AI21 Labs

20 stories about AI21 Labs
פרופ' אמנון שעשוע מובילאיי ינואר 2024

“There are talks with Nvidia and others”: Shashua confirms AI21 acquisition discussions

08.01.26|CTech
AI21’s chairman confirms interest from Nvidia and additional parties, but believes a deal isn’t imminent.
מוסף חג העצמאות 25.4.23 מגזין סטארטפים - חברת ai21- אמנון שעשוע יואב שוהם אורי גושן

AI21 never closed its reported $300 million round as Nvidia weighs an acquisition

01.01.26|Allon Sinai
The Israeli startup’s much-publicized 2025 Series D was never finalized, leaving its 2023 round as its last completed raise as Nvidia holds acquisition talks.
ג'נסן הואנג ו ai21 מימין מייסדי AI21 Labs אמנון שעשוע אורי גושן ופרופ' יואב שוהם

Nvidia in advanced talks to acquire AI21 in $2-3 billion deal focused on talent

30.12.25|Sophie Shulman, Meir Orbach
EXCLUSIVE: The move would mark Nvidia’s fourth major Israeli purchase and signal the limits of Israel’s LLM ambitions.
מייסדי סייארה Cyera מימין תמר בן אילן CTO ו יותם שגב המנכ"ל

The five biggest Israeli tech funding rounds of 2025

29.12.25|CTech
Cyera, Rapyd, Armis, Cato Networks, Deel, and Eon lead Israel’s high-tech funding surge in 2025 with mega-rounds totaling billions.
כנס עתיד התעשייה בישראל HIT חולון - פרופ' יואב שוהם מייסד ומנכ"ל משותף AI21 Labs ראש הוועדה המדעית התוכנית הלאומית לבינה מלאכותית

“AI will become another employee”: AI21 CEO Yoav Shoham on the rise of hybrid organizations

21.10.25|Tomer Hadar
The AI21 Labs co-founder envisions a future where digital and human employees work side by side.
פרופ' יואב שוהם מייסד משותף AI21 Labs

OpenAI lit the spark, but real agents require more than hype

22.07.25|Yoav Shoham
"If we continue blurring definitions, ignoring challenges, and chasing hype, the term “agent” will lose its meaning before the technology even matures," writes Prof. Yoav Shoham, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of AI21.
מוסף חג העצמאות 25.4.23 מגזין סטארטפים - חברת ai21- אמנון שעשוע יואב שוהם אורי גושן

AI21 Labs raising $300 million Series D to build reliable AI for enterprise

10.05.25|Meir Orbach
Backed by Google and Nvidia, the Tel Aviv company aims to challenge frontier AI firms with a new system for enterprise reliability.
אורי גושן AI21 Labs

From hype to maturity: How AI is reshaping business and geopolitics

12.02.25|Ori Goshen
"If 2024 was the year of AI’s transition from hype to practical solutions, then 2025 will be the year of market-shaping regulations, new industry players, and deeper ethical and geopolitical debates," writes Ori Goshen, CEO and co-founder of AI21 Labs.
Ori Goshen

A future beyond models

04.12.24|Ori Goshen
"The AI market is evolving rapidly and encountering obstacles along the way—such is the nature of a technology this transformative," writes Ori Goshen, co-founder and co-CEO of AI21 Labs.
Ori Goshen

AI21 unveils upgraded long-context Jamba models for enterprises

22.08.24|Meir Orbach
The new models aim to revolutionize AI capabilities for organizations with long context needs and include Hebrew and Arabic support. 
פרופ' אמנון שעשוע מובילאיי ינואר 2024

The highs and lows of Amnon Shashua's tech empire

11.08.24|Sophie Shulman
Why the tech visionary behind Mobileye is facing his toughest business challenges yet. 
Pitango, Eyal Niv

"Anytime we’re threatened, we become more Israeli"

26.03.24|James Spiro, Elihay Vidal
Pitango First’s Eyal Niv joined CTech to share insights about Israel and its tech sector as we settle into 2024
D-ID Agents

Israeli AI leaders AI21 Labs, Lightricks, D-ID launch new products for red-hot GenAI market

28.02.24|James Spiro
The trio of Israeli companies have each announced products and services that will boost the country’s presence in the growing sector.
שבוע הסטארטאפים של גוגל יום 4 פאנל נועה אלפנט, יואב שוהם, מאיר לוין, פרופ' גל צ'צ'יק

Nvidia Sr. Director of AI Research: "Israel must invest more in AI to reclaim a leadership position in this field"

15.02.24|Hagay Gilboa
Prof. Gal Chechik was speaking on a panel with Prof. Yoav Shoham, founder and co-CEO of AI21, Noa Elefant Loffler, Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy at Google, and Deputy Attorney General Meir Levin
כנס TechTLV - פרופ' יואב שוהם מייסד ומנכ"ל משותף AI21 Labs וידאו

AI21 CEO: "There may be a decrease in funding in tech, but AI is a funding bubble"

16.01.24|Amir Kurtz
Prof. Yoav Shoham, founder and co-CEO of AI21, who chairs the scientific committee of the National Program for Artificial Intelligence, believes Israel should be doing more to promote local AI development
Wiz team

The five biggest megarounds of 2023 in Israeli tech

27.12.23|CTech
Cloud security startup Wiz’s $300 million Series D was the largest funding round by an Israeli startup in the past year, followed by Next Insurance ($265 million), eToro ($250 million), Cato Networks ($238 million), and AI21 ($208 million)
מוסף חג העצמאות 25.4.23 מגזין סטארטפים - חברת ai21- אמנון שעשוע יואב שוהם אורי גושן

AI21 takes Series C to $208 million with additional $53 million in funding

21.11.23|Sophie Shulman
The AI company’s additional funding, including from new investors Intel Capital and Comcast Ventures, was raised at a $1.4 billion valuation