Shoshanna Solomon

Shoshanna Solomon is The Times of Israel's Startups and Business reporter

Digital artwork created by Ofir Liberman, a designer of innovative interactive products, and a lecturer at the Shenkar College of Engineering, Design, and Art with the assistance of AI technology. (Image created with Midjourney)

December 18, 2022, 5:06 pm

Paint by algorithm: Can AI make art, or is it all just derivative?

Drawing on advances in machine learning, engineers are pushing the boundaries of creativity, creating a new medium and raising questions about what art can be

By Shoshanna Solomon

November 21, 2022, 7:00 am

Israeli AI startup helps firms like Nike, PayPal hire for diversity

Joonko builds network of vetted job candidates with emphasis on people from underrepresented communities

By Shoshanna Solomon

Wix CEO Avishai Abrahami (second from right) is joined by (left to right) CMO Omer Shai, President and COO Nir Zohar, Co-Founder and CTO Giora (Gig) Kaplan, and Co-Founder and VP Client Development Nadav Abrahami, November 2013. (Courtesy/Nasdaq/Wix)

October 31, 2022, 4:14 pm

Israeli tech firm Wix under the gun after activist investor Starboard acquires stake

NY-based investment firm presents maker of DIY website development software with big challenge amid push to improve performance and operations

By Shoshanna Solomon

Food technologist Yaron Renasia displays the Solato ice cream machine at the PLANETech World 2022 in Tel Aviv, September 21, 2022. (Shoshanna Solomon)

September 22, 2022, 12:23 pm

In booths of recycled waste, Israel’s fast-growing climate tech sector holds confab

Israel’s first climate innovation event for investors and entrepreneurs hosts range of products and services for sustainable future, including instant ice cream and smart trees

By Shoshanna Solomon

From right to left: Mohamed Al Khaja, the UAE Ambassador to the State of Israel; ADGM Chairman Ahmed Jasim Al Zaabi, and Ittai Ben Zeev, TASE CEO. (Kobi Wolf)

September 7, 2022, 6:09 pm

‘Just scratched the surface’: Israel, UAE celebrate growing ties and trade

Two years after signing of Abraham Accords, enthusiasm and awe prevail at Tel Aviv business conference with Emirati delegation

By Shoshanna Solomon

Soldiers at the 74th Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem on May 04, 2022 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 4, 2022, 7:11 pm

Israel at 74: Economy shows resilience, though clouds loom large on the horizon

While Israel has weathered the past two years well, economically speaking, experts note areas of caution like flow of funds, inflation, housing prices, cost of living

By Shoshanna Solomon

Israeli self-employed and small business owners participate in a rally calling for financial support from the government outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, on April 19, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 1, 2022, 3:12 pm

Business owners who must repay undeserved COVID grants go to battle with the taxman

Israel Tax Authority demands return of funds paid out to small businesses and to self-employed professionals who didn’t lose as much income as they had thought during lockdowns

By Shoshanna Solomon

People hold placards as they take part in a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, outside government office in Tel Aviv, March 12, 2022. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

March 21, 2022, 3:54 pm

Israel hasn’t joined anti-Russia sanctions, but its firms need to tread carefully

There are many pitfalls facing Israeli entities, and they’d do well to seek help in not falling afoul of myriad new measures imposed by the West over Ukraine invasion, experts say

By Shoshanna Solomon

View of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. November 29, 2020. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

March 1, 2022, 12:41 pm

Israel left out of Europe index by MSCI, dashing hopes for stock bonanza

Citing ‘misalignment of trading days between Israel and Europe,’ global index provider retains regional classification within Mideast

By Ricky Ben-David and Shoshanna Solomon

The team of monday.com opens trade on Nasdaq; June 10, 2021 (Nasdaq)

February 24, 2022, 6:06 pm

Israeli tech firms could attract buyers as valuations get a battering, analyst says

As threat of higher interest rates looms, investors shun riskier tech assets for more traditional firms; global stock markets suffer sell-off amid Russian invasion of Ukraine

By Shoshanna Solomon

A person walking through a revolving door. Illustrative.(AnkiHoglund via iStock by Getty Images)

February 9, 2022, 1:48 pm

Over half of Israeli publicly traded firms employ ex-officials, regulators – study

Analysis unpacks ‘revolving door’ in which public servants transition to private sector, sheds light on need to balance public trust with market freedom

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: The entrance to Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, in the center of Tel Aviv, December 25, 2018. (Adam Shuldman/Flash90)

January 25, 2022, 4:40 pm

Waiting for a nod: Israeli traders eye global investor vote, eager for stock bonanza

If global index provider MSCI reclassifies Israel to Europe, as hoped, implications for Israeli capital market would be ‘hugely significant,’ say analysts

By Shoshanna Solomon

Illustrative: A city showing the effect of climate change. (BenGoode via iStock by Getty Images)

January 18, 2022, 3:24 pm

Israel worked magic in cybersecurity. Can it do the same for climate tech?

Experts say Israel is late to the game but can still become a key player, as an opportunity worth many trillions may help save the planet; government seen moving in right direction

By Shoshanna Solomon

An illustration of the ‘Digital Violence: How the NSO Group Enables State Terror’ website set up by Forensic Architecture with Amnesty International and Citizen Lab (Courtesy)

January 9, 2022, 5:49 pm

Don’t toss the spyware with the NSO scandal bathwater, urges Israeli cyber guru

Democracies need cybersurveillance tools to track criminals and terrorists. Just regulate the tech better, argues Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel

By Shoshanna Solomon

Tomer Weingarten, CEO and co-founder of cybersecurity firm SentinelOne, at the New York Stock Exchange, June 30, 2021 (Courtesy)

December 20, 2021, 4:23 pm

2021 was a bumper year for Israeli tech. What will 2022 bring?

Israeli tech firms scouting globally for acquisition deals will be a key feature of next year, while shaky capital markets may put a damper on valuations, experts predict

By Shoshanna Solomon