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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 566

Uri Levine

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)
March 20, 2025, 11:32 am
From Waze to Wiz: How Google learned to love Israeli tech
The biggest buyout in the country’s history will make the unpretentious Wiz founders multibillionaires, while an estimated $4 billion in taxes is set to flow into national coffers
By Sharon Wrobel
Waze co-founder Uri Levine presenting the the new edition of his book 'Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution - A Handbook for Entrepreneurs.' (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
March 16, 2025, 1:20 pm
Waze co-founder Uri Levine has written the book on startups navigating crises – literally
The tech guru talks about the new edition of his handbook for entrepreneurs, and backs it up with examples of how his own businesses survived, and thrived, during the war in Gaza
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of a hospital intern, a physician or a medical professional (megaflopp; iStock by Getty Images)
January 21, 2021, 11:32 am
AI-based software scours literature to help physicians get to a diagnosis faster
Kahun, backed by Waze co-founder Uri Levine, says platform can go through text and point doctors to a recommended course of action based on medical sources
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of a waiter bringing out food at a restaurant on December 5, 2010. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
April 28, 2019, 1:15 pm
With chat and phone bots, Israeli service books restaurant tables lickety-split
Order.Chat startup says its smart tech enables users to order a table 24/7 in under a minute in Hebrew or English; Waze co-founder Uri Levine is an investor
By Shoshanna Solomon
The winners and WTO, Globalia, and Refundit representatives on stage in Madrid on January 23, 2019 (Refundit)
January 24, 2019, 11:34 am
Israeli VAT-refund app for tourists nabs first prize in competition
Refundit, a startup founded by Waze co-founder Uri Levine, beats 2,770 startups at a global travel-tech event in Madrid
By Shoshanna Solomon
Ziv Tirosh, left, and Uri Levine, the co-founders of Refundit, which seeks to digitalize the VAT refund process in Europe (Courtesy)
June 18, 2018, 1:00 pm
Waze founder now offers app to navigate VAT refund process
Tel Aviv-based Refundit’s mobile solution aims to make it much easier for tourists to get their money back; Slovakia first to try out system
By Shoshanna Solomon
Skiers and snowboarders in the resort city of la Plagne, in the French ski area of the Alps, July 26, 2016. (Yaakov Naumi/FLASH90)
October 29, 2017, 3:43 pm
Israel startup wants to ‘revolutionize’ ski vacations
WeTrip gets $1m in investments for WeSki, where skiers can book flights, hotels, lessons and equipment
By ToI Staff
Zeek interface (Photo credit: Courtesy)
August 21, 2014, 3:33 pm
Stuck with a store credit? Zeek helps you get rid of it
A new app helps Israelis reclaim hundreds of millions of shekels lost annually to unused credits
By David Shamah
Waze co-founder Uri Levine at a Jerusalem conference in May 2013 (photo credit: Flash90)
June 20, 2013, 5:27 am
Waze president aims for 30% of worldwide driving market
Co-founder’s makes first comments since traffic app firm sold to Google for $1.3 billion
By Joshua Davidovich
Uri Levine, co-founder and president of Waze when the Israeli startup was purchased by Google for $1.5 million in 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)
June 12, 2013, 1:10 am
You have reached your destination: Why Waze went with Google
The inside story of a billion-dollar deal that ensured the brains behind the most lucrative app ever would stay in Israel
By David Shamah
Waze co-founder Uri Levine at a Jerusalem conference in May 2013 (photo credit: Flash90)
June 11, 2013, 8:00 pm
Google snags Israeli map app Waze
Estimates put deal at $1.1 billion; Netanyahu congratulates Ra’anana-based firm on sale
By AP and ToI Staff
Waze co-founder Uri Levine at a Jerusalem conference in May 2013 (photo credit: Flash90)
June 9, 2013, 7:20 pm
Google reportedly acquiring Waze app for $1.3 billion
News ends months of rumors on deals with Apple, Facebook, or Google, according to Globes; Waze source refuses to comment
By David Shamah
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