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20 stories about AI
בר וינקלר ו רועי ללזר מייסדי וונדרפול Wonderful

One-year-old AI startup Wonderful raises $150 million Series B at $2 billion valuation

12.03.26|Meir Orbach
The enterprise AI agent platform, founded in 2025, has surpassed $280 million in funding and plans to scale headcount from 350 to 900 by year-end.
אורן פורת מנכ"ל חטיבת התשתיות קבוצת peax

Between AI, cloud and physical collapse: Building resilience in an unstable world

11.03.26|Oren Porat
"In an era of soaring hardware prices and AI agents becoming the beating heart of the organization, infrastructure is no longer only 'a topic for the technologists', but is becoming a full-blown business compass," writes Oren Porat, CEO of the Infrastructure Division at peax.
מייסד בלוק ג’ק דורסי

AI washing: When layoffs wear a tech halo

07.03.26|Omer Kabir
Block’s 4,200 job cuts highlight a growing trend of companies blaming artificial intelligence for decisions rooted in management mistakes.
חדר שרתים ב דאטה סנטר של Nvidia בלונדון

The $3 trillion data center boom

05.03.26|Tamar Tunik
JLL says the global industry has entered a “supercycle” as AI demand drives record investment, soaring rents, and growing power shortages.
סם אלטמן מנכ"ל OpenAI פברואר 2025

OpenAI raises $110 billion at $730 billion valuation in landmark AI funding round

27.02.26|CTech
Massive investments from Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank underscore the escalating cost of building global AI infrastructure.
Guidde Team

Guidde raises $50 million Series B as companies seek tools to bridge gap between AI and employees

25.02.26|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup’s platform turns employee workflows into structured knowledge for automation. 
Gilad Barash

AI readiness isn’t about models - it’s about maturity

25.02.26|Gilad Barash
Organizations overestimate their AI readiness because they underestimate governance complexity.
נשיא ארה"ב דונלד טראמפ ב כינוס מועצת השלום ב וושינגטון ארה"ב 19.2.26

Trump’s AI embrace faces backlash from his own base

25.02.26|Omer Kabir
As Silicon Valley draws closer to the White House, Republican voters demand regulation.
Joshua Begner

AI is rewriting the exit playbook for founders

25.02.26|Joshua Begner
For decades, Israeli founders chased Nasdaq. In the AI era, that strategy may no longer be optimal.
יוסי שריאל מפקד 8200 הפורש

Former Unit 8200 commander Yossi Sariel joins AI unicorn Decart

23.02.26|CTech
The appointment as a management member links the intelligence chief who resigned after the October 7 failure to one of Israel’s fastest-growing startups. 
רובוטים של מנטי רובוטיקס חברה שייסד אמנון שעשוע ונמכרה למובילאיי Mentee Robotics

The AI shock: When technology disrupts the strong instead of the weak

22.02.26|Shlomo Teitelbaum
Layoffs among academics and managers surge as artificial intelligence reshapes the job market.
מיכה קאופמן מנכ"ל פייבר fiverr

AI upheaval hits Fiverr hard, sends stock tumbling over 35% this year

19.02.26|Sophie Shulman
2025 financials and 2026 forecast reveal tangible threat to transaction-based business model.
קלוד קוד אנתרופיק

The war for the developer’s keyboard

16.02.26|Rani Ben Shaul
Claude Code, Codex and Gemini battle for control of the fastest-growing, and most expensive, AI market.
צוות ברנדלייט Brandlight

Brandlight lands $30 million Series A as advertising moves into AI answers

11.02.26|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup helps global brands manage visibility inside ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. 
צוות הסטארט-אפ Tavily

What Nebius really bought when it bought Tavily

11.02.26|CTech
Beyond the exit price, a struggle over who controls the web gateway for AI agents. 
תמונת צוות של סטארט-אפ Tavily

Nebius to acquire one-year-old Israeli AI startup Tavily in deal worth up to $400 million

10.02.26|Meir Orbach
The company’s agentic search layer is set to become the cornerstone of Nebius’s bid to build a full AI platform.
כנס TECH TLV - ראיון אולפן - רועי עדין אמן ויוצר אומנות באמצעות AI וידאו

“The one word that separates slop from art is intention”

10.02.26|CTech
Visual artist Roy Adin argues that in the age of generative AI, human intention, not speed or automation, is what turns images into art. 
מימין ג'ף בזוס  ו טים קוק

The $660 billion question: When does AI pay back?

09.02.26|Omer Kabir
Earnings season exposes a widening gap between soaring capex and uncertain revenue.
Dean Sysman

The SaaS reckoning reaches private equity

09.02.26|Sophie Shulman
AI-driven repricing turns once-coveted software portfolios into a growing liability.
IL Ventures partners (left to right): Dani Harari, Yoni Heilbronn and Elad Frenkel.

“Investors are rewarding companies that can demonstrate why growth is sustainable, disciplined, and resilient”

09.02.26|Zachy Hennessey, Elihay Vidal
Yoni Heilbronn, Managing Partner at IL Ventures, joined CTech for its 2026 VC Survey.