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US semiconductor firm Astera Labs opens an R&D center in Tel Aviv, February 9, 2026. (Courtesy of Daniel Edry)
February 9, 2026, 4:56 pm
Astera Labs opens Israel R&D hub to tap into local talent, develop AI connectivity tech
US semiconductor manufacturer plans to hire hundreds of employees to help build solutions for AI infrastructure challenges
By Sharon Wrobel
Nvidia's Rubin next-generation AI chip computing architecture. (Courtesy of Nvidia)
January 6, 2026, 11:04 pm
Nvidia unveils next-generation AI superchip architecture partly developed in Israel
US tech giant says four out of the six new chips that make up the new Rubin computing platform were developed by engineers at its R&D centers in the Jewish state
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
Plans for a new deeptech center to be built in the Tera Park industrial zone in the city of Ashkelon in southern Israel. (Courtesy)
November 13, 2025, 8:26 pm
Specialized chip plant to be built in Ashkelon, Israeli-Canadian fund announces
Awz Ventures says it will invest $1.6 billion in foundry to produce advanced semiconductors for defense use and civilian companies, though public portion of project cost unclear
By Sharon Wrobel
Nir Alfasi, Science Lead at the Israeli Quantum Computing Center (second from right) with the Quantum Machines team operating the new lab based at Tel Aviv University. (Dima Karminsky)
June 18, 2024, 6:26 pm
Amid war, Israel opens R&D center to put the country on the map of quantum computing
Tel Aviv’s Quantum Machines, the operator of the new center, says the lab boasts the ‘world’s best-equipped testbed’ for startups and researchers to develop quantum computing tech
By Sharon Wrobel
The R&D center of Dropbox in the Azrieli Sarona Tower in Tel Aviv, May 15, 2018 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
April 30, 2023, 4:38 pm
US cloud storage giant Dropbox to close R&D operations, leave Israel
Cloud storage provider will lay off about 50 people, mostly engineers, in Tel Aviv office, as part of global cutback
By Sharon Wrobel
OMEC.AI co-founders Ori Shachar, left, and Amir Harel, right. (Elad Malka)
September 28, 2022, 2:08 pm
Israeli innovation lab backed by pharmaceutical, biotech giants mints 1st AI startup
AION Labs, a Rehovot-based consortium formed by Pfizer, Merck, AstraZeneca, Teva and others, sets up company that will help drug firms improve chances of success in clinical trials
By Ricky Ben-David
Robert Malley, the Biden administration special envoy for Iran, testifies about the JCPOA during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill, May 25, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
September 15, 2022, 2:02 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 15: US and Israel agree to disagree; how Israel invests in tech
US correspondent Jacob Magid discusses the US envoy for Iran and the Abu Akleh shooting, as Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben David reviews top tech research and industry stats
By ToI Staff
Picture of a wounded soldier in the besieged Mariupol steel factory distributed May 10, 2022, by Ukraine's Azov Regiment via social media. (Via Twitter)
May 16, 2022, 1:52 pm
Daily Briefing May 16: In besieged Mariupol, Jews fight alongside infamous Azov Unit
Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben David speaks about two troubling new reports; diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman updates us on the Ukraine war and Lebanon’s recent elections
By ToI Staff
Israelis stand still next to their cars on a freeway as a two-minute siren sounds in memory of victims of the Holocaust in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 28, 2022 (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
May 11, 2022, 10:04 pm
Government must invest more in R&D to keep tech sector growing, warns new report
In sobering annual study, Israel Innovation Authority says technology industry strong but plagued by challenges that require action
By Ricky Ben-David
Illustrative photo of a man receiving a vaccine in Safed in northern Israel, November 6, 2018. (David Cohen/Flash90)
February 13, 2020, 4:54 pm
Sleepy southern town of Yeruham looking to become site of vaccine facility
Mayor Tal Ohana hopes Israel’s first vaccine manufacturing plant will be set up in her town in joint venture with international player
By Shoshanna Solomon
A car exiting a parking lot; Arrive and Israel R&D team seek to find better parking solutions for users (Courtesy)
December 19, 2019, 2:46 pm
Creators of ParkWhiz app expand Israel R&D, eye more easy-parking features
Larger local team will aim to develop ways for users to ‘just drive, and the gates open magically’; service available in North America, planned for Europe, Mideast, maybe Israel
By Shoshanna Solomon
In a lab in the Teva Medical Factory in Har Hotzvim, Jerusalem, March 15, 2010. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
November 25, 2019, 5:10 pm
Teva kicks off early-stage research plan in quest for new drugs for its pipeline
Firm announces R&D partnerships with Weizmann Institute, Tel Aviv University in brain and cancer therapies; move marks foray into ‘merging of minds between academia and pharma’
By Shoshanna Solomon
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaves the Elysee Palace after his meeting with French president Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, May 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
September 15, 2019, 2:51 pm
Facebook’s Tel Aviv team working on digital wallet push
Technology developed by subsidiary Calibra will let users ‘save, send and spend’ Libra, the global currency Facebook is planning to launch in 2020 based on blockchain technology
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative. A pile of $100 bills. (choness, iStock by Getty Images)
August 26, 2019, 3:38 pm
Businesses spent some $19 billion on R&D in 2017 — report
There were 103,500 full time R&D jobs in the business sector, Central Bureau of Statistics data shows
By Shoshanna Solomon
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