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Left to right: A digital billboard for Anthropic's Claude AI seen at Times Square, New York City, June 20, 2026. (Brian Logan/iStock); Decart founders Dean Leitersdorf (left) and Moshe Shalev. (Amit Elkayam)
August 14, 2026, 2:39 am
Anthropic reportedly in talks to buy Israeli-founded AI startup at $6B valuation
Potential acquisition of Decart, which is working to boost chip efficiency and develop generative AI models, would be Anthropic’s first acquisition in Israel and largest to date
By Sharon Wrobel
An illustrative image of a quantum computing concept. (metamorworks; iStock by Getty Images)
August 4, 2026, 11:34 pm
Israel rolls out tender for national quantum computer, and plans for advanced AI push
Plan aims to establish ‘Israeli technological sovereignty,’ provide a significant boost to the local high-tech ecosystem, and strengthen the country’s long-term competitiveness
By Sharon Wrobel
Mobileye co-founder and CEO Professor Amnon Shashua speaks at the Nasdaq exchange in New York after the Intel subsidiary went public, October 26, 2022. (Nasdaq)
July 23, 2026, 11:37 pm
Mobileye founder Shashua to hand over reins as CEO after almost three decades
Amnon Shashua, the architect of the Jerusalem-based autonomous car tech developer, seeks to leave day-to-day operations to focus on long-term tech trends, including humanoid robotics
By Sharon Wrobel
CaPow has designed thin charging pad 'stickers' to wirelessly power automated robots on the move. (Screenshot)
June 6, 2025, 5:20 am
How an injured IDF veteran-turned-professor is creating perpetual power for robots
CaPow startup founder Mor Peretz has created a way to provide machines with a ‘sip of energy’ as they move across warehouses and factories, eliminating the need to stop and charge
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Israel's Orbit team celebrates winning the FIRST robotics competition in 2024. (Courtesy: FIRST)
April 23, 2025, 4:05 pm
Top-ranked Israeli robotics team gives up championship bid over Shabbat observance
Trigon team from Modiin’s AMIT high school pulls out despite being ranked 15th out of 600, one of eight Israeli teams to make it to a final stage of the elite competition in Texas
By ToI Staff
Israel Defense Ministry director-general Eyal Zamir speaks at a defense tech summit at Tel Aviv University on December 10, 2024. (Dror Sithakol/Lense Productions)
December 10, 2024, 4:44 pm
AI a ‘game-changer’ for future of warfare, says Defense Ministry director-general
In first year of war, 86 startups focusing on innovative tech took in orders worth $168 million from government body, five times more than previous year’s total, data shows
By Sharon Wrobel
Founders of Israeli startup Mentee Robotics (from left to right) Prof. Shai Shalev-Shwartz, Prof. Amnon Shashua, and Prof. Lior Wolf with prototype AI humanoid robot. (Courtesy)
April 18, 2024, 7:38 pm
Mobileye founder gives sneak peek into human-like AI robot doing household chores
Israeli startup Mentee Robotics debuts prototype of general-purpose robot that can move everywhere, clean dishes, do the laundry, work in warehouses… and learns on the fly
By Sharon Wrobel
Dr. Cezar Mizrahi uses augmented reality robotic technology in complex minimally invasive spine surgery for the first time in the world in August 2023. (Courtesy of Shaare Zedek Medical Center)
August 30, 2023, 2:31 pm
In global first, Shaare Zedek spine surgeon combines augmented reality with robotics
25-year-old patient with severely broken back after falling from a height was on his feet and walking without assistance less than a day after the procedure
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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BionicHIVE’s SqUID warehouse robot in action (BionicHIVE)
June 6, 2023, 3:30 pm
Elon Musk hails Israeli startup as the ‘robot future’
Fast-growing BionicHIVE transforms warehouses into automated hubs, with robots scaling shelves to retrieve and distribute packages
By Sara Toth Stub
A robot prepares a bag of Nespresso coffee capsules ahead of its distribution to a customer, at the automated storeroom designed by the Israeli company 1MRobotics, in Tel Aviv, January 11, 2023. (JACK GUEZ/AFP)
February 15, 2023, 5:12 pm
Israeli startup deploys robots to boost pace of online shopping deliveries
Company’s robots can manage small automated storerooms, quickly packaging items for speedy collection by customers, couriers
By Jonah Mandel
Israeli startup MetoMotion's greenhouse robotic worker picks and packs tomatoes. (Courtesy)
February 2, 2023, 6:15 pm
Israeli startup develops first AI robot for picking tomatoes
MetoMotion says driverless machine slashes harvesting costs by 50%; startup seeks to raise $8 million to scale up production
By Sharon Wrobel
Israeli startup Verobotics develops autonomous AI-powered robots used to clean and inspect the facades of high-rise buildings. (Courtesy)
January 18, 2023, 8:39 pm
Meet the Israeli robot spiderman that will clean skyscraper facades in Hong Kong
Verobotics inks $5.4 million deal for its AI-powered ‘human-like’ vertical robots to clean and inspect the exterior of high-rise buildings in Hong Kong
By Sharon Wrobel
The new Tel Aviv University robot, with smell capabilities that use a locust's antenna (YouTube screen grab/Tel Aviv University)
January 18, 2023, 2:59 pm
Israeli robot fitted with locust antenna gains scent superpowers
Dog gone? Insect parts are so powerful they could one day replace sniffer dogs and even high-resolution cameras, Tel Aviv scientists predict
By Nathan Jeffay
A robotic system built by 1MRobotics for nano-fulfillment centers. (Courtesy)
September 19, 2022, 6:21 pm
Israeli startup nabs $25m for robotic systems that power ‘nano’ fulfillment centers
Founded in 2021, 1MRobotics built a ‘hardware and software ecosystem’ that allows global brands to upgrade logistics, delivery operations
By Ricky Ben-David
BionicHIVE’s SqUID warehouse robot helps sort and manage packages. (Courtesy)
April 21, 2022, 7:02 pm
Amazon backs Israeli autonomous robot maker BionicHIVE for warehouse solution
Company developed robotic fleet, powered by AI-based algorithmic engine, to sort, select, put away packages
By Ricky Ben-David
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