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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 617

high-tech ecosystem

The main rehearsal for Israel's Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 28, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 1, 2025, 5:50 am
Israel at 77: Tech economy shows resilience during war, though clouds of change loom
While Israel takes pride in its tech ecosystem, fund managers and tech experts worry that the state is not acting to preserve the talent that keeps the industry thriving
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
Illustrative: Chairwomen and female CEOs of tech and biomed companies ring the opening ball at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in celebration of International Women's Day, March 7, 2024. (Courtesy)
March 6, 2025, 8:20 pm
Only one-tenth of Israeli startups are headed by female CEOs as gender gap persists
Women hold around 17% of senior management positions in private tech firms; overall share of women in Israeli tech workforce stagnates, study by Israel Innovation Authority shows
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
Israeli airline Arkia will start operating flights from Tel Aviv to New York. (Courtesy)
January 13, 2025, 7:04 pm
Arkia teams up with tech initiative to launch flights to New York starting February 8
With US airlines staying away, seats scarce and fares sky-high, the Israeli airline will operate three weekly flights on the Tel Aviv-New York route for an initial three months
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Israeli entrepreneurs, investors and lawyers mingle at the Up & Coming annual tech conference by PwC Israel and Goldfarb Gross Seligman law firm in Tel Aviv on September 4, 2024. (Sharon Wrobel/Times of Israel)
January 9, 2025, 8:48 pm
With a possible end to the war in sight, will 2025 bring a startup ‘baby boom’?
Fund managers and tech executives worry about a shortage of local talent and new startups, but expect a revival of Israeli tech firms going public on the US stock market
By Sharon Wrobel
A Fly Dubai plane is parked on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Lod, November 10, 2024. (AP Photo/ Ohad Zwigenberg)
November 25, 2024, 11:12 pm
Tech forum names seasonal airline, reveals fares for NY route, to launch in January
With US airlines staying away, limited seats, and sky-high fares, TechAir is set to offer Tel Aviv-New York flights at a round-trip fare of $800-$1,800 in economy class
By Sharon Wrobel
Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz from left to right: VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
July 16, 2024, 10:33 pm
Could Google’s $23b bid for Israel-founded cyber unicorn boost local tech outlook?
Parent company Alphabet is said to be in ‘advanced talks’ with Wiz, in what would mark the biggest-ever Israeli tech acquisition, and generate tax windfall during Gaza war period
By Sharon Wrobel
Employees at Tel Aviv-based venture group Team8. (Courtesy)
March 5, 2024, 7:06 pm
Backed by Microsoft and Cisco, Israel’s Team8 raises $500m to help build startups
Venture group plans to use fresh funds for building and investing in 30 startups in the areas of cyber, data infrastructure, fintech, digital health and AI
By Sharon Wrobel
Tech workers protest against the government's judicial overhaul 'time is running out for Israeli high-tech,' in Tel Aviv, on March 23, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 31, 2023, 6:56 pm
Almost 50% of new Israeli startups incorporated abroad in first half of year – survey
Israel Advanced Technology Industries (IATI) finds that 45% of new start-ups were incorporated outside of Israel, compared to 20% in 2022
By Sharon Wrobel
Team at Tel Aviv-based venture capital fund Symbol. (Courtesy)
August 8, 2023, 7:15 pm
Israeli venture capital fund Symbol closes $50 million debut fund
Fund invests in ‘pre-consensus’ Israeli-founded entrepreneurs pitching ideas outside the tech spotlight; founder shares investor concerns about domestic political uncertainty
By Sharon Wrobel
Tel Aviv's financial business district skyline, June 2022. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)
July 3, 2023, 7:26 pm
Israel sinks five spots to 10th most-funded tech ecosystem globally
Investments in local startups drop at faster pace than those of global peers this year, but the good news is ‘many Israeli startups have longer runways,’ report notes
By Sharon Wrobel
Erel Margalit, founder and chairman of JVP at a protest against the judicial overhaul in Haifa. (Micha Brickman/Courtesy)
April 25, 2023, 4:53 pm
Tech investors are waiting for ‘sanity’ to return to Israel, says JVP founder
Israeli entrepreneur and investor Erel Margalit says tech workers’ protests show that the government will not succeed with judicial overhaul push
By Sharon Wrobel
Ultra-Orthodox young women in the Adva training program, which aims to teach them with tech skill (Courtesy)
January 30, 2023, 3:09 pm
Women still only about a third of tech employees in Israel
New report by Power in Diversity also shows Arab and ultra-Orthodox participation rates in the tech workforce remain low
By Sharon Wrobel
A Google office building at the company's campus in Silicon Valley, June 2019. (Sundry Photography via iStock by Getty Images)
October 25, 2022, 4:55 pm
Google sets up tech program at Reichman University as part of $25m diversity drive
New ‘School of High-Tech’ to offer academically supervised and credited courses in programming, data analysis and business development, with focus on underrepresented communities
By Ricky Ben-David
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