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20 stories about AI
Canaan general partner Joydeep Bhattacharyya.

“The Israeli startups that will win are the ones building focused AI”

18.05.26|Zachy Hennessey
Canaan general partner Joydeep Bhattacharyya joined CTech for its 2026 International VC Survey.
אילון מאסק איש עסקים יזם משקיע ומשפיען

Elon Musk: “Israel is number one in the world by far in innovation per capita”

18.05.26|Hofit Cohen Ulay
In a video address to the Smart Mobility Summit in Tel Aviv, Musk said “I’m a huge admirer of the innovation coming out of Israel. Honestly, I think it’s objectively true that Israel punches far above its weight for population.”
יואב שוהם (משמאל), עם אורי גושן (מימין) ואמנון שעשוע מוסף

AI21 cuts more than 60% of its workforce in major strategic overhaul

18.05.26|Meir Orbach
The Israeli AI company will focus exclusively on AI agent optimization technology built around Maestro after Nebius acquisition talks collapse.
Yaffa Abadi

Stop building AI apps on the weekend. Start becoming an AI conductor in your field.

18.05.26|Yaffa Abadi
Everyone now needs to be a manager. Not of people, but of AI. And the space between those who've internalized that shift and those who haven't will be the defining career gap of the next five years.
כנס ניו יורק - אולפן סיטק - NVIDIA	Liron Friend-Saadon וידאו

“Every nation has their own electricity and water. Every nation should have their own AI infrastructure.”

14.05.26|Zachy Hennessey
According to NVIDIA’s Liron Freind-Saadon, sovereign AI is essential to ensure independent innovation and national resilience.
כנס ניו יורק - אולפן סיטק - נוי לוינסון וידאו

“The winner will not just produce the best model, but will do so in the cheapest, fastest way”

13.05.26|Zachy Hennessey
Decart General Manager Noy Levinson argues that by applying the "cyber playbook" to AI, Israel can leverage its unique expertise in hardware and resource-constrained problem-solving to build high-performance, cost-efficient infrastructure at scale.
ועידת ניו יורק -יפית קרת  רועי רותם וידאו

“From day one, a good CFO is your real partner to success and growth”

12.05.26|Zachy Hennessey
Prioritizing a CFO from day one, augmented by AI-driven real-time insights, is essential for early-stage startups to maintain strategic focus and successfully navigate the path to their next funding round, say ERB Proximo CEO and Deputy CEO Roi Rotem & Yafit Keret.
ועידת ניו יורק - אורי קאופמן גפטר וידאו

"VCs are no longer funding potential, they’re funding execution"

12.05.26|Zachy Hennessey
To secure venture capital, early-stage startups must prioritize vertical agents, proprietary data ownership, and proven execution over simple integration, says Valley Bank’s Ori Kaufman Gafter. 
כנס ניו יורק - אולפן סיטק - אורי אלון יו"ר בנק לאומי וידאו

“The industrial revolution scaled and replaced muscle-power. AI will scale and replace human intelligence"

12.05.26|Zachy Hennessey
Bank Leumi Chairman Uri Alon asserts that AI is scaling cognitive power just as mechanization once transformed physical labor to drive a massive global economic leap.
כנס ניו יורק - אולפן סיטק - בועז דינטה וידאו

“There are many interesting opportunities that aren't in cyber or AI”

12.05.26|Zachy Hennessey
Qumra Capital Managing Partner Boaz Dinte highlights that while growth capital is concentrating in cyber and AI, the most compelling opportunities lie in "physical AI" and companies that leverage resilience.
כנס ניו יורק - אולפן סיטק - אילן שדה מנהל חטיבת ה GenAI והדאטה וסגן נשיא בכיר באמדוקס וידאו

“The important part is not creating the agent. You need to understand actual business processes”

12.05.26|Zachy Hennessey
Amdocs Division President, GenAI & Data, Ilan Sade contends that the true value of AI isn’t the technology itself, but the complex orchestration of agents and data to create scalable, secure, and autonomous workflows.
כנס ניו יורק - אולפן סיטק - גלית מירן לשכת המסחר וידאו

“The US government and investors see Israeli resilience not just as a survival tactic, but a competitive advantage”

12.05.26|Zachy Hennessey
Israel-America Chamber of Commerce CEO Galit Meyran highlights that US states remain deeply committed to Israeli innovation, prioritizing ROI and diverse tech needs over political climate.
כנס ניו יורק - אולפן סיטק - עודד הר אבן שותף Sullivan & Worcester וידאו

“The war is not a minus, it's a plus” for Israeli defense and cyber tech

12.05.26|Zachy Hennessey
According to Sullivan & Worcester partner Oded Har-Even, despite shifting geopolitical sentiments, Israel's technological superiority in cyber and defense continues to outweigh political friction for global investors.
צביקה ויליגר הבעלים של חברת ויליפוד

Pagaya investor seeks $1.8 million refund, claiming AI real estate fund wiped out up to 80% of capital

07.05.26|Almog Azar
Zwi Williger, controlling shareholder of Willi-Food, claims Pagaya presented the AI-driven U.S. housing fund as a conservative, low-risk investment.
Eliot Durbin, General Partner at Boldstart Ventures.

“When the AI landscape shifts, Israeli teams reorient faster”

06.05.26|Zachy Hennessey
Eliot Durbin, General Partner at Boldstart Ventures, joined CTech for its 2026 International VC Survey. 
Jonathan Or and Nadav Aharon

AutoPipe says agentic AI platform is “reducing work that takes architects weeks to one day”

05.05.26|CTech
Veterans of the IDF's Unit 8200 are building an agentic AI platform to automate the slow and manual process of cloud architecture design.
מוסף עצמאות מנהלים מייסדי ZyG מימין עומר קפלן , אייל עמית , נדב אשכנזי , אסף בן עמי , עמרי שטיינמץ , גיא צור , דניאל שנער ו תומר בר זאב

ZyG raises $60 million Series A at $500 million valuation just a year after launch

05.05.26|Sophie Shulman
Led by ironSource founders, the startup is building an AI-powered engine for product growth. 
צוות עובדי סיילספורס

After years of cuts, tech giants reopen the door to juniors

04.05.26|Maayan Manela
AI-native talent is reshaping hiring strategies across the industry.
כנס שבוע AI יוסי כראדי

Israel warns CEOs: AI is lowering the barrier to cyberattacks

03.05.26|Omer Kabir
National Cyber Directorate warns organizations to prepare for faster, more complex threats.