AI

Anthropic in talks to acquire Israeli AI startup Decart for $6 billion

Foreign report: AI giant Anthropic is examining its largest acquisition to date, Decart, which raised funds in May at a valuation of around $4 billion.

The founders of Decart, Dean Leitersdorf and Moshe Shalev
A display showing stock market data is seen outside the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on March 09, 2026 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Iran has continued firing waves of drones and missiles at Israel after the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran early on February 28th; illustrative

Israeli venture firm Team8 raises $365m. to invest in AI-native start-ups

Entrepreneur and businessman Oren Dobronsky

Dobronsky carries experience from abroad Israel can use, but only if he comes home - editorial

An illustrative image of the Israeli flag covered in computer pieces and the words "Artificial Intelligence."

Netanyahu plans AI minister role, reserved slot for high-tech entrepreneur Oren Dobronsky


Kramer opens the summer

Shlomo Kramer, CEO and founder of Cato Networks, celebrated the company's growth, which reached a valuation of $4.8 billion, at an elaborately produced summer party at Hangar 11.

Shlomo Kramer

Tech Talk: Lightkey, the AI-powered Israeli startup transforming writing

People haven’t stopped typing. They’ve simply moved elsewhere.

 Eran Brauer, co-founder of Lightkey.

South Korea to unveil USD 650 b. mega semiconductor, AI projects in manufacturing 'great leap'

The announcement would mark President Lee Jae Myung's boldest push yet to align South Korea's AI and chip ambitions with his pledge to narrow regional disparities with a "great leap"

A view shows Samsung Electronics' chip production plant at Pyeongtaek, South Korea

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.

Illustration of Anthropic on June 18, 2026.

South Korea planning to train 500,000 'drone warriors' to counter North Korea

The military also plans to produce 110,000 drones by 2029 for deployment across the army, navy, air force and marines, aiming to make drones a standard item for individual soldiers.

A South Korean Army drone during a live fire military exercise at the Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon, 30 kilometres south of the border with North Korea, May 21, 2026.

AI helps recover complete text of Herculaneum scroll burnt by Mount Vesuvius

The blackened, fragile scrolls cannot be physically opened without severe damage. Researchers have instead used high-resolution scans and computational techniques to "virtually unwrap" them.

FILE PHOTO: Fragment of Herculaneum scroll is fixed in place at a Diamond Light Source experimental station after it was scanned using bright x-rays in Didcot, Britain, September 30, 2019.

Publicis Israel enters the AI arena with a Ddata, media, and creative system

During a client event, Publicis Israel unveiled Brain, a future working system integrating data, AI, media and creative to turn insights into action.

Yossi Lubaton.

Alphabet takes its place in the Dow Jones industrial average

"Alphabet’s inclusion in the Dow reflects its shift toward AI and tech-driven markets amid global uncertainty."

$85 billion was not enough for him: Musk launches an insane fundraising campaign

Just days after the giant offering that raised $85 billion, SpaceX turns to the bond market for the first time to fund its AI and rocket developments.

Elon Musk

The tech deal of the year: Four giants poured a billion dollars into an Israeli company

AppsFlyer closed a dramatic funding round of over a billion dollars as part of its Series E round, at a company valuation of $2.7 billion.

AppsFlyer