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Israel’s hi-tech firms helping tackle the food, agriculture crises

January 25, 2024January 26, 2024David Rutman

I’ve just returned from my weekly foray to the supermarket. There, I saw a miracle – bins full of delicious fresh fruits and vegetables and fresh eggs, all of it produced in Israel. This, in wartime, even though foreign farm workers have left; many Western Negev and Northern Galilee cities and towns, kibbutzim and moshavim […]

In war’s aftermath, startup boom expected to pop in Israel

January 16, 2024January 16, 2024David Rutman

Upon the release of the Startup Nation Central annual report on the Israeli tech sector, The Media Line spoke to its CEO Avi Hasson, who shared his insights and lessons learned from 2023 and his expectations for 2024. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org The Media Line: The report you just […]

Israeli Innovation Authority unveils ambitious hi-tech stimulus

January 16, 2024January 16, 2024David Rutman

In a move aimed at enhancing Israel’s global position as a hi-tech hub, the Israeli Innovation Authority (IIA), in collaboration with the Finance Ministry, has approved a comprehensive stimulus package designed to uplift the nation’s hi-tech ecosystem. The plans have been carefully crafted in response to both global and local factors that characterized 2023, such […]

Silicon Wadi: What’s in East Jerusalem’s new business hub?

January 10, 2024January 10, 2024David Rutman

The Jerusalem Municipality is actively engaging with international hi-tech companies that have expressed their keen interest in collaborating to promote the development of the hi-tech sector in East Jerusalem. In a recent statement, the municipality emphasized the significance of this partnership in driving economic growth not only for Jerusalem as a whole but also for […]

Israel’s vital tech sector to gain from return of army reservists

January 4, 2024January 4, 2024David Rutman

Israel’s wartime economy will get a much-awaited boost as the military gradually releases reservists fighting in the Gaza Strip so they can return to their jobs and jumpstart softening growth. Since the October 7 attacks by Hamas terrorists, more than 300,000 Israelis were drafted to reserve duty – many coming from the globally important high-tech […]

Israeli tech company offers emergency response system after October 7

January 2, 2024January 3, 2024David Rutman

Israeli communications company Omnitelecom has launched an initiative that allows any organization – whether in the private or public sector – to tap into a sophisticated emergency response system developed by the company at no cost, the company announced Tuesday. Omnitelecom’s “CALL ON” system is a smart management system for calling emergency teams at the […]

1948 Ventures: Bridging innovation and urgency in Israeli tech

January 2, 2024January 2, 2024David Rutman

In the midst of Israel’s ongoing conflict with Hamas in Gaza, 1948 Ventures has emerged as a potential catalyst for the nation’s tech sector. The US-based venture capital firm, known for its commitment to innovation and impact, has expedited its launch to invest in early-stage Israeli companies with dual-use applications. Founder Aaron Kaplowitz discussed the […]

Can artificial intelligence predict what’s going to happen in your life?

December 18, 2023December 18, 2023David Rutman

Cutting-edge artificial intelligence designed to model written language has demonstrated an unprecedented capability: predicting significant life events and even estimating the time of death. A collaborative research effort from DTU, University of Copenhagen, ITU, and Northeastern University in the US has harnessed the power of large-scale data to train transformer models, similar to ChatGPT, revealing […]