From soldiering to start-ups: Israel's Druze community is building its own start-up ecosystem
“Our young people are our future,” says Koftan Halabi, Druze hi-tech entrepreneur and founder of the Druze tech center in Isfiya.
Tech & Start Ups
AI spending spree hits $600b as Oracle fires 21,000 employees to fund boom
Who is eligible to be accepted into Sderot’s "tech neighborhood"?
Fig Grows platform to cover full SecOps engineering lifecycle, ensuring resilience at every stage
AI arrives for reserve soldiers in a free training program by a tech entrepreneur
Amid ongoing security challenges and heavy workloads, Prakti AI is launching a long-term initiative offering hands-on training in leading tools transforming today’s job market.
Aligned is raising $60 million
After being ranked at the top of G2's summer reports, the Israeli company Aligned signs an impressive Series B funding round.
Israel pushes for deep tech start ups with Israel Innovation Authority’s new funding program
The Israel Innovation Authority will offer up to NIS 1 million more in funding through its startup fund to deep tech companies in the early stages of development.
Tech workers laid off and collapsing under the mortgage burden
Crash course: The AI and the dollar are emptying the tech sector, and mortgages are threatening those laid off.
Tech Talk: Lightkey, the AI-powered Israeli startup transforming writing
People haven’t stopped typing. They’ve simply moved elsewhere.
After Wix: Elementor fires about 30% of its employees
Only a month after the massive cuts at Wix, the website development company Elementor joins the wave and will part ways with about 100 employees.
The rate of young Haredim in tech has tripled
While the issue of Haredi conscription continues to agitate Israel, a first-of-its-kind study reveals a significant leap in the integration of Haredim into the tech sector.
Cyber security company NewCore raises $66 million
Among the investors in the company's round, which was founded by serial entrepreneurs and 8200 alumni: Assaf Rappaport, Yevgeny Dibrov, and Ofer Ben-Noon.
Anthropic’s Fable 5 to come back online after two-week ban by US government - report
A source from Anthropic told Axios that security concerns about possible jailbreaks in Anthropic’s safety mechanisms were resolved following negotiations with the US government.
Record of leading Israeli companies in LGBT equality
Alongside pride and institutionalized chapters, the data on the ground is concerning: 35% fear harm to promotion, and a quarter of employers refuse to employ transgender people.
