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20 stories about AI
Ofer YL Ventures

The next big exits in Israeli AI cyber? YL Ventures is betting on resilience, not hype

26.08.25|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
In CTech’s VC AI Survey, Ofer Schreiber shares the qualities the firm looks for in identifying promising companies.
ניקול לוין בכירה בחברת AI

The doom scale: How SF house parties are deciding the future of AI investment

25.08.25|Nicole Levin
Why Silicon Valley's party small talk about the apocalypse is now driving billion-dollar investments. 
Shahar Tzafrir , Fiona Darmon , Rotem Eldar

The legitimacy paradox: What drives or destroys tech sectors

25.08.25|Amy Shapiro
AI fuels consumer tech, defense rides geopolitical tailwinds, but binary options, crypto, and NFTs show how fast hype can sour. What defines an industry's legitimacy and trendiness in the Israeli and global landscape?
shay josh greenfield

AI won’t just transform factories and logistics. It’s coming for lawyers, teachers, and accountants

25.08.25|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
In CTech’s VC AI Survey, Greenfield Partners’ Shay Grinfeld discusses how factories, warehouses, and logistics may have seemed like the natural first targets for AI disruption, but that the bigger shock is coming elsewhere.
Tzafon Team

Why OpenAI and xAI angels are betting on Israeli AI startup Tzafon

25.08.25|James Spiro
Tzafon is building foundational models that interact with computers the way we do. It has already secured funding from angels at top AI companies and signed a deal with Google Cloud.
משרדי אנבידיה NVIDIA ביוקנעם

“The industrial AI revolution is here”: Nvidia Israel links data centers across continents

24.08.25|Omer Kabir
New Spectrum-XGS technology turns distant facilities into a single giga-scale “AI factory.”
Fusion team

“AI hasn’t replaced human judgment, it has significantly increased our efficiency”

24.08.25|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
In CTech’s VC AI Survey, Fusion's Yair Vardi shares insights on how the technology has changed the investment space.
Eyal Niv Pitango

Israel can “own anything it wants” in AI, says Pitango First’s Eyal Niv

21.08.25|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
In CTech’s VC AI Survey, Niv explained how the VC firm is adapting its investment strategy to a market transformed by artificial intelligence
בינה מלאכותית AI הונאה AI Fraud

The new fraud frontier: Guardio research shows how AI browsers can be easily deceived

20.08.25|Omer Kabir
Fraud no longer needs to deceive the user. It only needs to deceive the AI. 
Yodfat Blumberg Capital

Blumberg Capital: "Ninety percent of companies we evaluate today are AI-focused"

20.08.25|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
In CTech’s VC AI Survey, Yodfat Harel Buchris details how the firm is applying its “6Ts” framework to pick resilient AI startups in Israel, the U.S., and Europe.
Lior Litwak Glilot

“Today, every investment is also evaluated through a GenAI lens”

19.08.25|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
Speaking in CTech’s VC AI Survey, Glilot+’s Lior Litwak highlights how AI has transformed the fund’s strategy and blurred the lines between traditional and tech-driven domains.
InNegev

InNegev: Israel’s next big AI exits will come from Enterprise, Cyber, and Robotics

18.08.25|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
Chief Investment Officer Amir Tzach joined CTech for its VC AI Survey to share predictions and insights on how AI will change the game for everyone - and how Startup Nation can get ahead.
Alex Viola

Viola Ventures on AI’s ‘iPhone Moment’ for traditional industries

17.08.25|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
In CTech’s VC AI Survey, Viola Ventures’ Alex Shmulovich shares insights on how the technology will transform the investment space.
 מנכ"ל OpenAI סם אלטמן מציג את GPT5 ChatGPT

AI plateau? GPT-5 sparks debate over limits of generative models

14.08.25|Omer Kabir
After a disappointing launch, researchers question whether meaningful progress can still be made at scale.
Guy Dassa OurCrowd

OurCrowd: “2025 has been a breakthrough year for us in AI”

14.08.25|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
In CTech’s VC AI Survey, Guy Dassa, an AI expert and investment partner, discussed the impact of the technology on the investment space.
Ofer Qumra

Qumra Capital: “AI has essentially become our day-to-day assistant”

13.08.25|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
In CTech’s VC AI Survey, Ofer Vishkin explains how AI is streamlining deal sourcing, reshaping benchmarks, and revealing the next wave of Israeli growth opportunities.
פיטר מקאי מנכ"ל Snyk ו גיא פודחרני מייסד Snyk סניק

Snyk’s growth slows sharply in 2024, hits $278 million in revenue

12.08.25|CTech
Filings show revenue up by 26% from 2023, with operating loss standing at more than $188 million.
UpWest Gil

UpWest: ‘AI can accelerate the prep, but it can’t replace human judgment’

12.08.25|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
In CTech’s VC AI Survey, Gil Ben-Artzy says when it comes to choosing the right founders, no algorithm can match the trust and chemistry from face-to-face meetings.
מירה מוראטי מייסדת Thinking Machines Lab

AI boom creates dozens of new billionaires in record time

11.08.25|CTech
Valuations soar as startups like Safe Superintelligence and Anthropic hit record highs.