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מוסף חג העצמאות 25.4.23 מגזין סטארטפים - חברת ai21- מימין אורי גושן יואב שוהם אמנון שעשוע

AI21’s fall from unicorn to survival mode

19.05.26|Sophie Shulman
After failing to keep pace with global rivals, Israel’s former LLM hopeful cuts most of its workforce and pivots to AI agents.
יואב שוהם (משמאל), עם אורי גושן (מימין) ואמנון שעשוע מוסף

AI21 cuts more than 60% of its workforce in major strategic overhaul

18.05.26|Meir Orbach
The Israeli AI company will focus exclusively on AI agent optimization technology built around Maestro after Nebius acquisition talks collapse.
מוסף פרופ' יואב שוהם A21

"Both the utopia and apocalypse scenarios ignore AI's limitations"

13.04.26|Diana Bahur-Nir
Prof. Yoav Shoham, one of the world's leading artificial intelligence researchers and founder of AI21, discusses hype cycles, unreliable systems, and the long road to trustworthy artificial intelligence.
יואב שוהם (משמאל), עם אורי גושן (מימין) ואמנון שעשוע מוסף

Nebius in talks to acquire AI21 after Nvidia deal falls through

09.04.26|CTech
According to The Information, discussions resume with new buyer months after advanced negotiations with Nvidia failed. 
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- מימין אורי גושן יואב שוהם אמנון שעשוע

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- מימין אורי גושן יואב שוהם אמנון שעשוע

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.
כנס AI 2024 אורי גושן מייסד משותף ומנכל משותף AI21 Labs וידאו

“Not just another scaled-up model”: AI21 Labs CEO on the company's new Jamba model

26.09.24|Maya Nahum Shahal
Ori Goshen spoke at Calcalist’s AI conference about how organizations struggle to adopt AI tools due to several factors, including the unreliability of these tools, the high cost of errors, and issues related to data security, and how AI21 Labs latest model addresses these problems.
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. 
תחרות אטלס - תחרות סטארטאפים, חסות מדיה של כלכליסט תמונה של כל הזוכים

Atlas Awards: Robot and drone operating system developer XTEND wins big prize

16.05.24|Tomer Hadar
XTEND, founded in 2018 by Aviv and Matteo Shapira, Rubi Liani and Adir Tubi, developed a system that allows robots to be used in complex field missions instead of endangering soldiers; The winner in the innovation category: ForSight Robotics, which developed a robotic platform for eye surgery. Other winners: Immunai in the health category, AI21 in the artificial intelligence category, Claroty in industrial innovation and Optibus in the field of transportation 
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.
אורי גושן

In 2024, AI is poised to become more useful and accurate than ever

22.02.24|Ori Goshen
“The risks associated with artificial intelligence are not going away, and some are even expected to stay and increase. However, the ability to use AI in an efficient, accurate and more supervised and controlled manner is expected to improve in 2024,” writes Ori Goshen, co-founder and co-CEO at AI21 Labs
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