High tech

Valued at $2 trillion: Anthropic prepares for largest IPO in history

Four months after submitting confidential filings, Claude AI developer unveils public prospectus for Nasdaq listing.

Anthropic.
Microsoft.

Microsoft offers voluntary retirement program to some 60,000 employees

Only 12% dream of working in high-tech.

The hi-tech dream is dead? The professions that really interest young Israelis

 Israeli national flags flutter in front of an office tower at a business park also housing high tech companies, at Ofer Park in Petah Tikva, Israel August 27, 2020.

Israel launches NIS 25 million initiative to close high-tech gender gap


Assaf Rappaport and Wiz founders near deal for McDonald's Israel franchise

From a tech empire and media holdings straight to Israel's most successful fast-food chain: Cyber company Wiz's founders, led by Assaf Rappaport, are in advanced stages to acquire the franchise.

Assaf Rappaport, A Rendezvous with Roni Kuban, KAN 11.

LinkedIn unveils ranking of best Israeli startups of 2026, with cybersecurity, AI firms leading

The ranking included 15 Israeli companies with at least 30 employees and that were founded no more than seven years ago, LinkedIn explained.

LinkedIn logo (illustrative).

Report: Amazon in advanced talks to acquire Israeli startup Decart for $7b.

According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, the tech giant is conducting advanced negotiations to acquire the Israeli artificial intelligence startup.

Decart founders, Dean Leitersdorf and Moshe Shalev.

Even before moving to Israel: Jerusalem looks for tech workers abroad

The Jerusalem Development Authority is launching a tender for an entity to locate, recruit, and place new immigrants in high-tech companies in the city even before their arrival in the country.

Moshe Lion, MUNIEXPO Conference, June 23, 2026.

Jerusalem inaugurates renewed Har Hotzvim Hi-Tech Park, projects it will generate 10,000 new jobs

"It is an investment in thousands of employees, leading companies and the next generation of Jerusalem’s high-tech entrepreneurs," said Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion.

The renewed Har Hotzvim High-Tech Park in Jerusalem.

Israeli tech companies raise $3.6 billion in Q3, up 53% year over year

Israeli high-tech companies raised more than $11 billion in the first three quarters of 2026, with cybersecurity leading investment and foreign funds accounting for more than 70% of investments.

Maya Eisen Zafrir, CEO of LeumiTech

Haifa startup HydroSight raises $5 million in seed round

Israeli startup HydroSight raises $5 million to develop AI-powered seabed mapping technology for ports, energy companies and other maritime infrastructure operators.

Tomer Adler, Chen Megera, and Haitham Ezzy

From Weizmann computers to start-up nation: How Israel grew to become a high-tech powerhouse

Meir Valman traces the connections among prestate universities, military innovation, global experience, and life sciences that built Israel’s high-tech sector.

Israeli Tech

Bridging the gap: How Tech-Career is opening hi-tech's doors to Ethiopian-Israelis

23 years and 1,500 graduates after its humble beginnings out of a converted laundromat, Tech-Career attributes its success to a philosophy that networking and shared identity matter as much as coding

Natali Getahon, Tech-Career’s director of partnerships, addresses students.

PayPal layoffs hit Israel as payment giant restructures global operations

The cut will hit the Tel Aviv development center, which develops artificial intelligence systems to analyze transactions in real time, detect fraud, and prevent money laundering.

 A smartphone with the PayPal logo is placed on a laptop in this illustration taken on July 14, 2021.