Author: David Rutman

“Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy,” Wayne Gretzky. In a few hours, we will finish Simhat Torah, meaning that the holiday season will be over. Now we try and take our feeling of being spiritually cleansed plus the pure joy of […]

If you buy or sell a home in Israel, your tax will be higher if you are married or living together as a common-law couple, than if you are single, according to the real estate tax law. That is unless you have a prenup or postnup and meet certain other conditions, according to Supreme Court […]

Philips, Nvidia, IBM, Road2, Margalit Startup City Haifa, the Israel Innovation Authority, the Rambam Medical Center, Clalit Health Services, and additional partners have joined forces to lead  Startup City Haifa, the Digital Health Accelerator. The program is dedicated to scaling up startups operating in the digital health domain and is based on collaboration among international […]

Israel and Azerbaijan signed a historic agreement to cooperate on space on Wednesday, the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology announced Thursday. The agreement was signed at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) held this year in Baku.  “The agreement signed today is further evidence of the strengths of Israeli science, innovation and the space industry,” […]

Israeli fintech firm Stampli, an AI-powered accounts payable automation developer, has successfully raised $61 million in a Series D venture funding round. The round was spearheaded by Blackstone and featured the participation of existing investors Insight Partners, SignalFire, Bloomberg Beta, and NextWorld Capital. This latest funding round takes the amount raised by the company to […]

A new analysis of TikTok use throughout the world conducted by Canopy.us, an AI app focused on digital family safety, has shown Israel as one of the countries most trigger-happy when it comes to the removal of content.  TikTok has faced significant backlash in recent years over what was seen as its lax moderation policies. […]

The landscape of venture capital investing has seen remarkable shifts over the past few years. As global markets have weathered significant turbulence, new opportunities and challenges have emerged for investors. Harmonix Ventures, an early-stage VC fund, has been at the forefront of this dynamic environment, strategically positioning itself at the intersection of healthcare, life sciences, […]

As part of International Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which takes place every year in October, the Ofer Malls group is organizing an activity for the One in Nine association, which will be held in all 18 malls of the chain nationwide, starting from October 15, lasting for a week. As part of the activity, specially […]

Israeli tech company Nanovel has been stealthily developing a game-changing solution for the challenges facing the citrus-harvesting industry. Leveraging a combination of robotics, computer vision, and Artificial Intelligence, the company has created a tractor-drawn citrus-picking robot that uses robotic arms to precisely grip, snip, and harvest ripe oranges from orchards. In a market currently grappling […]

The ninth cohort of 8200 Impact, a program created by graduates of the IDF’s Unit 8200 to support ‘impact-tech’ start-ups, will place a special focus on issues of accessibility, diversity, and inclusion. The program, which includes several months of workshops, seminars, and events, will be accepting applications until October 15. Accepted start-ups will also receive […]