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כנס אלי הורביץ לכלכלה וחברה מנהל רשות המסים שי אהרונוביץ'

Israel to scan every tax return with AI after finding $7 billion gap

03.06.26|Shlomo Teitelbaum‏
Tax Authority says artificial intelligence tools already identified major discrepancies and could expand enforcement from a 4% sample to full coverage of filings, as officials look for ways to boost revenue without raising taxes on the middle class.
אמיר ירון נגיד בנק ישראל בכנס אלי הורביץ 2026

"Within six months, Israel's high-tech sector could shrink by 25% to 30%"

02.06.26|Shlomo Teitelbaum‏
Former banking supervisor Hedva Ber warned at the Eli Hurvitz Conference that the strong shekel is pushing technology activity abroad, while Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron signaled growing openness to faster interest-rate cuts as inflation expectations decline.
ZutaCore

Israeli AI cooling startup ZutaCore raises $100 million Series C at estimated $600 million valuation

02.06.26|Meir Orbach
Samsung, Mitsubishi Electric and Carrier back data center infrastructure company from Sderot. 
Leumi AI center

Bank Leumi ranked Israel’s top bank for AI adoption

02.06.26|CTech
New regional index places bank in top ten across Middle East and Africa.
מוסף עצמאות 30.4.25 מייסדי Decart מימין משה שלו וד"ר דין לייטרסדורף

AI and defense power Israeli startup fundraising to nearly $1 billion in May

01.06.26|CTech
Israeli startups raised over $940 million in May as artificial intelligence dominated investment flows, while defense technology continued to attract major backing amid global tensions. 
ד"ר זאב פרבמן לייטריקס

Lightricks to split into two companies as it cuts another 75 jobs

01.06.26|Sophie Shulman
Jerusalem unicorn reshapes itself around AI, as Facetune profitability funds a costly push into video models.
תמונה שיוצרה בעזרת AI – אלון מאסק לוחץ יד לרובוט

The hidden copyright risk inside AI-generated content

31.05.26|Omer Kabir
Israel’s legal draft suggests users, not just companies, could face liability.
ג'וניורים נייס NICE

AI didn't kill the junior developer, it changed the rules

31.05.26|Maayan Manela
Recruiters and executives explain what it now takes to land a first job in tech.
אבישי אברהמי מנכ"ל WIX וויקס

Israeli tech’s day of reckoning

31.05.26|Sophie Shulman
Why layoffs at Wix, Amdocs, Rapyd, SentinelOne and others may signal a fundamental shift in the sector. 
אסף רפפורט ממייסדי וויז WIZ

Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport: “AI creates disruption, but also opportunity. That is true for Wix too.”

27.05.26|CTech, Ynet
The Wiz founder says the AI revolution will force companies to reinvent themselves, argues Israel is falling behind in artificial intelligence, and calls Google’s $32 billion acquisition of Wiz a major vote of confidence in the country during wartime. 
זאב פרבמן מייסד לייטריקס Lightricks

Lightricks preparing new layoffs as AI reshapes company structure

27.05.26|Meir Orbach, Sophie Shulman
Jerusalem-based unicorn expected to cut dozens of jobs amid organizational overhaul. 
נשיא ארה"ב דונלד טראמפ

What makes a Trump post ‘Trumpian’? AI now has an answer

26.05.26|CTech
Model trained on 41,000 tweets identifies unusual wording and stylistic anomalies.
אבישי אברהמי מנכ"ל ומייסד חברת Wix

Wix’s historic cuts could become a turning point for Israeli high-tech

26.05.26|Sophie Shulman
The layoffs highlight how AI is beginning to reshape not only software products, but the economics of tech employment itself. 
campus wix קמפוס וויקס גלילות

Base44 is booming. So why is Wix collapsing?

25.05.26|Sophie Shulman
The startup Wix bought to secure its AI future is growing at breakneck speed, but the costs are shaking investor confidence.
Yess founders

Amdocs expands AI ambitions through acquisition of Israeli startup Yess

25.05.26|CTech
The telecom software giant is integrating autonomous AI agents into its core operations platform. 
Tal Abuloff Alon Cinnamon

Project Glasswing by Anthropic didn't just find the bugs. It also found the real vulnerability in cybersecurity.

24.05.26|Alon Cinamon
By the end of last week, Anthropic published an update on Project Glasswing that most people missed. I think it's one of the most consequential signals in cybersecurity in years - and the headline numbers are only half the story. 
Yair Snir and Barrel Kfir

The giant models threaten to wipe out classic cybersecurity companies. Who will survive the revolution?

24.05.26|Yair Snir, Barrel Kfir
The cybersecurity-model announcements from OpenAI and Anthropic are not merely a threat to existing startups. They are the opening shot of a critical shift, from a world of vulnerability detection to one of autonomous remediation and prevention. 
שגיא אליהו מייסד טונקין Tonkean

Coupa acquires Israeli AI startup Tonkean in deal estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars

22.05.26|Meir Orbach
Acquisition strengthens Coupa’s push to build autonomous AI systems for procurement and enterprise operations.
Lisya Bahar Manoah Elron Ventures

From the automotive industry to the battlefield: Why automotive startups are turning to defense

21.05.26|Lisya Bahar Manoah
As funding slows and autonomy timelines slip, automotive startups are increasingly turning to defense markets as a parallel path to growth, reshaping the future of mobility and deep-tech investment.
משרדי אינטואיט

Intuit layoffs reach Israel as AI push reshapes global workforce

21.05.26|CTech
The financial software giant is cutting 3,000 jobs worldwide, with its 500-person Israeli R&D center also affected amid a broader restructuring around artificial intelligence.