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An Arrow anti-missile system fires an interceptor missile during Israel's 12-day conflict with Iran, in am image cleared for publication on July 1, 2025. (Defense Ministry)
February 22, 2026, 2:11 pm
After two years of war, defense tech buoys Israel’s economic recovery
Though entire tech sector took serious hit from workers’ reserve duty, air traffic pauses and brain drain, demand is now high for technology that was honed and tested in wartime
By Delphine Matthieussent
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
Officials representing Israel, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia at the Pax Silica conference in Washington, DC, December 13, 2025. (Prime Minister's Office)
December 13, 2025, 9:06 pm
Israel joins US-led ‘Pax Silica’ initiative to cooperate on securing AI supply chains
PM’s economic adviser touts ‘mark of distinction for Israel,’ as US, seven allies launch effort to ‘shape a new, sustainable economic order for the age of artificial intelligence’
By Lazar Berman and Agencies
From left: senior vice president and head of NVIDIA's Israel research and development center Amit Krig, released hostage and NVIDIA employee Avinatan Or, released hostage Noa Argamani and NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang meeting at the company's US headquarters following Or's release from Hamas captivity, December 11, 2025. (NVIDIA via Noa Argamani on X)
December 12, 2025, 7:40 pm
Freed hostage and NVIDIA employee Avinatan Or meets CEO Jensen Huang
Released after 738 days in Hamas captivity, Or visits chip giant’s US headquarters; girlfriend Noa Argamani says founder ‘personally accompanied the family and called repeatedly’
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Undated image made available by the National Human Genome Research Institute shows the output from a DNA sequencer. (NHGRI via AP, File)
November 20, 2025, 11:56 pm
ChatGPT for genetics: Nvidia, Sheba join forces on AI engine for personalized medicine
Scientists say the AI research engine will be able to decode the majority of the human genome that remains obscure, opening the door to new drug discovery and personalized medicine
By Sharon Wrobel
US chipmaker Nvidia's offices in Yokne'am in Israel's north. (Courtesy)
November 19, 2025, 5:12 pm
Israel proposes Kiryat Tivon for Nvidia’s multibillion-dollar tech campus in north
The US chip giant seeks land to build an R&D hub, expected to span about 160,000 square meters and provide jobs for over 8,000 people
By Sharon Wrobel
People take a look at Nvidia''s new products during the Computex 2025 exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)
October 29, 2025, 6:54 pm
AI chipmaking giant Nvidia becomes world’s first $5 trillion company
Having already been the first firm to pass the $4 trillion mark earlier this year, Nvidia’s market cap is now greater than the GDP of India, Japan and the United Kingdom
By Michelle Chapman
Nvidia employees in Israel. (Courtesy)
June 8, 2025, 9:19 pm
Nvidia and Google are top two best firms to work for in Israel in 2025: CofaceBDI
Ranking by CofaceBDI finds that during the war period employees place more importance on sense of meaning and fulfillment at the workplace and less on salary and compensation
By Sharon Wrobel
Ilya Sutskever, Israeli-Canadian computer scientist and co-founder and then-chief scientist of OpenAI, speaks at a TED AI conference in San Francisco on October 17, 2023. (Glenn Chapman / AFP)
April 14, 2025, 6:26 pm
Google and Nvidia said to back OpenAI co-founder Sutskever’s safety startup
Safe Superintelligence, co-founded by Israel-raised Sutskever, raises $2b to hire top engineers in Tel Aviv and Palo Alto, and develop safe AI systems that are smarter than humans
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative - Intel's 12th-generation Intel Core processors, named Alder Lake. (Ohad Palik)
January 13, 2025, 6:35 pm
Israeli sources say Biden’s new AI chip export rules a ‘major blow’ to industry
Experts quoted saying framework, which tries to balance US national security concerns with economic interests, could prevent 120 countries, including Israel, from competing in AI
By Sharon Wrobel and AP
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) meets with the families of the hostages held by Hamas, outside of a hotel, in Tel Aviv, on May 1, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 1, 2024, 1:45 pm
Daily Briefing May 1: Day 208 – Strong political reactions to proposed hostage deal
Political correspondent Sam Sokol discusses far-right politicians’ statements on a potential agreement; Tech Israel editor Sharon Wrobel talks market reactions and Nvidia AI deal
By ToI Staff
A Nvidia building in Israel. (Nvidia)
December 25, 2023, 2:41 pm
Nvidia raises $15 million to help Israeli and Gazan civilians affected by Hamas war
With a colleague held hostage in Gaza, employees around the world gather funds in the largest humanitarian fundraiser in the US chipmaker’s 30-year history
By Sharon Wrobel
The scene where a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit and caused damage in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, October 24, 2023. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 20, 2023, 6:33 pm
Tech initiative, backed by Google, to create 400 jobs in the Negev
At an investment of NIS 15 million, tech initiative was set up to help in the rehabilitation of war-affected Gaza border communities and turn western Negev into a high-tech hub
By Sharon Wrobel
A simulated photo of the Nvidia Drive system at night. (Nvidia)
November 8, 2022, 11:17 am
Nvidia establishes autonomous driving units in Israel
Chip maker sets up engineering teams to work on system-on-chip, software for self-driving vehicle capabilities as part of US semiconductor’s expanded R&D operations
By Ricky Ben-David
Nvidia's headquarters in Santa Clara, California (Courtesy)
May 10, 2022, 5:18 am
Nvidia to further expand R&D operations in Israel, hire 1,000 engineers
Chip giant’s R&D activities in Israel are already the firm’s largest outside the US; company currently employs about 3,000 people across 7 centers nationwide
By Ricky Ben-David
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