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מכון אלן ישראל יואב גולדברג אורן עציוני רון יכיני

Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence to Open Israeli Branch

20.05.19|Meir Orbach
Opened with an $8.4 million investment, the Israel branch will focus on natural language processing
אמזון אקו פלוס אלקסה רמקול

From Amazon’s Alexa to IBM’s Watson, Gender Inequality Is a Serious Issue for AI

17.05.19|Yuval Matalon
People do not always realize the fact that technology is not objective, and that its ever-growing power can serve as a major catalyst in significantly widening social and gender gaps
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Zebra Medical Receives FDA Clearance for Automated Chest X-Ray Analysis Algorithm

13.05.19|Meir Orbach
Israel-based Zebra Medical develops AI-based algorithms for the automated analysis of medical scans such as X-ray, CT, and MRI
מטה פייסבוק עמק הסיליקון קליפורניה

Facebook Sets Up AI Team in Tel Aviv

23.04.19|CTech
The 10-person team will focus on machine learning algorithms that can improve the company’s internal interface and create new data analysis tools
שחר מרקוביץ' סמנכ"ל מחשוב ודיגיטל אל על ועידת ניו יורק 2019

El Al Is Actively Looking for AI and Machine Learning Startups, Says Executive

14.04.19|Adi Pick
El Al Airline’s chief digital and information officer Shahar Markovitch, spoke at Calcalist's Mind the Tech conference in New York
שרלוט ירקוני חברת מיקרוסופט

You Cannot Develop Technology Without Social Responsibility, Says Microsoft Exec

22.03.19|Meir Orbach
Charlotte Yarkoni is corporate vice president at Microsoft, where she oversees the company’s cloud and artificial intelligence activities
איגוואזיו iguazio  מימין אסף סומך ירון חביב ירון שגב

Samsung SDS Backs Data Company Iguazio

07.03.19|CTech
Israel-based Iguazio offers data management services and tools designed to improve the performance, security, and scalability of machine learning applications
מימין איל איצקוביץ' ו אייל ניב קרן הון סיכון פיטנגו

AI Is the Most Interesting Field in Israeli Tech, Says Pitango Managing Partner

28.02.19|CTech
In April, Pitango will hold the semi-final stage of its startup competition as part of Calcalist’s third annual Mind the Tech Conference in New York
אורלי עמרני Epistema

AI Startup Epistema Appoints Former Wix Exec as VP of Product

12.02.19|Tofi Stoler
Before joining Epistema, Orly Amrany was a vice president and general manager of premium services at website building company Wix
תום ליבנה מנכל ומייסד שותף של חברת VERBIT

Tel Aviv-Based Transcription Startup Verbit Raises $23 Million

29.01.19|Hagar Ravet
Verbit develops an AI-based system capable of automatically transcribing recorded speech. A human operator fluent in the relevant field then checks the output for errors and inaccuracies
ליטיגייט Litigate נמרוד אהרון גיא עוזיאל

Digital Legal Analysis Startup Litigate Raises $1.5 Million

09.01.19|Meir Orbach
Litigate develops technology that assists lawyers in analyzing legal documents and records and in detecting legal precedents
מימין מיכה בריקסטון ראסל לוי ו רועי רענני מייסדי Chorus.ai

Conversation Analysis Startup Chorus.ai Raises $33 Million

13.12.18|CTech
Chorus.ai develops machine learning algorithms capable of monitoring and analyzing sales conversations and providing relevant insights
orcam אורקם מצלמה

This Wearable Clip Will Remember Faces and Names so You Don't Have to

12.12.18|Adi Pick
OrCam Technologies expects to ship its life analytics wearable device MyMe in March. Co-founder Amnon Shashua calls it “the ultimate AI personal assistant"
ועידת MIND THE DATA כריסטין בוסנברג ראש מחלקת המחקר הגלובלית ב-KPMG העולמית

The Biggest Challenge for AI in Today's Market? It's Misunderstood, says KPMG Exec

12.12.18|Adi Barak
Kristin Boesenberg, head of KPMG's global insights center, spoke about the challenges and key factors for successful AI implementation in today's market at Calcalist's Mind the Data conference
יותם כהן ממייסדי Wibbiz

Automated Video Creation Company Wibbitz Parts Ways With Co-Founder

11.12.18|Meir Orbach
Wibbitz offers a service that semi-automatically creates short videos from existing texts such as media articles
ועידת MIND THE DATA עמי לוטבק CTO מרכז הפיתוח של מיקרוסופט

Microsoft Exec Outlines Ways to Make AI More Accessible

11.12.18|Lior Gutman
The main challenge is that the field of AI is currently dominated by big companies that hold most of the resources and the biggest databases, Ami Luttwak, chief technology officer for Microsoft Israel, said Tuesday at Calcalist’s annual Mind the Data conference
ועידת MIND THE DATA סא"ל נורית כהן אינגר ראשת ענף CDO באגף ההגנה והתקשוב ב סייבר צה"ל

The Key to AI Military and Civil Applications Is Data Governance, Says Israeli Military Data Expert

11.12.18|CTech
Lt. Col. Nurit Cohen Inger, head of data at the Israeli military’s Computer Service Directorate, spoke Tuesday at Calcalist’s annual Mind the Data conference in Tel Aviv
VOCA דני רוחמן אלן בקר עינב איתמר

Natural Language Startup Voca.ai Raises $2.6 Million

10.12.18|Meir Orbach
Voca AI develops chatbots capable of nearly human-like conversation
רובוטים של קוקה הגרמנית ב מפעל מרצדס בנץ

Industrial AI Startup Aquant Raises $10 Million

23.11.18|Hagar Ravet
Aquant develops and markets machine learning software that mines historical data for insights that can shorten machinery downtime
ועידת פריז 2018 מייסדת קורטיקה קרינה אודנייב

Swiss Stock Exchange Operator Partners with AI-Startup to Develop New Services

24.10.18|CTech
Tel Aviv-based Cortica will help the operator identify and evaluate AI-based business opportunities and develop new offerings