21.01.25|Sophie ShulmanBig investors, bold promises, and why the Israeli AI startup struggled to commercialize.
20.01.25|Sophie ShulmanControversy and market challenges brought the Israeli startup’s ambitions to a halt and resulted in a sale to parking lot company Metropolis.
07.07.21|Golan HazaniThe Series C is one of the largest ever funding rounds for an AI-based face recognition company and comes after it had previously raised a total of $115 million. AnyVision employs 240 people, half of them in Israel
03.09.20|Golan HazaniAccording to the terms of the deal, Rafael will acquire 50% of the shares of a new defense-orientated company that will be jointly founded
13.05.20|CTechCTech Daily Roundup: Gigi Levy-Weiss spoke to CTech about what the coronavirus means for VCs and investors
13.05.20|Meir Orbach The layoffs follow Microsoft's investment arm M12's divestment of its stake in the company in March
07.04.20|Omer KabirThe cameras are capable of differentiating between different causes for high temperature and help identify coronavirus cases
31.03.20|Meir OrbachVideo surveillance news website IPVM reported earlier this month that AnyVision attributed the decision to the Covid-19 crisis. Microsoft’s investment arm M12 announced Friday it is divesting its stake in the Israeli company
29.03.20|Raphael Kahan In November, Microsoft started an investigation into the Israeli startup after multiple media outlets reported its technology was being used by Israeli forces to surveil Palestinians in the West Bank
20.11.19|Omer KabirIsrael’s tech ecosystem is world-renowned for its innovation, but companies like NSO, Black Cube, and AnyVision are casting a sinister shadow over it
17.11.19|Omer KabirMicrosoft has hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to look into the operations of Tel Aviv-based AnyVision, to see if the use of its technology by Israeli forces in the West Bank violates Microsoft’s ethical principles
18.06.19|Meir OrbachAnyVision develops software capable of real-time face and object recognition within large crowds
14.01.19|Meir OrbachAnyVision develops software for real-time face and object recognition in large crowds
29.11.18|Lilach BaumerThe company will invest in startups developing autonomous cars, robotics and machine learning platforms via its venture arm, Qualcomm Ventures
31.10.18|Racheli BindmanUsing AnyVision’s facial recognition technologies, the bank can let customers open a bank account online without having to come to the bank personally, Ronen Yochpaz, a vice president at the bank said
22.07.18|Hagar RavetIn June, Bosch acquired a 9% stake in the Tel Aviv-based startup, announcing a sales and technology partnership between the two