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Ramallah Startup Uses Social Media to Help People in Conflict Areas Assess Risks

10.01.20|Elham Nasser Eddin
RedCrow utilizes natural language processing and AI to analyze data from social media posts and predict security threats and potential shifts in a region’s level of stability and safety
פצצת מימן פיצוץ גרעיני

AI, War, and Hanukkah

27.12.19|Dov Greenbaum
Technology has been a significant part of warfare since at least the ancient Greeks. Now, artificial intelligence is making its mark on modern war
ריצ׳רד סוצ׳ר Richard Socher סיילספורס

Awkward Silences Are the Current Obsession of Salesforce's Resident Genius

23.12.19|Amarelle Wenkert
Richard Socher, chief scientist at multinational software company Salesforce, thinks that speech and voice technologies are the future
ליטיגייט Litigate נמרוד אהרון גיא עוזיאל

Digital Legal Analysis Startup Litigate Raises $3.5 Million

22.12.19|Meir Orbach
Litigate develops technology that assists lawyers in analyzing legal documents and records, and in detecting legal precedents
אביגדור וילנץ מנכ"ל אנפורנה

Intel Has AI on its Sights and Habana Labs Can Help It Hit the Mark

17.12.19|Meir Orbach
The $2 billion acquisition, Intel’s second-largest in Israel, is set to help the chip making giant catch up to more agile companies in terms of AI innovation
Vocalis טל ונדרוב ביונד ורבל רואי ויזנר אמון דניאל אהרונוביץ ו שאדי חסן הלת'ימייז

Newly Merged Voice Analysis Startups Healthymize and Beyond Verbal Raise $9 Million

10.12.19|Hagar Ravet
The new entity, Vocalis Health, will develop technology for the voice-based analysis and detection of health issues such as heart and respiratory conditions and depression
תל אביב 2 זירת הנדל"ן

Enterprise Software Company Vistex to Set Up Israel R&D Center Based on Future Investment

03.12.19|Sophie Shulman
The company has launched a dedicated website where Israeli startups can pitch their technologies for potential investments by offering AI solutions for actual business issues Vistex has previously faced
אלעד דונסקי סיילספורס

Salesforce to Nearly Double Israeli R&D Operation by 2022, Says Exec

28.11.19|Amarelle Wenkert
Elad Donsky, Salesforce's vice president of engineering, spoke to Calcalist about the multinational cloud company's local expansion strategy
ועידת Mind the tech TLV ד"ר עומרי פלמון מייסד WekaIO

Sci-Fi Authors Have Blown Our Expectations of Technology Out of Proportion, Says WekaIO founder

27.11.19|Billy Frenkel
Omri Palmon, co-founder of data storage startup WekaIO, participated in a panel alongside Nvidia's Gal Chechik, during Calcalist’s Mind the Tech conference in Tel Aviv
נמרוד קוזלובסקי ועידת Mind the tech נובמבר 2019

Algorithms That Affect People’s Lives Should Be Transparent, Says Cyber Law Expert

25.11.19|Lior Gutman
Nimrod Kozlovski, partner at Israel-based law firm Herzog, Fox, Neeman, and lecturer at Tel Aviv University spoke at Calcalist’s Mind the Tech conference in Tel Aviv
ועידת Mind the tech TLV ד"ר איה סופר

CTalk: IBM Exec Explains What it Takes to Trust Decisions Made by AI

25.11.19|CTech
CTech reporter Adi Pick spoke with Aya Soffer, IBM’s vice president of artificial intelligence technology, during Calcalist’s Mind the Tech conference held in Tel Aviv Monday
ועידת Mind the tech TLV אודי לוי מנכ"ל Cobwebs

AI Helps Generate Insights From the Abundance of Online Data, Says Cobwebs CEO

25.11.19|Omer Kabir
Udi Levy, co-founder and CEO of web intelligence startup Cobwebs, spoke Monday at Calcalist’s Mind the Tech conference in Tel Aviv
ועידת Mind the tech TLV שי בסון ראש חטיבת לאומי טכנולוגיות

A Bank That Doesn’t Embrace AI Will Not Be Relevant to Younger Generations, Says Exec

25.11.19|Naomi Zoref
Shay Basson, who heads the technology division of Israel’s Bank Leumi, spoke Monday at Calcalist’s Mind the Tech conference in Tel Aviv
ג'ון סומורג'אי סיילספורס

Bonobo Was the Fastest Acquisition-to-Product in Salesforce’s History, Says Exec

24.11.19|Amarelle Wenkert
John Somorjai, Salesforce’s executive vice president of corporate development and Salesforce Ventures, spoke to Calcalist about the company’s expansion strategy
בית משפט פטיש שופטים שופט פסק דין

Legal Tech: Do AI Lawyers Dream of Digital Contracts?

18.11.19|Sophie Shulman
Artificial intelligence technology is promising to revolutionize the legal profession, but it might also cost some lawyers their jobs
נעמי קריגר כרמי רשות החדשנות

The Israeli Government Will Pay to Train AI Specialists

12.11.19|Hagar Ravet
A new program by Israel Innovation Authority will see it pay up to $570,000 a year to companies that will develop and implement their own advanced artificial intelligence training
ועידת HR עדי מור בירן

AI Won’t Replace Employees, It Will Assist Them, Says Microsoft Azure Exec

05.11.19|Meir Orbach
Artificial intelligence is the future of the tech ecosystem, said Ady Mor-Biran, who oversees the Middle East and Africa marketing operation for Microsoft Azure
דוד גולן  Viz.ai

Stroke Detection Startup Viz.ai Raises $50 Million

23.10.19|Hagar Ravet
Viz.ai's deep learning and artificial intelligence-powered technology can analyze brain scans and automatically transfer the information to a doctor
אנשים עובדים סניף מיינדספייס ישראל

Hiring Tech Startup Talenya Raises $6.5 Million

10.10.19|Adi Pick
Talenya develops AI-based bots that serve as virtual recruiters who scout for open positions by processing information from online sources, and are also capable of contacting suitable candidates and inviting them to a job interview on behalf of an employer
מוסף שבועי 13.7.17 הסוף שלנו הרובוטית סופיה רובוט עם בינה מלאכותית

To Err Is (Not Necessarily) Human

08.10.19|Dov Greenbaum
Researcher Dov Greenbaum writes about Yom Kippur, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and how artificial intelligence is becoming more human-like