High tech

The rise of deep tech is the north’s opportunity

The shift from software startups to deep research and advanced hardware is reshaping the high-tech map, giving northern Israel the natural advantage thanks to research, infrastructure, talent & costs

Gali Meamen-Sheffer
18X Elite Impact expert network of investors and business leaders from left to right: Avigail Levine - 18X Elite Impact, Roy Gat - Schesto Ventures, Renana Ashkenazi - Grove Ventures, Shira Eting - Vintage Investment Partners, Nadir Izrael – Armis

IDF reservists created 150 new startups during last year, innovation program reveals

 High-tech company, illustration

Israel's high-tech faces unexpected crisis as dollar slides 20% against shekel

There is a shrinking number of young people interested in pursuing high-tech jobs in their academic careers in Israel.

‘Perfect storm’: Israel's high-tech faces human capital crisis, lack of new students in age of AI


Wars and conflicts lead to the biggest innovations, says Ibex Investors CEO Justin Borus

Borus, founder and CEO of Ibex Investors, speaks to the Post about Israel's high-tech wonders and his resolute response to the war's uncertainty.

 Justin Borus.

Biden's order could be a growth engine for Israel’s hi-tech industry - opinion

The Israeli tech industry has voiced concerns that this rule could delay the deployment of GPU processors in Israel, and slow the growth of the local high-tech industry.

  Intel Lunar Lake processor

Start-Up Nation Central: Israeli startups raised $12.2b in 2024

Israeli cybersecurity companies, which account for 7% of all tech companies in Israel, raised $3.8 billion last year — about a third (36%) of total investments in the tech sector.

Content creation war-room at Druze Tech.

How will US graphics chips restrictions affect Israel?

Just a week before he vacates the White House, President Biden signed the Interim Final Rule on Artificial Intelligence Diffusion (AI Diffusion Rule).

 U.S. President Joe Biden leaves after speaking following Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, at the White House, in Washington, U.S., December 8, 2024.

Transformation in digital agriculture: The Israeli company's agreement

Phytech signs strategic partnership with Rivulis to revolutionize global digital agriculture.

 Phytech

In need of energy: Israeli tech giant lays off hundreds of employees

SolarEdge announces two U.S. deals in residential solar systems while laying off 400 employees, half in Israel.

 SolarEdge

Hailo: The Tel Aviv unicorn company set to conquer Vegas

Hailo will showcase at CES 2025 in Las Vegas a new generation of AI accelerators for Generative AI on edge devices, and the Hailo-15 AI processor for cameras enabling free-text search in video.

 The unicorn company Hailo

Israeli high-tech sector concludes 2024 with 38% growth in capital raising

Preliminary data from LeumiTech and IVC’s high-tech report reveals that despite the challenges of 2024, the high-tech sector managed to secure its role as the growth engine of the Israeli economy.

LeumiTech CEO Maya Eisen Zafrir.

It's time for the government to embrace lessons from Israel's hi-tech sector - opinion

Adopting private-sector principles doesn’t mean running the government like a business. It means fostering a culture of efficiency, accountability, and alignment in service of the public good.

 Highrises in Tel Aviv, July 14, 2024.

Hi-Tech leaders urge government support amid war-driven uncertainty  

The credit rating downgrades could "tarnish Israel’s reputation as a thriving start-up nation—a brand image that could take years to rebuild," Shlomo Landress notes.

 From left to right - Maya Schwartz, Shay Michel, Shlomo Landress.