2021 was a bumper year for Israeli tech. What will 2022 bring?
Israeli tech firms scouting globally for acquisition deals will be a key feature of next year, while shaky capital markets may put a damper on valuations, experts predict
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of a computer-generated unicorn. (Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay)
November 3, 2021, 3:08 pm
Whither the unicorns? Experts debate how billion-dollar firms will change Israel
A critical mass of mega-valued global tech companies based in Israel may create a whole new local ecosystem in the coming years
By Shoshanna Solomon
Bernard Arnault, the chairman and CEO of LMVH Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton. (YouTube screenshot)
June 10, 2021, 7:58 pm
Luxury goods magnate Bernard Arnault invests in Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz
Arnault, the chiarman of Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH), is one of the world’s richest men; together with US billionaire Howard Schultz, he joins in $120 million funding round
By Shoshanna Solomon
A new way of greeting to avoid the spread of coronavirus. (iStock by Getty Images)
From the WebMay 25, 2021, 4:23 pm
Wiz raises $120 million from Salesforce and Blackstone
Calcalist: To date, cybersecurity firm had raised some $230 million from investors in two major rounds of $100 million and a more recent one of some $130 million
A sign for The Blackstone Group L.P. investment firm in front of its offices, October 15, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
April 25, 2021, 5:00 pm
US giant Blackstone sets up Israel office to fund fast-growth tech firms
Office will be run by Yifat Oron, who will be writing ‘big checks’ to select Israeli firms from the US company’s new $4.5 billion growth equity private fund
By Shoshanna Solomon
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