Israeli high tech

One of the last photos taken by Beresheet before it crash landed into the moon, on April 11, 2019. (Courtesy SpaceIL)

September 5, 2021, 5:10 pm

SpaceIL issues call for scientific research proposals on 2nd moon mission

Israeli organization gears up for follow-up space mission in 2024, asks global research institutes to submit ideas for experiments

By Ricky Ben-David

Ibex Medical Analytics is an Israeli maker of AI-based cancer diagnostics software. (Courtesy)

August 25, 2021, 7:27 pm

Israeli AI tech to help pathologists detect gastrointestinal cancer

Ibex Medical Analytics deploys advanced solution at Maccabi pathology institute to support accurate diagnosis

By Ricky Ben-David

Upstream Security founders Yoav Levy, CEO (right) and Yonatan Appel, CTO. (Photo: Yarin Taranos)

August 24, 2021, 4:52 pm

Japan’s Mitsui insurance ups investment in Israel’s Upstream Security

Japanese company leads $62m expanded Series C round in provider of cloud-based cybersecurity solutions for connected and autonomous cars

By Ricky Ben-David

The Bzigo mosquito detector in action (Courtesy)

July 28, 2021, 10:22 am

With computer vision, Bzigo creates ‘Iron Dome’ against mosquitos

Israeli startup’s tech doesn’t kill the pests, just pinpoints them with laser light and alerts your smartphone

By Shoshanna Solomon

July 27, 2021, 4:17 pm

Dmytro Spilka

Catering to cleantech: how Israel is evolving into a sustainability pioneer

Israel is a nation that has a muddled relationship with sustainability, but emerging ‘cleantech’ and pioneering innovations may be set to put the record straight on the environment

Illustrative. Hackers/cybersecurity (iStock by Getty Images)

July 27, 2021, 4:07 pm

Cybersecurity insurance firm At-Bay raises $185 million, becomes latest unicorn

At-Bay uses machine learning and other tech to assess cybersecurity risk of firms seeking insurance against attacks; funding gives 5-year-old startup valuation of $1.3 billion

By Shoshanna Solomon

Wiliot chips can tag onto crates and products to provide info about their environment and location (Courtesy)

July 27, 2021, 3:40 pm

Wiliot gets $200 million led by SoftBank for product-tracking chip tags

Startup’s tiny, inexpensive, self-powered computerized tags are made to be attached to products or packaging and convey data on their physical and environmental conditions

By Shoshanna Solomon

An illustration of the Zoog app in action (Courtesy)

July 27, 2021, 2:47 pm

Adding tech twist to storytelling, entrepreneurs try to bridge generation gap

Israeli startup Zoog’s software allows family members to read and record stories for kids, while becoming part of the tale with AR and filters

By Shoshanna Solomon

An illustrative image of a ransomware attack by hackers (AlexLMX; iStock by Getty Images)

July 26, 2021, 3:00 pm

Check Point reports 93% surge in smart ransomware attacks over past year

In the first half of 2021, Israel saw on average 2.5 times more cybersecurity attacks than globally, Israeli cybersecurity giant says

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative image of semiconductur chips (venuestock; iStock by Getty Images)

July 26, 2021, 1:03 pm

As global demand for microchips surges, tech giants go all-in on Israel

Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Intel and Nvidia are setting up or expanding their Israeli chip design operations, and local firms are seeing a renaissance as VC money rolls in

By Shoshanna Solomon

Outbrain launches its initial public offering on the NASDAQ on July 23, 2021 in New York City (Noam Galai).

July 25, 2021, 1:42 pm

Outbrain shares start trading on Nasdaq as startup raises $160 million in IPO

Content-discovery firm, founded in 2006 by Israelis, debut on the US market, selling 8 million shares and reaching valuation of some $1.1 billion

By Shoshanna Solomon

Processing payments with Payoneer (YouTube screenshot)

July 25, 2021, 1:39 pm

Payoneer to pay US Treasury $1.4 million fine over sanctions violations

Fintech startup founded by Israeli entrepreneurs processed payments for parties in sanctioned Iran, Sudan and Syria; Payoneer says it has taken ‘immediate action’ to remedy flaws

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative image of doctors performing brain surgery (iStock)

July 22, 2021, 12:47 pm

Israel-founded Theator to work with Mayo Clinic to bring AI to surgical rooms

Startup will collaborate with the clinic’s urology and gynecology departments to test out its annotation and video analytics technology, aiming to improve surgeons’ performance

By Shoshanna Solomon

Skyscrapers and NASDAQ building of Times Square on July 29, 2017 in New York, NY (lucky-photographer; iStock by Getty Images)

From the WebJuly 21, 2021, 4:57 pm

Kaltura hits Wall Street, raises $150 million at lower valuation of $1.3 billion

Calcalist: Shares of Israeli-founded video creation firm will start trading on Nasdaq on Wednesday; Kaltura postponed a planned IPO at a $2 billion valuation in March

The AI-based software developed by Ibex Medical Analytics, in use at Unilabs. (Courtesy)

July 21, 2021, 2:06 pm

Swiss diagnostic firm Unilabs to use Ibex cancer-detecting tech in labs

Geneva-based international provider of diagnostic services will roll out Israeli company’s software in Sweden, and 16 other European countries

By Shoshanna Solomon