Travelers and Fellow Travelers, Then and Now

Five members of Congress last week traveled to a prison in Louisiana to show their solidarity with two Hamas supporters who are awaiting deportation. The Congressional visitors were continuing an unfortunate century-long tradition of politicians and political activists embracing tyrants, terrorists and terror supporters. In the 1920s, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin welcomed numerous American intellectuals […]

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Israel Tech Startups and Innovations: Weekly Roundup April 12 – April 25, 2025

Israel Tech Startups and Innovations: Weekly Roundup April 12 – April 25, 2025 New Startups / VC FundingIsraeli AI Healthtech Startup Healthee Secures $50M Series B Funding to Revolutionize Healthcare Cost ManagementHealthee, an Israeli startup offering an AI-powered platform transforming healthcare cost management, has successfully raised $50 million in a Series B funding round. The […]

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Miggo Security

Israeli Cybersecurity Startup Miggo Security Raises $17M Series A to Launch Real-Time Application Threat Protection

Miggo Security, an Israeli cybersecurity startup revolutionizing Application Detection & Response (ADR), has announced the closing of a $17 million Series A funding round. The round was led by SYN Ventures, with continued support from existing investor YL Ventures. Miggo Security is tackling a critical gap in application security by addressing the growing wave of […]

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We Cannot Continue to Be So Weak

One feature of Jewish life that I have grown to love is the idea of repetition. It also happens to be foundational to our faith. From weekly Shabbat rituals, readings and prayers to the very cyclical nature of the Jewish calendar, the book Deuteronomy essentially “retells the same stories we have already read in earlier […]

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Bagel AI

Bagel AI Secures $5.5M Seed Funding to Revolutionize Product Intelligence with AI-Driven Insights

Bagel AI, an Israeli startup offering an innovative product intelligence platform, has announced the successful closure of a $5.5 million seed funding round to accelerate its mission of transforming how companies make product decisions through artificial intelligence. The round was led by at.inc/, with strategic participation from Demo Capital, Loyal VC, CS Angel, and a […]

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Lattica

Israeli Startup Lattica Emerges from Stealth with $3.25M to Advance Secure AI in the Cloud Using FHE Technology

Lattica, an Israeli startup offering a groundbreaking platform leveraging Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) to enable secure and private AI deployment in the cloud, has officially emerged from stealth mode with $3.25 million in pre-seed funding. The funding round was led by Konstantin Lomashuk’s Cyber Fund, with notable participation from angel investor Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of […]

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EU Fines Apple and Meta €700 Million for Violating Digital Competition Laws Angering White House

EU Fines Apple and Meta €700 Million for Violating Digital Competition Laws Angering White House

The European Union has fined Apple and Meta Platforms a combined €700 million for breaching the bloc’s digital competition regulations, a move that could escalate tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump. And the Trump Administration has already issued angry statements about the move. Meta is the parent company of Mark Zuckerberg‘s Facebook, which has been […]

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NASA Celebrates 35 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope with Stunning New Cosmic Images

In honor of the Hubble Space Telescope’s 35th anniversary in Earth orbit, NASA has released a breathtaking collection of new space images, showcasing celestial wonders ranging from the planet Mars to distant star-forming regions and a neighboring galaxy. Since its launch in 1990, Hubble has become the most iconic and scientifically productive space telescope in […]

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Terra Security

Israeli Startup Terra Security Raises $8M Seed Round to Advance AI-Powered Penetration Testing Platform

Terra Security, an Israeli startup offering a pioneering Agentic AI-native penetration testing platform, has raised $8 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its automated cybersecurity testing solution. The round was led by SYN Ventures and FXP Ventures, with participation from Underscore VC and prominent angel investors including former Google CISO Gerhard Eschelbeck, […]

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