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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 646

Israel Innovation Authority

Ignite DeepTech accelerator for young startups launches first cohort, April 2025. (Courtesy)
April 27, 2025, 11:59 pm
Intel-backed accelerator kicks off first cohort for Ignite startup program in Israel
Ignite DeepTech, a project to foster and grow young companies, selects 10 startups in areas of cybersecurity, biotech, and road safety to participate in new initiative
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image of employees working in the tech sector. (Hadas Porush/ Flash90)
April 7, 2025, 12:55 am
War spurs brain drain, outflow of Israeli high-tech employees, report finds
Israel Innovation Authority’s snapshot of employment trends shows 8,300 high-tech workers left Israel from Oct. 2023 to July 2024, with intent to stay away for at least a year
By Sharon Wrobel
An illustrative image of program developers, startups and innovation (scyther5; iStock by Getty Images)
January 19, 2025, 8:08 pm
One in five Israeli tech firms moved some operations and staff abroad during war
Israel Innovation Authority survey finds that about 50% of startups and tech firms may run out of funds within 6 months, as they grapple with flight suspensions and staff shortages
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image of robot assistant technology, industry 4.0, artificial intelligence (Jiraroj Praditcharoenkul; iStock by Getty Images)
December 15, 2024, 8:22 pm
Israel seeks 200 global AI experts to address shortage in local tech startups
In initative led by Israel Innovation Authority, NIS 7M. allocated to attract top-tier talent over the next three years and help country keep pace in global AI race
By Sharon Wrobel
Synergy7's R&D robotics lab in Beersheva. (Sali Petel)
December 15, 2024, 9:47 am
Negev-based consortium helps war-hit startups reach US, Singapore and UAE markets
Synergy7, backed by the Israel Innovation Authority, Elbit and Dell, sets up an innovation hub in Beersheba to give businesses access to tech space and develop the country’s south
By Sharon Wrobel
A drone carries medical samples near Ziv Medical Center in Safed on October 18, 2020. (David Cohen/FLASH90/File)
November 25, 2024, 6:20 am
Pressed into service by war, national drone delivery project moves closer to takeoff
Created to build system tracking and managing UAVs that one day may fill Israel’s skies, state-run Drone Initiative shifts on the fly to keep drones out of IDF’s way after Oct. 7
By Zev Stub
Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro of Tel Aviv University. (Tel Aviv University)
November 22, 2024, 8:39 am
COVID vaccine in nasal spray: Israeli researchers help develop needle-free inoculation
Tel Aviv University scientists say peer-reviewed invention can be stored at room temperature, helping to reach remote regions; it can be administered without nurses or injections
By Diana Bletter
An illustrative photo of Nvidia's HGX supercomputing platform. (Courtesy)
November 12, 2024, 8:22 pm
Google, Amazon set to compete in tender for Israel’s AI supercomputing platform
Tech giants are set to bid on a NIS 240 million tender to build supercomputing infrastructure for Israeli tech startups and academia to advance AI technologies
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: A tech development center in Herzliya, Oct 30, 2020. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
September 23, 2024, 6:34 pm
Slowdown in growth of tech workforce is bad for tax revenue, report warns
Israel Innovation Authority says despite the war, the local tech ecosystem is 3rd-largest global hub for capital raising, but notes that investments flowing largely to cyber firms
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative image of robots and artificial intelligence (AI) (Phonlamai iStock by Getty Images)
September 18, 2024, 2:50 pm
Israel invests NIS 500m in R&D infrastructure to keep pace in global AI race
Funds for the program will be allocated to create a national AI research institute, expand human capital, and integrate AI models across government services
By Sharon Wrobel
Mellanox founder Eyal Waldman (second from right) speaks at a panel discussion at the annual Journey conference by Ernst & Young Israel in Tel Aviv, Sept. 10, 2024. (Courtesy)
September 10, 2024, 11:31 pm
Entrepreneurs and investors ponder the future of tech as fundraising slumps
Only 10 new Israeli VC funds managed to raise a total of $554 million in January to June, in what is set to be one of the worst years for capital raising in tech industry
By Sharon Wrobel
Muslim women working on computers (illustrative photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
August 28, 2024, 6:02 pm
Innovation Authority invests NIS 35m to lure tech jobs to Negev and Galilee
Addressing challenges posed by the months-long war, funds are allocated to help tech firms open new branches and hire local talent in the north and south
By Sharon Wrobel
Tel Aviv's Kiryat Atidim tech hub. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
August 14, 2024, 7:16 pm
Tech employees pay over a third of all income tax in Israel, study shows
Report emphasizes the urgency of investment in startups and education for underrepresented populations to secure one of the main sources of tax revenue
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli startup JaxBio is developing a simple blood test harnessing liquid biopsy technology for fast, affordable and highly sensitive diagnosis of cancer and other diseases. (Courtesy)
July 17, 2024, 7:22 pm
Nine Israeli startups secure $142 million in funding from EU Horizon program
Israel ranks third in Europe in terms of the number of startups to win funding from the European Innovation Council’s accelerator program, following Germany and France
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
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