Category: Business

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 […]

A few months ago, as a result of widespread criticism and legal consequences for pushing addictive painkillers on the public, the name of the Sackler family – who donated to museums and educational and medical institutions around the world – was removed from the name of Tel Aviv University’s Medical Faculty. After he was declared […]

 Apple  on Saturday said it has identified a few issues which can cause new iPhones to run warmer than expected, including a bug in the iOS 17 software which will be fixed in an upcoming update. After complaints that the new phones are getting very warm, Apple has said that the device may feel warmer […]

With the COP-28 global climate summit coming up in Dubai, the TV channel that I work with, WION, asked if I would do a report on water shortages in West Asia. West Asia is the same region as the Middle East, it just has a different name depending on where you are based in the […]