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Investors turn to Israel’s battle-tested defense-tech start-ups as funding hits record $40.8b.

Investments are pouring into military and dual-use technologies at unprecedented levels due to rising military spending and demand for autonomous systems and deployable battlefield technologies.

Israeli defense technologies come with a stamp of actually working in real time, says Leshem. Her company, Protego, has invested in drones with AI operating systems developed by Israeli start-up XTEND
Elementary Data employees.

Ex-unit 8200 alumni sell Elementary Data for Some $45 million

Israel opens its pavilion at the AUSA exhibition in Washington, October 12, 2026.

Inside the US defense giant: CET Sandbox helps Israeli founders find their way in America

"Our mission is to secure artificial intelligence and the data that feeds it." Yaki Faitelson

Huge exit: The Israeli company sold for $6.3b.


Smotrich launches NIS 1.6 billion aid plan for high-tech and exporters

The Ministry of Finance will inject NIS 1 billion to save startups from closing, and will distribute hundreds of millions more to industrial plants.

The Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich

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.

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.

The founders of NewCore

A new fund will invest in defense startups

Meet Stratos Ventures, the new Israeli fund connecting homeland security, government cyber, and supply chains with the strongest minds in the US.

The founders of Stratos Ventures, Daniel Fouzailov and Rotem Yehuda Kakon

Snyk to lay off 90 employees

Snyk was founded by Israelis in the UK and the US, and in 2020 operated a development center in Israel with several hundred employees

Cyber is not a luxury.

Jewish start-up founders face hate for exposing antisemitic applicant's messages - interview

Cornell University released a statement on June 9 saying that it takes all reports of discrimination and hate speech seriously.

Jewish American start-up co-founders and brothers Gabe and Aiden Einhorn.

'Dollar-shekel exchange, more local production': Next Innovation Authority CEO has challenges ahead

While the current chief, Dror Bin, faced economic turbulence with the pandemic and the Hamas war, the next CEO will be in charge of guiding Israel to the age of AI, experts told the Post.

View of the Malha Technological Centre, which houses the Israel Innovation Authority, in Jerusalem.

Israeli startups raise $8.6b. in first half of 2026 despite war, report finds

Funding increased 45% year-over-year even as the number of investment rounds fell sharply, reflecting growing investor selectivity and a focus on larger, more established companies.

“Collaborative investment platforms empower individuals through community-driven insights, reshaping traditional investing.”

The Israeli high-tech company that assisted in locating hostages raised $31 million

The start-up founded by security establishment veterans months before the war, developed a platform for real-time visual information analysis from cameras, drones, and additional sources.

Airis Labs founders: Rotem Abeles, Amos Lahav, and Noam Friedman

How nonlinear careers could drive Jerusalem’s hi-tech rise

At American Innovation Forum in Jerusalem, business leaders say discipline, risk-taking, and adaptability are key to the capital’s hi-tech future.

American Innovation Forum panelists Orit Greenbaum Lipski, Muawyah Akash, and Tamir Goodman, moderator Anna Ahronheim, and JYP Forum founder Marc Faust, in Jerusalem, Israel, May 20, 2026.