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


Airwallex to dedicate 1% of its value to start-ups

The company joins the Pledge 1% program with a long-term model, expanding employee volunteering, start-up support, and product discounts.

 Airwallex

Recent tech layoffs reflect not just economic realities but cultural truths - opinion

Recent layoffs expose the intersection of technology, humanity, and culture in a way that no algorithm can fully calculate.

 Big tech (illustrative).

Tech leaders plan $800 Tel Aviv - New York return fares

DemocraTech announced it is holding talks to operate an airline between Israel and the US between January and March, intending to open it up to the general public.

 Travellers at Ben Gurion International Airport where flights were being delayed, as the workers of the airport went on strike, in a protest for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, on September 2, 202

Israeli cyber firm Island earns a spot on Fortune Cyber 60 for second year in a row

The platform offers various advanced features, from data protection and system oversight to automated workflow tools, making it an increasingly essential tool in corporate security.

 Israeli flags flutter at a business park housing hi-tech companies, at Ofer Park in Petah Tikva.

Better Juice commemorates Tal Chaimi with Next October

Next October, an initiative by Yizhar Shai to honor his son Yaron Shai, connecting fallen civilians and soldiers on October 7 to Startup Nation.

 The Better Juice initiative to commemorate the late abductee Tal Chaimi

Israel's tech industry withstanding war stresses - report

In addition, the report finds that there has been no substantial change in the number of foreign venture capital funds active Israel.

 A cybersecurity employee from the Paris 2024 flying squad manages a simulated cyber attack and pretends to resolve it from a computer on the Olympic site which will host the hockey events at Yves-du-Manoir Stadium in Colombes, near Paris, France, May 3, 2024.

Rising above the chaos: Southern industry leaders fuel Negev’s economic revival

This annual event has become a critical platform for discussing how to overcome obstacles and foster economic development in Israel's southern periphery.

The fifth annual Employers Conference, organized by the Lauder Center in collaboration with JNF USA and the Manufacturers Association of Israel Southern District.

First GenAI company on the way to the Israeli stock exchange

The Israeli company Jeen.ai merges with the company Micronet Inc and will enter trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange with a raising of NIS 26 million.

 Jeen.ai company

Or Liban, Airwallex: "Start-ups suffer from financial discrimination"

Or Liban, Head of Israel and the Middle East at Airwallex, discusses financial discrimination faced by start-ups at Ernst & Young's high-tech Journey conference.

 Or Liban

Turning an idea into reality: The makers arrive at the division

The Israeli high-tech company Monday launched a program for studying 3D professions for schools in the periphery.

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