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20 stories about AI

“We we know what to do”: Ilya Sutskever takes helm as CEO, rules out sale of Safe Superintelligence

03.07.25|CTech
Sutskever confirms previous CEO Daniel Gross is leaving the secretive AI startup and pledges to keep it independent.
Guy Franklin

AI has “significantly enhanced operational efficiency” in the VC space, says Israeli Mapped in NY

03.07.25|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
Founder & Managing Partner Guy Franklin joined CTech for its new “VC AI Survey,” exploring how the revolutionary technology is impacting the investment space. 
משרדי מיקרוסופט ב ניו יורק 19.7.24

Microsoft’s second major layoff in weeks to slash 9,000 roles, with Israel possibly impacted

02.07.25|CTech and Reuters
Less than 4% of global workforce affected as company doubles down on cost cuts amid massive AI bets.
בר וינקלר ו רועי ללזר מייסדי וונדרפול Wonderful

Wonderful raises $34M in Seed funding to bring multilingual AI to global call centers

02.07.25|Meir Orbach
Israeli startup aims to unlock non-English markets with advanced AI agents.
מארק צוקרברג

Zuckerberg reportedly offers $300 million packages to lure OpenAI staff

02.07.25|CTech
Meta’s new superintelligence lab wants the minds behind GPT, and it’s paying up.
Miri Maverick

“Early-stage investing is about people. That hasn't changed with AI”

02.07.25|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
Dr. Miri Fenton, Investor at Maverick Ventures Israel, joined CTech to discuss the impact that AI has on the investment space.
Danny Michael DLA

“AI Washing” is the new greenwashing - and Startup Nation should be paying attention

01.07.25|James Spiro
The legal world is cracking down on companies that exaggerate their AI abilities. While the spotlight is currently on the U.S. and European markets, the warning signs are relevant for Israeli tech as well.
Dorin NightDragon

“The future belongs to those who see through the noise and bet on our enduring talent”

01.07.25|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
Dorin Baniel, Principal & Head of EMEA Office at NightDragon, joined CTech for its new “VC AI Survey” to share what the investment space may look like following the war with Iran.
מטא מארק צוקרברג Meta AI

Zuckerberg declares Meta’s superintelligence era but one key figure is missing

30.06.25|CTech
The Facebook founder taps Scale AI’s Wang as chief AI officer, while Safe Superintelligence founder Daniel Gross stays out of the spotlight.
Miri Fenton Shelly Hod Moyal Nadav Shimoni Dorin Baniel

How AI is reshaping the venture capital landscape

30.06.25|Elihay Vidal
CTech’s VC AI Survey reveals how investors are retooling their playbooks as artificial intelligence transforms funding, due diligence, and startup selection.
 Shelly Hod Moyal and Mor Assia Co CEOs and founding partners at iAngles

“AI will impact nearly every industry, perhaps as much or even more than mobile”

30.06.25|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
Shelly Hod Moyal, iAngels’ Founding Partner, joined CTech for its VC AI Survey to share insights on how the technology has changed the investment process.
Dikla Yuval MineOS

With AI in hiring, “it’s become harder to distinguish genuine depth,” says MineOS HR

26.06.25|James Spiro, Amy Shapiro
MineOS is realising the full benefits of AI to reshape internal communication and scale smartly. But the technology also introduces new hiring challenges, like cutting through the noise to identify top talent. 
מטא מארק צוקרברג Meta AI

From Safe Superintelligence to Thinking Machines, everyone’s saying no to Meta

23.06.25|Omer Kabir
Zuckerberg's aggressive AI push faces cultural resistance and ethical doubts.

Ilya Sutskever rejected Meta’s bid for his $32B startup, so Zuckerberg is hiring his CEO instead

20.06.25|CTech
After Safe Superintelligence rejected Meta’s acquisition bid, the tech giant turned to poaching top talent, including co-founder and CEO Daniel Gross.
כלי בינה מלאכותית AI  ג'מיני קופיילוט קלוד פרפלקסיטי  ChatGPT

The content collapse: How AI broke the internet’s oldest business model

11.06.25|Omer Kabir
Chatbots are killing clicks, and publishers are scrambling to survive on licensing deals with the very platforms that displaced them.
CTech The growth conference Keren Raphael

“We are all into ‘builder’ culture”: Intuit Israel’s Head of People on embracing AI

11.06.25|Amy Shapiro
Speaking with CTech at the Israel Growth Conference, Keren Raphael shared how Intuit is empowering its workforce to lead the AI revolution by integrating skills training across the board and hiring for an AI-forward mindset, not just experience. 
ai.work founders

Former WalkMe execs launch ai.work to bring autonomous AI to enterprise workflows

10.06.25|Meir Orbach
Backed by $10 million in Seed funding, the Israeli startup aims to streamline internal operations with AI-driven agents that integrate into existing enterprise systems.
מייסדי חברת Tastewise אלון חן מנכ"ל ו אייל גאון סמנכ"ל טכנולוגיות

Tastewise raises $50M to power the AI brain behind Kraft, Mars, and Campbell’s

10.06.25|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup's GenAI platform monitors recipes, eating habits, and social trends to create real-time product pitches.
CTech The growth conference Katie Kushnir Ventura

“People learn, people develop”: Sanofi Israel’s HR Head sees “only positives” in AI

10.06.25|Amy Shapiro
Speaking with CTech at the Israel Growth Conference, Sanofi Israel’s Katie Kushnir Ventura shared how the pharmaceutical giant is using AI to improve its operations and support employees through upskilling and easier access to digital resources.